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1946 William & Mary

8–⁠2 (7–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Rube McCray.

Schedule and results

William & Mary in 1946, game by game: won vs. Camp McClelland 61–0; lost at Miami 3–13; won at The Citadel 51–12; won vs. Virginia Tech 49–0; won at Washington and Lee 34–18; won vs. VMI 41–0; won vs. Maryland 41–7; lost vs. No. 17 North Carolina 7–21; won at George Washington 20–0; won at Richmond 40–0+61−14Won 61–0 vs. Camp McClelland+61Camp McClellandLost 3–13 at Miami-10MiamiWon 51–12 at The Citadel+39The CitadelWon 49–0 vs. Virginia Tech+49Virginia TechWon 34–18 at Washington and Lee+16Washington and …Won 41–0 vs. VMI+41VMIWon 41–7 vs. Maryland+34MarylandLost 7–21 vs. No. 17 North Carolina-14No. 17 North CarolinaWon 20–0 at George Washington+20George Washingt…Won 40–0 at Richmond+40Richmond
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsCamp McClellandW 61–⁠090%
Sep 27atMiamiL 3–⁠1345%
Oct 5atThe CitadelW 51–⁠1254%
Oct 12vsVirginia TechW 49–⁠074%
Oct 19atWashington and LeeW 34–⁠1874%
Oct 26vsVMIW 41–⁠089%
Nov 2vsMarylandW 41–⁠779%
Nov 9vs17North CarolinaL 7–⁠2155%
Nov 16atGeorge WashingtonW 20–⁠067%
Nov 28atRichmondW 40–⁠072%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Richmond 40–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 4th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 19
  2. Wk 3: 18

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 1946.

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
7–⁠1 2nd in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 18
Points
347–⁠71
Coach
Rube McCray
Elo
1608 +80 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.2 No. 14 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Denver Mills

All-Southern Conference

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Tommy KorczowskiBAP-3; UP-2
  • Robert SteckrothEAP-2; UP-3
  • Ralph SazioOTAP-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.