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1940 North Carolina

6–⁠4 (3–⁠2 Southern Conference), coached by Raymond Wolf.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1940, game by game: won vs. App State 56–6; lost vs. Wake Forest 0–12; won vs. Davidson 27–7; won vs. TCU 21–14; won at NC State 13–7; lost vs. Tulane 13–14; lost at Fordham 0–14; lost at Richmond 13–14; won vs. No. 12 Duke 6–3; won at Virginia 10–7+50−14Won 56–6 vs. App State+50App StateLost 0–12 vs. Wake Forest-12Wake ForestWon 27–7 vs. Davidson+20DavidsonWon 21–14 vs. TCU+7TCUWon 13–7 at NC State+6NC StateLost 13–14 vs. Tulane-1TulaneLost 0–14 at Fordham-14FordhamLost 13–14 at Richmond-1RichmondWon 6–3 vs. No. 12 Duke+3No. 12 DukeWon 10–7 at Virginia+3Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsApp StateW 56–⁠696%
Sep 28vsWake ForestL 0–⁠1271%
Oct 5vsDavidsonW 27–⁠780%
Oct 12vsTCUW 21–⁠1460%
Oct 19atNC StateW 13–⁠765%
Oct 26vsTulaneL 13–⁠1466%
Nov 2atFordhamL 0–⁠1439%
Nov 9atRichmondL 13–⁠1475%
Nov 16vs12DukeW 6–⁠340%
Nov 23atVirginiaW 10–⁠764%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Virginia 10–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 34th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠2 tied for 5th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
159–⁠98
Coach
Raymond Wolf
Elo
1610 −11 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.3 No. 59 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Paul Severin and Gates Kimball

All-Southern Conference

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Jim LalanneBAP-1
  • Paul SeverinEAP-1

Second team

  • Gates KimballOTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1940 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1940 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson4–⁠06–⁠2–⁠1
Duke4–⁠17–⁠218
Wake Forest4–⁠27–⁠3
William & Mary2–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
Richmond3–⁠26–⁠3
North Carolina3–⁠26–⁠4
VMI3–⁠2–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Furman4–⁠35–⁠4
Washington and Lee1–⁠1–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Virginia Tech2–⁠35–⁠5
NC State3–⁠53–⁠6
South Carolina1–⁠33–⁠6
Maryland0–⁠1–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Davidson1–⁠55–⁠5
The Citadel0–⁠44–⁠5

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