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1938 North Carolina

6–⁠2–⁠1 (4–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Raymond Wolf.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1938, game by game: won vs. Wake Forest 14–6; won at NC State 21–0; lost vs. Tulane 14–17; won at New York University 7–0; won at Davidson 34–0; lost vs. No. 11 Duke 0–14; won vs. Virginia Tech 7–0; tied vs. No. 13 Fordham 0–0; won at Virginia 20–0+34−14Won 14–6 vs. Wake Forest+8Wake ForestWon 21–0 at NC State+21NC StateLost 14–17 vs. Tulane-3TulaneWon 7–0 at New York University+7New York Univer…Won 34–0 at Davidson+34DavidsonLost 0–14 vs. No. 11 Duke-14No. 11 DukeWon 7–0 vs. Virginia Tech+7Virginia TechTied 0–0 vs. No. 13 Fordham0No. 13 FordhamWon 20–0 at Virginia+20Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsWake ForestW 14–⁠681%
Oct 1atNC StateW 21–⁠061%
Oct 8vsTulaneL 14–⁠1776%
Oct 15atNew York UniversityW 7–⁠062%
Oct 22atDavidsonW 34–⁠077%
Oct 29vs11DukeL 0–⁠1455%
Nov 5vsVirginia TechW 7–⁠081%
Nov 12vs13FordhamT 0–⁠059%
Nov 24atVirginiaW 20–⁠074%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Virginia 20–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 16th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 19
Record
6–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠1 3rd in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 19
Points
117–⁠37
Coach
Raymond Wolf
Elo
1655 +28 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.7 No. 26 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Steve Maronic and George Watson

Drafted in 1939

The 1939 draft
Rd 5Steve Maronic OTDetroit Lions

All-Southern Conference

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Chuck KlineEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1938 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1938 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke5–⁠09–⁠13
Clemson3–⁠0–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
North Carolina4–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
VMI4–⁠0–⁠36–⁠1–⁠4
Richmond3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
NC State3–⁠3–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
South Carolina2–⁠26–⁠4–⁠1
Washington and Lee2–⁠24–⁠4–⁠1
Wake Forest3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Virginia Tech2–⁠3–⁠23–⁠5–⁠2
The Citadel2–⁠36–⁠5
Maryland1–⁠22–⁠7
Davidson2–⁠64–⁠6
Furman0–⁠4–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
William & Mary0–⁠43–⁠7

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