1934 North Carolina

7–⁠1–⁠1 (2–⁠0–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Carl Snavely.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1934, game by game: won vs. Wake Forest 21–0; lost vs. Tennessee 7–19; won at Georgia 14–0; won vs. Kentucky 6–0; tied vs. NC State 7–7; won at Georgia Tech 26–0; won at Davidson 12–2; won vs. Duke 7–0; won at Virginia 25–6+26−12Won 21–0 vs. Wake Forest+21Wake ForestLost 7–19 vs. Tennessee-12TennesseeWon 14–0 at Georgia+14GeorgiaWon 6–0 vs. Kentucky+6KentuckyTied 7–7 vs. NC State0NC StateWon 26–0 at Georgia Tech+26Georgia TechWon 12–2 at Davidson+10DavidsonWon 7–0 vs. Duke+7DukeWon 25–6 at Virginia+19Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsWake ForestW 21–⁠069%
Oct 6vsTennesseeL 7–⁠1939%
Oct 13atGeorgiaW 14–⁠026%
Oct 20vsKentuckyW 6–⁠065%
Oct 27vsNC StateT 7–⁠769%
Nov 3atGeorgia TechW 26–⁠051%
Nov 10atDavidsonW 12–⁠259%
Nov 17vsDukeW 7–⁠046%
Nov 24atVirginiaW 25–⁠678%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Virginia 25–⁠6; 2nd in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 29th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

Record
7–⁠1–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠0–⁠1 2nd in Southern Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
125–⁠34
Coach
Carl Snavely
Elo
1621 +138 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.0 No. 25 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
George T. Barclay

All-Southern Conference

3 first team

First team

  • Charlie ShafferRBAP-1
  • Jim TatumOTAP-1
  • George T. BarclayOGAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1934 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1934 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington and Lee4–⁠07–⁠3
North Carolina2–⁠0–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
Duke3–⁠17–⁠2
Maryland3–⁠17–⁠3
Clemson2–⁠15–⁠4
Virginia Tech3–⁠35–⁠5
South Carolina2–⁠35–⁠4
NC State1–⁠3–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Virginia1–⁠43–⁠6
VMI0–⁠51–⁠8

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