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1943 North Carolina

6–⁠3 (2–⁠2 Southern Conference), coached by Tom Young.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1943, game by game: lost at Georgia Tech 7–20; won vs. Penn State 19–0; won vs. Jacksonville Naval Air Station 23–0; lost at No. 6 Duke 7–14; won vs. NC State 27–13; won at South Carolina 21–6; won at No. 10 Pennsylvania 9–6; lost vs. No. 6 Duke 6–27; won vs. Virginia 54–7+47−21Lost 7–20 at Georgia Tech-13Georgia TechWon 19–0 vs. Penn State+19Penn StateWon 23–0 vs. Jacksonville Naval Air Station+23Jacksonville Na…Lost 7–14 at No. 6 Duke-7No. 6 DukeWon 27–13 vs. NC State+14NC StateWon 21–6 at South Carolina+15South CarolinaWon 9–6 at No. 10 Pennsylvania+3No. 10 PennsylvaniaLost 6–27 vs. No. 6 Duke-21No. 6 DukeWon 54–7 vs. Virginia+47Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25atGeorgia TechL 7–⁠2034%
Oct 2vsPenn StateW 19–⁠046%
Oct 9vsJacksonville Naval Air StationW 23–⁠059%
Oct 16at6DukeL 7–⁠1437%
Oct 30vsNC StateW 27–⁠1381%
Nov 6atSouth CarolinaW 21–⁠660%
Nov 13at10PennsylvaniaW 9–⁠643%
Nov 20vs6DukeL 6–⁠2748%
Nov 27vsVirginiaW 54–⁠774%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Virginia 54–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 40th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1943.

Record
6–⁠3
Conference
2–⁠2 tied for 5th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
173–⁠93
Coach
Tom Young
Elo
1584 +63 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.5 No. 30 of 76 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Craven Turner

All-Southern Conference

3 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1943 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1943 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke4–⁠08–⁠17
Maryland2–⁠04–⁠5
South Carolina2–⁠15–⁠2
Wake Forest3–⁠24–⁠5
North Carolina2–⁠26–⁠3
Richmond1–⁠16–⁠1
Clemson2–⁠32–⁠6
VMI2–⁠32–⁠6
NC State1–⁠43–⁠6
Davidson0–⁠30–⁠3

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