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1942 North Carolina

5–⁠2–⁠2 (3–⁠1–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Jim Tatum.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1942, game by game: won vs. Wake Forest 6–0; won vs. South Carolina 18–6; tied vs. Fordham 0–0; won vs. No. 13 Duquesne 13–6; lost at Tulane 14–29; lost at NC State 14–21; won vs. Davidson 43–14; tied vs. Duke 13–13; won at Virginia 28–13+29−15Won 6–0 vs. Wake Forest+6Wake ForestWon 18–6 vs. South Carolina+12South CarolinaTied 0–0 vs. Fordham0FordhamWon 13–6 vs. No. 13 Duquesne+7No. 13 DuquesneLost 14–29 at Tulane-15TulaneLost 14–21 at NC State-7NC StateWon 43–14 vs. Davidson+29DavidsonTied 13–13 vs. Duke0DukeWon 28–13 at Virginia+15Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsWake ForestW 6–⁠055%
Oct 3vsSouth CarolinaW 18–⁠661%
Oct 10vsFordhamT 0–⁠060%
Oct 17vs13DuquesneW 13–⁠635%
Oct 24atTulaneL 14–⁠2942%
Oct 31atNC StateL 14–⁠2154%
Nov 7vsDavidsonW 43–⁠1476%
Nov 14vsDukeT 13–⁠1342%
Nov 21atVirginiaW 28–⁠1354%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Virginia 28–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 63rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 19
Record
5–⁠2–⁠2
Conference
3–⁠1–⁠1 tied for 4th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 19
Points
149–⁠102
Coach
Jim Tatum
Elo
1532 +60 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.5 No. 33 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Joe Austin and Tank Marshall

All-Southern Conference

3 second team

Second team

  • Joe AustinBAP-2
  • Joe WolfOTAP-2
  • Chan HighsmithCAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1942 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1942 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
William & Mary4–⁠09–⁠1–⁠114
Virginia Tech5–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Wake Forest6–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
North Carolina3–⁠1–⁠15–⁠2–⁠2
Duke3–⁠1–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
NC State3–⁠1–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Furman3–⁠33–⁠6
The Citadel2–⁠25–⁠2
Clemson2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
VMI2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Davidson2–⁠4–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
George Washington2–⁠43–⁠6
Maryland1–⁠27–⁠2
South Carolina1–⁠41–⁠7–⁠1
Richmond1–⁠53–⁠6–⁠1
Washington and Lee0–⁠41–⁠8

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