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1950 NC State

5–⁠4–⁠1 (4–⁠4–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Beattie Feathers.

Schedule and results

NC State in 1950, game by game: lost at North Carolina 7–13; won vs. Catawba 7–6; lost at No. 18 Clemson 0–27; lost vs. Duke 0–7; won at No. 8 Maryland 16–13; won vs. Virginia Tech 34–6; won at Richmond 7–0; won vs. Davidson 15–7; tied at No. 16 Wake Forest 6–6; lost at William & Mary 0–34+28−34Lost 7–13 at North Carolina-6North CarolinaWon 7–6 vs. Catawba+1CatawbaLost 0–27 at No. 18 Clemson-27No. 18 ClemsonLost 0–7 vs. Duke-7DukeWon 16–13 at No. 8 Maryland+3No. 8 MarylandWon 34–6 vs. Virginia Tech+28Virginia TechWon 7–0 at Richmond+7RichmondWon 15–7 vs. Davidson+8DavidsonTied 6–6 at No. 16 Wake Forest0No. 16 Wake ForestLost 0–34 at William & Mary-34William & Mary
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23atNorth CarolinaL 7–⁠1327%
Sep 30vsCatawbaW 7–⁠685%
Oct 7at18ClemsonL 0–⁠2730%
Oct 14vsDukeL 0–⁠742%
Oct 21at8MarylandW 16–⁠1317%
Oct 28vsVirginia TechW 34–⁠680%
Nov 4atRichmondW 7–⁠067%
Nov 11vsDavidsonW 15–⁠781%
Nov 18at16Wake ForestT 6–⁠624%
Nov 25atWilliam & MaryL 0–⁠3452%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to William & Mary 34–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 84th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
5–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠4–⁠1 tied for 9th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
92–⁠119
Coach
Beattie Feathers
Elo
1455 −16 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−7.9 No. 92 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southern Conference

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Ed MooneyBAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington and Lee6–⁠08–⁠318
Clemson3–⁠0–⁠19–⁠0–⁠110
VMI5–⁠16–⁠4
Wake Forest6–⁠1–⁠16–⁠1–⁠2
Maryland4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Duke5–⁠27–⁠3
North Carolina3–⁠2–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2
George Washington4–⁠35–⁠4
NC State4–⁠4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
William & Mary3–⁠34–⁠7
The Citadel2–⁠34–⁠6
South Carolina2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠4–⁠2
Furman2–⁠42–⁠8–⁠1
West Virginia1–⁠32–⁠8
Davidson1–⁠53–⁠6
Richmond1–⁠82–⁠8
Virginia Tech0–⁠80–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.