1933 North Carolina

4–⁠5 (2–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Chuck Collins.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1933, game by game: won vs. Davidson 6–0; lost at Vanderbilt 13–20; lost vs. Georgia 0–30; lost at Florida 0–9; lost vs. Georgia Tech 6–10; won at NC State 6–0; won vs. Wake Forest 26–0; lost at Duke 0–21; won vs. Virginia 14–0+26−30Won 6–0 vs. Davidson+6DavidsonLost 13–20 at Vanderbilt-7VanderbiltLost 0–30 vs. Georgia-30GeorgiaLost 0–9 at Florida-9FloridaLost 6–10 vs. Georgia Tech-4Georgia TechWon 6–0 at NC State+6NC StateWon 26–0 vs. Wake Forest+26Wake ForestLost 0–21 at Duke-21DukeWon 14–0 vs. Virginia+14Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30vsDavidsonW 6–⁠060%
Oct 7atVanderbiltL 13–⁠2029%
Oct 14vsGeorgiaL 0–⁠3043%
Oct 21atFloridaL 0–⁠938%
Oct 28vsGeorgia TechL 6–⁠1048%
Nov 4atNC StateW 6–⁠037%
Nov 11vsWake ForestW 26–⁠069%
Nov 18atDukeL 0–⁠2118%
Nov 30vsVirginiaW 14–⁠068%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Virginia 14–⁠0; 3rd in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 90th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

Record
4–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠1 3rd in Southern Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
71–⁠90
Coach
Chuck Collins
Elo
1474 −6 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−2.8 No. 76 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Bill Croom

All-Southern Conference

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • George T. BarclayOGAP-1

Second team

  • Jim TatumOTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1933 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1933 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke4–⁠09–⁠1
South Carolina3–⁠06–⁠3–⁠1
North Carolina2–⁠14–⁠5
VMI2–⁠1–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Virginia Tech1–⁠1–⁠34–⁠3–⁠3
Washington and Lee1–⁠1–⁠14–⁠4–⁠2
Clemson1–⁠13–⁠6–⁠2
Virginia1–⁠3–⁠12–⁠6–⁠2
Maryland1–⁠43–⁠7
NC State0–⁠41–⁠5–⁠3

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