1945 North Carolina
5–5 (2–2 Southern Conference), coached by Carl Snavely. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 20 Virginia 27–18Dec 1
Virginia was ranked No. 20, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | atCamp Lee | W 6–0 | 74% |
| Sep 29 | vs Georgia Tech | L 14–20 | 35% |
| Oct 6 | at Virginia Tech | W 14–0 | 32% |
| Oct 13 | at 11Pennsylvania | L 0–49 | 29% |
| Oct 20 | vsCherry Point Marines | W 20–14 | 85% |
| Nov 3 | at Tennessee | L 6–20 | 20% |
| Nov 10 | vs William & Mary | W 6–0 | 37% |
| Nov 17 | vs Wake Forest | L 13–14 | 50% |
| Nov 24 | at 15Duke | L 7–14 | 22% |
| Dec 1 | vs 20Virginia | W 27–18 | 43% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Virginia 27–18; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southern Conference.
In program history: The 87th-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 1945.
- Record
- 5–5
- Conference
- 2–2 7th in Southern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 113–149
- Coach
- Carl Snavely
- Elo
- 1481 +47 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 5.1 No. 34 of 101 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Bill Voris and Bill Walker
Drafted in 1946
The 1946 draft| Rd 3 | Hosea Rodgers B | New York Giants |
All-Southern Conference
1 second teamSecond team
Ted HazelwoodOTAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1945 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1945 Southern Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke | 4–0 | 6–2 | 13 |
| Wake Forest | 3–1–1 | 5–3–1 | 19 |
| William & Mary | 4–2 | 6–3 | |
 Clemson | 2–1–1 | 6–3–1 | |
 Maryland | 3–2 | 6–2–1 | |
 VMI | 3–2 | 5–4 | |
| North Carolina | 2–2 | 5–5 | |
 NC State | 2–4 | 3–6 | |
| Virginia Tech | 2–5 | 2–6 | |
 South Carolina | 0–2–2 | 2–4–3 | |
 Richmond | 0–4 | 2–6 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.