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1949 North Carolina

7–⁠4 (5–⁠0 Southern Conference), coached by Carl Snavely, finished No. 16 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1949, game by game: won vs. NC State 26–6; won vs. Georgia 21–14; won at South Carolina 28–13; won vs. Wake Forest 28–14; lost at LSU 7–13; lost vs. Tennessee 6–35; won at William & Mary 20–14; lost vs. No. 1 Notre Dame 6–42; won at Duke 21–20; won vs. Virginia 14–7; lost vs. No. 7 Rice 13–27+20−36Won 26–6 vs. NC State+20NC StateWon 21–14 vs. Georgia+7GeorgiaWon 28–13 at South Carolina+15South CarolinaWon 28–14 vs. Wake Forest+14Wake ForestLost 7–13 at LSU-6LSULost 6–35 vs. Tennessee-29TennesseeWon 20–14 at William & Mary+6William & MaryLost 6–42 vs. No. 1 Notre Dame-36No. 1 Notre DameWon 21–20 at Duke+1DukeWon 14–7 vs. Virginia+7VirginiaLost 13–27 vs. No. 7 Rice-14No. 7 Rice
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsNC StateW 26–⁠680%
Oct 1vsGeorgiaW 21–⁠1464%
Oct 8atSouth CarolinaW 28–⁠1380%
Oct 15vsWake ForestW 28–⁠1482%
Oct 22atLSUL 7–⁠1373%
Oct 29vsTennesseeL 6–⁠3577%
Nov 5atWilliam & MaryW 20–⁠1451%
Nov 12vs1Notre DameL 6–⁠4232%
Nov 19atDukeW 21–⁠2049%
Nov 26vsVirginiaW 14–⁠763%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvs7RiceCotton BowlL 13–⁠2742%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Rice 27–⁠13 in the Cotton Bowl; No. 16 in the final AP poll; Southern Conference champions.

In program history: The tied 22nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 6
  2. Wk 2: 6
  3. Wk 3: 6
  4. Wk 4: 13
  5. Wk 8: 19
  6. Final: 16

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 1949.

Southern Conference champions5–⁠0 in the conference

Heisman voteCharlie Justice, second

Led the nationArt Weiner: receptions (52 catches)

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠0 shared first in Southern Conference
AP final
No. 16 peak No. 6
Points
190–⁠205
Coach
Carl Snavely
Elo
1631 −48 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.1 No. 34 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Charlie Justice
Offense
Single-wing

Drafted in 1950

The 1950 draft
Rd 2Art Weiner ENew York Bulldogs

All-Southern Conference

3 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1949 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Carolina5–⁠07–⁠416
Maryland4–⁠09–⁠114
Washington and Lee3–⁠1–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Duke4–⁠26–⁠3
William & Mary4–⁠26–⁠4
VMI3–⁠2–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Wake Forest3–⁠34–⁠6
South Carolina3–⁠34–⁠6
Furman3–⁠33–⁠6
Clemson2–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
The Citadel2–⁠24–⁠5
George Washington2–⁠34–⁠5
NC State3–⁠63–⁠7
Richmond2–⁠63–⁠7
Virginia Tech1–⁠5–⁠21–⁠7–⁠2
Davidson1–⁠52–⁠8

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