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1939 North Carolina

8–⁠1–⁠1 (5–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Raymond Wolf.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1939, game by game: won vs. The Citadel 50–0; won vs. Wake Forest 36–6; won vs. Virginia Tech 13–6; won vs. New York University 14–7; tied at No. 4 Tulane 14–14; won at No. 16 Pennsylvania 30–6; won vs. NC State 17–0; won vs. Davidson 32–0; lost at No. 13 Duke 3–13; won vs. Virginia 19–0+50−10Won 50–0 vs. The Citadel+50The CitadelWon 36–6 vs. Wake Forest+30Wake ForestWon 13–6 vs. Virginia Tech+7Virginia TechWon 14–7 vs. New York University+7New York Univer…Tied 14–14 at No. 4 Tulane0No. 4 TulaneWon 30–6 at No. 16 Pennsylvania+24No. 16 PennsylvaniaWon 17–0 vs. NC State+17NC StateWon 32–0 vs. Davidson+32DavidsonLost 3–13 at No. 13 Duke-10No. 13 DukeWon 19–0 vs. Virginia+19Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsThe CitadelW 50–⁠079%
Sep 30vsWake ForestW 36–⁠676%
Oct 7vsVirginia TechW 13–⁠684%
Oct 14vsNew York UniversityW 14–⁠777%
Oct 21at4TulaneT 14–⁠1444%
Oct 28at16PennsylvaniaW 30–⁠655%
Nov 4vsNC StateW 17–⁠088%
Nov 11vsDavidsonW 32–⁠089%
Nov 18at13DukeL 3–⁠1340%
Nov 30vsVirginiaW 19–⁠083%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Virginia 19–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 12th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 14
  2. Wk 2: 13
  3. Wk 3: 9
  4. Wk 4: 8
  5. Wk 5: 7
  6. Wk 6: 17
  7. Wk 7: 16
Record
8–⁠1–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠1 tied for 3rd in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 7
Points
228–⁠52
Coach
Raymond Wolf
Elo
1681 +77 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
16.4 No. 8 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Snuffy Stirnweiss and Jim Woodson

Drafted in 1940

The 1940 draft
Rd 2Snuffy Stirnweiss BChicago Cardinals

All-Southern Conference

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Jim LalanneBUP-2
  • Gates KimballOTUP-2
  • Jim WoodsonOGUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1939 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1939 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke5–⁠08–⁠18
Clemson4–⁠09–⁠112
North Carolina5–⁠18–⁠1–⁠1
William & Mary2–⁠0–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
Richmond3–⁠1–⁠17–⁠1–⁠2
VMI3–⁠1–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Wake Forest3–⁠37–⁠3
Furman3–⁠35–⁠4
NC State2–⁠42–⁠8
Washington and Lee1–⁠23–⁠4–⁠1
Virginia Tech1–⁠4–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
South Carolina1–⁠33–⁠6–⁠1
Davidson1–⁠72–⁠7
The Citadel0–⁠43–⁠8
Maryland0–⁠12–⁠7

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