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1951 North Carolina

2–⁠8 (2–⁠3 Southern Conference), coached by Carl Snavely.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1951, game by game: won vs. NC State 21–0; lost vs. Georgia 16–28; lost at No. 6 Texas 20–45; won vs. South Carolina 21–6; lost at No. 7 Maryland 7–14; lost at Wake Forest 7–39; lost vs. No. 1 Tennessee 0–27; lost at Virginia 14–34; lost vs. Notre Dame 7–12; lost at Duke 7–19+21−32Won 21–0 vs. NC State+21NC StateLost 16–28 vs. Georgia-12GeorgiaLost 20–45 at No. 6 Texas-25No. 6 TexasWon 21–6 vs. South Carolina+15South CarolinaLost 7–14 at No. 7 Maryland-7No. 7 MarylandLost 7–39 at Wake Forest-32Wake ForestLost 0–27 vs. No. 1 Tennessee-27No. 1 TennesseeLost 14–34 at Virginia-20VirginiaLost 7–12 vs. Notre Dame-5Notre DameLost 7–19 at Duke-12Duke
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vsNC StateW 21–⁠064%
Sep 29vsGeorgiaL 16–⁠2858%
Oct 6at6TexasL 20–⁠4522%
Oct 13vsSouth CarolinaW 21–⁠662%
Oct 20at7MarylandL 7–⁠1422%
Oct 27atWake ForestL 7–⁠3926%
Nov 3vs1TennesseeL 0–⁠2728%
Nov 10atVirginiaL 14–⁠3423%
Nov 17vsNotre DameL 7–⁠1236%
Nov 24atDukeL 7–⁠1931%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Duke 19–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 10th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 105th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

Record
2–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠3 tied for 10th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
120–⁠224
Coach
Carl Snavely
Elo
1441 −84 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.6 No. 58 of 116 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Joe Dudeck and Bob Gantt

All-Southern Conference

1 first team

First team

  • Joe DudeckOGAP-1; UP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1951 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1951 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Maryland5–⁠010–⁠03
VMI5–⁠07–⁠3
William & Mary5–⁠17–⁠3
Washington and Lee5–⁠16–⁠4
Clemson3–⁠17–⁠319
Duke4–⁠25–⁠4–⁠1
Wake Forest5–⁠36–⁠4
South Carolina5–⁠35–⁠4
George Washington2–⁠3–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
West Virginia2–⁠35–⁠5
North Carolina2–⁠32–⁠8
NC State2–⁠63–⁠7
Richmond2–⁠63–⁠8
The Citadel1–⁠34–⁠6
Furman1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Davidson1–⁠51–⁠8
Virginia Tech1–⁠72–⁠8

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