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1938 South Carolina

6–⁠4–⁠1 (2–⁠2 Southern Conference), coached by Rex Enright.

Schedule and results

South Carolina in 1938, game by game: won vs. Erskine 53–0; won at Xavier 6–0; lost vs. Georgia 6–7; lost vs. Wake Forest 19–20; won vs. Davidson 25–0; lost vs. Clemson 12–34; tied at No. 15 Villanova 6–6; won vs. Duquesne 7–0; won at Furman 27–6; lost at No. 18 Fordham 0–13; won at Catholic 7–0+53−22Won 53–0 vs. Erskine+53ErskineWon 6–0 at Xavier+6XavierLost 6–7 vs. Georgia-1GeorgiaLost 19–20 vs. Wake Forest-1Wake ForestWon 25–0 vs. Davidson+25DavidsonLost 12–34 vs. Clemson-22ClemsonTied 6–6 at No. 15 Villanova0No. 15 VillanovaWon 7–0 vs. Duquesne+7DuquesneWon 27–6 at Furman+21FurmanLost 0–13 at No. 18 Fordham-13No. 18 FordhamWon 7–0 at Catholic+7Catholic
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsErskineW 53–⁠079%
Sep 24atXavierW 6–⁠062%
Oct 1vsGeorgiaL 6–⁠744%
Oct 8vsWake ForestL 19–⁠2055%
Oct 14vsDavidsonW 25–⁠051%
Oct 20vsClemsonL 12–⁠3451%
Oct 28at15VillanovaT 6–⁠617%
Nov 5vsDuquesneW 7–⁠043%
Nov 12atFurmanW 27–⁠663%
Nov 19at18FordhamL 0–⁠1323%
Nov 28atCatholicW 7–⁠073%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Catholic 7–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 75th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 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 1938.

Record
6–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠2 tied for 6th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
168–⁠86
Coach
Rex Enright
Elo
1475 +68 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
2.7 No. 55 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
W.R. Howell and Larry Craig

Drafted in 1939

The 1939 draft
Rd 6Larry Craig EGreen Bay Packers

All-Southern Conference

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1938 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1938 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke5–⁠09–⁠13
Clemson3–⁠0–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
North Carolina4–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
VMI4–⁠0–⁠36–⁠1–⁠4
Richmond3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
NC State3–⁠3–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
South Carolina2–⁠26–⁠4–⁠1
Washington and Lee2–⁠24–⁠4–⁠1
Wake Forest3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Virginia Tech2–⁠3–⁠23–⁠5–⁠2
The Citadel2–⁠36–⁠5
Maryland1–⁠22–⁠7
Davidson2–⁠64–⁠6
Furman0–⁠4–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
William & Mary0–⁠43–⁠7

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