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1950 North Carolina

3–⁠5–⁠2 (3–⁠2–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Carl Snavely.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1950, game by game: won vs. NC State 13–7; lost at No. 1 Notre Dame 7–14; tied at Georgia 0–0; lost vs. Wake Forest 7–13; won vs. William & Mary 40–7; lost at No. 11 Tennessee 0–16; tied vs. No. 18 Maryland 7–7; won at South Carolina 14–7; lost vs. Duke 0–7; lost at Virginia 13–44+33−31Won 13–7 vs. NC State+6NC StateLost 7–14 at No. 1 Notre Dame-7No. 1 Notre DameTied 0–0 at Georgia0GeorgiaLost 7–13 vs. Wake Forest-6Wake ForestWon 40–7 vs. William & Mary+33William & MaryLost 0–16 at No. 11 Tennessee-16No. 11 TennesseeTied 7–7 vs. No. 18 Maryland0No. 18 MarylandWon 14–7 at South Carolina+7South CarolinaLost 0–7 vs. Duke-7DukeLost 13–44 at Virginia-31Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsNC StateW 13–⁠773%
Sep 30at1Notre DameL 7–⁠1426%
Oct 7atGeorgiaT 0–⁠047%
Oct 14vsWake ForestL 7–⁠1357%
Oct 28vsWilliam & MaryW 40–⁠765%
Nov 4at11TennesseeL 0–⁠1636%
Nov 11vs18MarylandT 7–⁠745%
Nov 18atSouth CarolinaW 14–⁠754%
Nov 25vsDukeL 0–⁠761%
Dec 2atVirginiaL 13–⁠4438%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Virginia 44–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 60th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 20
  2. Wk 2: 11

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 1950.

Record
3–⁠5–⁠2
Conference
3–⁠2–⁠1 7th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 11
Points
101–⁠122
Coach
Carl Snavely
Elo
1538 −50 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.4 No. 59 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Dick Bunting and Irv Holdash

Drafted in 1951

The 1951 draft
Rd 7Irv Holdash CCleveland Browns

All-Southern Conference

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington and Lee6–⁠08–⁠318
Clemson3–⁠0–⁠19–⁠0–⁠110
VMI5–⁠16–⁠4
Wake Forest6–⁠1–⁠16–⁠1–⁠2
Maryland4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Duke5–⁠27–⁠3
North Carolina3–⁠2–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2
George Washington4–⁠35–⁠4
NC State4–⁠4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
William & Mary3–⁠34–⁠7
The Citadel2–⁠34–⁠6
South Carolina2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠4–⁠2
Furman2–⁠42–⁠8–⁠1
West Virginia1–⁠32–⁠8
Davidson1–⁠53–⁠6
Richmond1–⁠82–⁠8
Virginia Tech0–⁠80–⁠10

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