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1946 South Carolina

5–⁠3 (4–⁠2 Southern Conference), coached by Rex Enright.

Schedule and results

South Carolina in 1946, game by game: won vs. Newberry 21–0; lost vs. Alabama 6–14; won at Furman 14–7; won vs. Clemson 26–14; won vs. The Citadel 19–7; won at Maryland 21–17; lost vs. No. 20 Duke 0–39; lost at Wake Forest 0–35+21−39Won 21–0 vs. Newberry+21NewberryLost 6–14 vs. Alabama-8AlabamaWon 14–7 at Furman+7FurmanWon 26–14 vs. Clemson+12ClemsonWon 19–7 vs. The Citadel+12The CitadelWon 21–17 at Maryland+4MarylandLost 0–39 vs. No. 20 Duke-39No. 20 DukeLost 0–35 at Wake Forest-35Wake Forest
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsNewberryW 21–⁠086%
Oct 5vsAlabamaL 6–⁠1427%
Oct 11atFurmanW 14–⁠769%
Oct 24vsClemsonW 26–⁠1454%
Nov 1vsThe CitadelW 19–⁠764%
Nov 9atMarylandW 21–⁠1755%
Nov 16vs20DukeL 0–⁠3947%
Nov 28atWake ForestL 0–⁠3529%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Wake Forest 35–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 91st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Record
5–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠2 4th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
107–⁠133
Coach
Rex Enright
Elo
1443 +11 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−3.6 No. 74 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Earl Dunham

Drafted in 1947

The 1947 draft
Rd 7Bryant Meeks CPittsburgh Steelers

All-Southern Conference

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bo HaganBAP-3; UP-2
  • Dom FusciOTAP-3; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1946 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1946 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Carolina4–⁠0–⁠18–⁠2–⁠19
William & Mary7–⁠18–⁠2
NC State6–⁠18–⁠318
South Carolina4–⁠25–⁠3
Duke3–⁠24–⁠5
Richmond3–⁠2–⁠26–⁠2–⁠3
Virginia Tech3–⁠3–⁠23–⁠4–⁠3
VMI3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
George Washington1–⁠14–⁠3
Wake Forest2–⁠36–⁠3
Clemson2–⁠34–⁠5
Maryland2–⁠53–⁠6
Washington and Lee1–⁠42–⁠6
Furman1–⁠42–⁠8
Davidson1–⁠54–⁠5
The Citadel1–⁠53–⁠5

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