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1937 North Carolina

7–⁠1–⁠1 (4–⁠0–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Raymond Wolf, finished No. 19 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1937, game by game: tied vs. South Carolina 13–13; won at NC State 20–0; won at New York University 19–6; won at Wake Forest 28–0; won vs. Tulane 13–0; lost vs. No. 10 Fordham 0–14; won at Davidson 26–0; won at No. 8 Duke 14–6; won vs. Virginia 40–0+40−14Tied 13–13 vs. South Carolina0South CarolinaWon 20–0 at NC State+20NC StateWon 19–6 at New York University+13New York Univer…Won 28–0 at Wake Forest+28Wake ForestWon 13–0 vs. Tulane+13TulaneLost 0–14 vs. No. 10 Fordham-14No. 10 FordhamWon 26–0 at Davidson+26DavidsonWon 14–6 at No. 8 Duke+8No. 8 DukeWon 40–0 vs. Virginia+40Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vsSouth CarolinaT 13–⁠1380%
Oct 2atNC StateW 20–⁠061%
Oct 9atNew York UniversityW 19–⁠655%
Oct 16atWake ForestW 28–⁠073%
Oct 23vsTulaneW 13–⁠069%
Oct 30vs10FordhamL 0–⁠1469%
Nov 6atDavidsonW 26–⁠072%
Nov 13at8DukeW 14–⁠632%
Nov 27vsVirginiaW 40–⁠093%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Virginia 40–⁠0; No. 19 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 9th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 15
  2. Wk 5: 17
  3. Wk 6: 18
  4. Final: 19

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1937.

Consensus All-AmericanAndy Bershak, E

Record
7–⁠1–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠0–⁠1 2nd in Southern Conference
AP final
No. 19 peak No. 15
Points
173–⁠39
Coach
Raymond Wolf
Elo
1691 +87 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
11.8 No. 24 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Andy Bershak and Crowell Little

Drafted in 1938

The 1938 draft
Rd 5Andy Bershak EDetroit Lions

All-Southern Conference

5 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Crowell LittleBAP-1; UP-2
  • Tom BurnetteBAP-2; UP-1
  • Andy BershakEAP-1; UP-1
  • Henry BartonOTAP-1; UP-1
  • Elmer WrennOGAP-1; UP-1

Second team

  • Jim WoodsonOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1937 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1937 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Maryland2–⁠08–⁠2
North Carolina4–⁠0–⁠17–⁠1–⁠119
Duke5–⁠17–⁠2–⁠120
Clemson2–⁠0–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
VMI4–⁠25–⁠5
NC State4–⁠2–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
South Carolina2–⁠2–⁠15–⁠6–⁠1
The Citadel2–⁠37–⁠4
Richmond2–⁠35–⁠4–⁠1
Washington and Lee2–⁠34–⁠5
Furman1–⁠2–⁠24–⁠3–⁠2
Virginia Tech2–⁠45–⁠5
William & Mary1–⁠34–⁠5
Wake Forest1–⁠43–⁠6
Davidson1–⁠62–⁠8

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