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1941 South Carolina

4–⁠4–⁠1 (4–⁠0–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Rex Enright.

Schedule and results

South Carolina in 1941, game by game: won at North Carolina 13–7; lost at Georgia 6–34; tied vs. Wake Forest 6–6; won vs. No. 14 Clemson 18–14; won vs. The Citadel 13–6; lost at Kansas State 0–3; won vs. Furman 26–7; lost at Miami 6–7; lost vs. Penn State 12–19+19−28Won 13–7 at North Carolina+6North CarolinaLost 6–34 at Georgia-28GeorgiaTied 6–6 vs. Wake Forest0Wake ForestWon 18–14 vs. No. 14 Clemson+4No. 14 ClemsonWon 13–6 vs. The Citadel+7The CitadelLost 0–3 at Kansas State-3Kansas StateWon 26–7 vs. Furman+19FurmanLost 6–7 at Miami-1MiamiLost 12–19 vs. Penn State-7Penn State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27atNorth CarolinaW 13–⁠723%
Oct 4atGeorgiaL 6–⁠3437%
Oct 11vsWake ForestT 6–⁠642%
Oct 23vs14ClemsonW 18–⁠1428%
Oct 31vsThe CitadelW 13–⁠666%
Nov 8atKansas StateL 0–⁠353%
Nov 15vsFurmanW 26–⁠775%
Nov 21atMiamiL 6–⁠768%
Nov 29vsPenn StateL 12–⁠1936%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Penn State 19–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; Southern Conference champions.

In program history: The 89th-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 1941.

Southern Conference champions4–⁠0–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Duke

Record
4–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠0–⁠1 2nd in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
100–⁠103
Coach
Rex Enright
Elo
1448 +24 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−0.7 No. 67 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Harvey Blouin and Dutch Elston

Drafted in 1942

The 1942 draft
Rd 6Joe Krivonak OGGreen Bay Packers

All-Southern Conference

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Stan StasicaBAP-1; UP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1941 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1941 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke5–⁠09–⁠12
South Carolina4–⁠0–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
Clemson5–⁠17–⁠2
William & Mary4–⁠18–⁠2
Virginia Tech4–⁠26–⁠4
VMI4–⁠24–⁠6
Wake Forest4–⁠2–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
NC State3–⁠4–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
Furman2–⁠3–⁠23–⁠4–⁠2
Washington and Lee1–⁠2–⁠21–⁠6–⁠2
North Carolina2–⁠43–⁠7
Maryland1–⁠23–⁠5–⁠1
Davidson1–⁠5–⁠21–⁠6–⁠3
The Citadel0–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
George Washington0–⁠4–⁠11–⁠7–⁠1
Richmond0–⁠62–⁠7

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