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1941 North Carolina

3–⁠7 (2–⁠4 Southern Conference), coached by Raymond Wolf.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1941, game by game: won vs. Lenoir Rhyne 42–6; lost vs. South Carolina 7–13; won at Davidson 20–0; lost vs. Fordham 14–27; lost at No. 17 Tulane 6–52; lost at Wake Forest 0–13; lost vs. NC State 7–13; won at Richmond 27–0; lost at No. 3 Duke 0–20; lost vs. Virginia 7–28+36−46Won 42–6 vs. Lenoir Rhyne+36Lenoir RhyneLost 7–13 vs. South Carolina-6South CarolinaWon 20–0 at Davidson+20DavidsonLost 14–27 vs. Fordham-13FordhamLost 6–52 at No. 17 Tulane-46No. 17 TulaneLost 0–13 at Wake Forest-13Wake ForestLost 7–13 vs. NC State-6NC StateWon 27–0 at Richmond+27RichmondLost 0–20 at No. 3 Duke-20No. 3 DukeLost 7–28 vs. Virginia-21Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsLenoir RhyneW 42–⁠693%
Sep 27vsSouth CarolinaL 7–⁠1377%
Oct 4atDavidsonW 20–⁠062%
Oct 11vsFordhamL 14–⁠2748%
Oct 18at17TulaneL 6–⁠5235%
Oct 25atWake ForestL 0–⁠1336%
Nov 1vsNC StateL 7–⁠1370%
Nov 8atRichmondW 27–⁠063%
Nov 15at3DukeL 0–⁠2015%
Nov 20vsVirginiaL 7–⁠2844%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Virginia 28–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 11th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 102nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠4 tied for 11th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
130–⁠172
Coach
Raymond Wolf
Elo
1458 −115 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−7.2 No. 83 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Harry Dunkle and Carl Suntheimer

All-Southern Conference

1 second team

Second team

  • Dick SteckOTAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1941 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1941 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke5–⁠09–⁠12
South Carolina4–⁠0–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
Clemson5–⁠17–⁠2
William & Mary4–⁠18–⁠2
Virginia Tech4–⁠26–⁠4
VMI4–⁠24–⁠6
Wake Forest4–⁠2–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
NC State3–⁠4–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
Furman2–⁠3–⁠23–⁠4–⁠2
Washington and Lee1–⁠2–⁠21–⁠6–⁠2
North Carolina2–⁠43–⁠7
Maryland1–⁠23–⁠5–⁠1
Davidson1–⁠5–⁠21–⁠6–⁠3
The Citadel0–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
George Washington0–⁠4–⁠11–⁠7–⁠1
Richmond0–⁠62–⁠7

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