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1935 North Carolina

8–⁠1 (4–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Carl Snavely.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1935, game by game: won vs. Wake Forest 14–0; won at Tennessee 38–13; won at Maryland 33–0; won at Davidson 14–0; won vs. Georgia Tech 19–0; won at NC State 35–6; won vs. VMI 56–0; lost at Duke 0–25; won vs. Virginia 61–0+61−25Won 14–0 vs. Wake Forest+14Wake ForestWon 38–13 at Tennessee+25TennesseeWon 33–0 at Maryland+33MarylandWon 14–0 at Davidson+14DavidsonWon 19–0 vs. Georgia Tech+19Georgia TechWon 35–6 at NC State+29NC StateWon 56–0 vs. VMI+56VMILost 0–25 at Duke-25DukeWon 61–0 vs. Virginia+61Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28vsWake ForestW 14–⁠083%
Oct 5atTennesseeW 38–⁠1335%
Oct 12atMarylandW 33–⁠060%
Oct 19atDavidsonW 14–⁠069%
Oct 26vsGeorgia TechW 19–⁠083%
Nov 2atNC StateW 35–⁠669%
Nov 9vsVMIW 56–⁠090%
Nov 16atDukeL 0–⁠2552%
Nov 28vsVirginiaW 61–⁠091%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Virginia 61–⁠0; 2nd in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 11th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

Record
8–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠1 2nd in Southern Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
270–⁠44
Coach
Carl Snavely
Elo
1684 +104 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
12.3 No. 23 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Herman Snyder and Harry Montgomery

All-Southern Conference

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Don JacksonRBAP-1
  • Dick BuckEAP-1

Second team

  • Herman SnyderQBAP-2
  • Jim HutchinsFBAP-2
  • Tom EvinsOTAP-2
  • Babe DanielCAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1935 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1935 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke5–⁠08–⁠2
North Carolina4–⁠18–⁠1
Maryland3–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠2
Clemson2–⁠16–⁠3
Virginia Tech3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠3–⁠2
NC State2–⁠26–⁠4
Washington and Lee1–⁠3–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1
South Carolina1–⁠43–⁠7
Virginia0–⁠3–⁠21–⁠5–⁠4
VMI0–⁠3–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1

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