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1936 North Carolina

8–⁠2 (6–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Raymond Wolf.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1936, game by game: won vs. Wake Forest 14–7; won vs. Tennessee 14–6; won vs. Maryland 14–0; won at New York University 14–13; lost at No. 18 Tulane 7–21; won vs. NC State 21–6; won at Davidson 26–6; lost vs. No. 13 Duke 7–27; won at South Carolina 14–0; won at Virginia 59–14+45−20Won 14–7 vs. Wake Forest+7Wake ForestWon 14–6 vs. Tennessee+8TennesseeWon 14–0 vs. Maryland+14MarylandWon 14–13 at New York University+1New York Univer…Lost 7–21 at No. 18 Tulane-14No. 18 TulaneWon 21–6 vs. NC State+15NC StateWon 26–6 at Davidson+20DavidsonLost 7–27 vs. No. 13 Duke-20No. 13 DukeWon 14–0 at South Carolina+14South CarolinaWon 59–14 at Virginia+45Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsWake ForestW 14–⁠785%
Oct 3vsTennesseeW 14–⁠673%
Oct 10vsMarylandW 14–⁠070%
Oct 17atNew York UniversityW 14–⁠1364%
Oct 24at18TulaneL 7–⁠2150%
Oct 31vsNC StateW 21–⁠680%
Nov 7atDavidsonW 26–⁠662%
Nov 14vs13DukeL 7–⁠2752%
Nov 21atSouth CarolinaW 14–⁠075%
Nov 26atVirginiaW 59–⁠1484%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Virginia 59–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 15th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠1 2nd in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
190–⁠100
Coach
Raymond Wolf
Elo
1656 +33 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.4 No. 34 of 131 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Dick Buck

All-Southern Conference

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Jim HutchinsFBAP-1; UP-1
  • Andy BershakEAP-1; UP-1
  • John TrimpeyOTAP-2; UP-1

Second team

  • Tom BurnetteRBAP-3; UP-2
  • Dick BuckEAP-2; UP-2
  • Hank BartosOTAP-3; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1936 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1936 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke7–⁠09–⁠111
North Carolina6–⁠18–⁠2
Furman4–⁠17–⁠2
VMI5–⁠26–⁠4
Maryland4–⁠26–⁠5
Washington and Lee3–⁠24–⁠5
Davidson4–⁠35–⁠4
Clemson3–⁠35–⁠5
Virginia Tech4–⁠55–⁠5
Wake Forest2–⁠35–⁠4
NC State2–⁠43–⁠7
South Carolina2–⁠55–⁠7
Richmond1–⁠34–⁠4–⁠2
Virginia1–⁠52–⁠7
The Citadel0–⁠44–⁠6
William & Mary0–⁠51–⁠8

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