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1949 South Carolina

4–⁠6 (3–⁠3 Southern Conference), coached by Rex Enright.

Schedule and results

South Carolina in 1949, game by game: lost at Baylor 6–20; lost vs. Furman 7–14; lost vs. No. 6 North Carolina 13–28; won vs. Clemson 27–13; lost at Maryland 7–44; won at Marquette 6–3; lost at Miami 7–13; lost at Georgia Tech 3–13; won vs. Wake Forest 27–20; won vs. The Citadel 42–0+42−37Lost 6–20 at Baylor-14BaylorLost 7–14 vs. Furman-7FurmanLost 13–28 vs. No. 6 North Carolina-15No. 6 North CarolinaWon 27–13 vs. Clemson+14ClemsonLost 7–44 at Maryland-37MarylandWon 6–3 at Marquette+3MarquetteLost 7–13 at Miami-6MiamiLost 3–13 at Georgia Tech-10Georgia TechWon 27–20 vs. Wake Forest+7Wake ForestWon 42–0 vs. The Citadel+42The Citadel
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24atBaylorL 6–⁠2030%
Sep 30vsFurmanL 7–⁠1474%
Oct 8vs6North CarolinaL 13–⁠2820%
Oct 20vsClemsonW 27–⁠1333%
Oct 29atMarylandL 7–⁠4424%
Nov 5atMarquetteW 6–⁠339%
Nov 11atMiamiL 7–⁠1338%
Nov 19atGeorgia TechL 3–⁠1320%
Nov 26vsWake ForestW 27–⁠2036%
Dec 3vsThe CitadelW 42–⁠074%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat The Citadel 42–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 82nd-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 1949.

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 7th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
145–⁠168
Coach
Rex Enright
Elo
1459 +4 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−0.9 No. 66 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Cecil Woolbright

All-Southern Conference

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1949 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Carolina5–⁠07–⁠416
Maryland4–⁠09–⁠114
Washington and Lee3–⁠1–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Duke4–⁠26–⁠3
William & Mary4–⁠26–⁠4
VMI3–⁠2–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Wake Forest3–⁠34–⁠6
South Carolina3–⁠34–⁠6
Furman3–⁠33–⁠6
Clemson2–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
The Citadel2–⁠24–⁠5
George Washington2–⁠34–⁠5
NC State3–⁠63–⁠7
Richmond2–⁠63–⁠7
Virginia Tech1–⁠5–⁠21–⁠7–⁠2
Davidson1–⁠52–⁠8

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