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1942 South Carolina

1–⁠7–⁠1 (1–⁠4 Southern Conference), coached by Rex Enright.

Schedule and results

South Carolina in 1942, game by game: tied vs. Tennessee 0–0; lost at North Carolina 6–18; lost at West Virginia 0–13; lost vs. Clemson 6–18; won vs. The Citadel 14–0; lost at No. 8 Alabama 0–29; lost vs. Furman 0–6; lost at Miami 6–13; lost at Wake Forest 14–33+14−29Tied 0–0 vs. Tennessee0TennesseeLost 6–18 at North Carolina-12North CarolinaLost 0–13 at West Virginia-13West VirginiaLost 6–18 vs. Clemson-12ClemsonWon 14–0 vs. The Citadel+14The CitadelLost 0–29 at No. 8 Alabama-29No. 8 AlabamaLost 0–6 vs. Furman-6FurmanLost 6–13 at Miami-7MiamiLost 14–33 at Wake Forest-19Wake Forest
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsTennesseeT 0–⁠035%
Oct 3atNorth CarolinaL 6–⁠1839%
Oct 10atWest VirginiaL 0–⁠1342%
Oct 22vsClemsonL 6–⁠1839%
Oct 30vsThe CitadelW 14–⁠044%
Nov 7at8AlabamaL 0–⁠2917%
Nov 14vsFurmanL 0–⁠677%
Nov 21atMiamiL 6–⁠1347%
Nov 26atWake ForestL 14–⁠3320%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Wake Forest 33–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 14th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The tied 113th-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 1942.

Record
1–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠4 14th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
46–⁠130
Coach
Rex Enright
Elo
1365 −100 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−1.7 No. 73 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Louis Sossamon and John Leitner

Drafted in 1943

The 1943 draft
Rd 6Lou Sossamon CPittsburgh Steelers

All-Southern Conference

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1942 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1942 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
William & Mary4–⁠09–⁠1–⁠114
Virginia Tech5–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Wake Forest6–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
North Carolina3–⁠1–⁠15–⁠2–⁠2
Duke3–⁠1–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
NC State3–⁠1–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Furman3–⁠33–⁠6
The Citadel2–⁠25–⁠2
Clemson2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
VMI2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Davidson2–⁠4–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
George Washington2–⁠43–⁠6
Maryland1–⁠27–⁠2
South Carolina1–⁠41–⁠7–⁠1
Richmond1–⁠53–⁠6–⁠1
Washington and Lee0–⁠41–⁠8

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