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1941 William & Mary

8–⁠2 (4–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Carl Voyles.

Schedule and results

William & Mary in 1941, game by game: won vs. Newport News 53–0; lost at Navy 0–34; won vs. Randolph Macon 51–7; won vs. Virginia Tech 16–7; won at Hampden Sydney 28–0; won at George Washington 48–0; won at Dartmouth 3–0; won vs. VMI 21–0; won at Richmond 33–3; lost vs. NC State 0–13+53−34Won 53–0 vs. Newport News+53Newport NewsLost 0–34 at Navy-34NavyWon 51–7 vs. Randolph Macon+44Randolph MaconWon 16–7 vs. Virginia Tech+9Virginia TechWon 28–0 at Hampden Sydney+28Hampden SydneyWon 48–0 at George Washington+48George Washingt…Won 3–0 at Dartmouth+3DartmouthWon 21–0 vs. VMI+21VMIWon 33–3 at Richmond+30RichmondLost 0–13 vs. NC State-13NC State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsNewport NewsW 53–⁠091%
Sep 27atNavyL 0–⁠3439%
Oct 4vsRandolph MaconW 51–⁠791%
Oct 11vsVirginia TechW 16–⁠755%
Oct 18atHampden SydneyW 28–⁠070%
Oct 25atGeorge WashingtonW 48–⁠056%
Nov 1atDartmouthW 3–⁠045%
Nov 8vsVMIW 21–⁠074%
Nov 20atRichmondW 33–⁠380%
Nov 29vsNC StateL 0–⁠1381%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to NC State 13–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 8th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 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.

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠1 4th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
253–⁠64
Coach
Carl Voyles
Elo
1555 +53 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−2.3 No. 73 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Bill Goodlow

All-Southern Conference

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Marvin BassOTAP-2; UP-2

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.