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1949 William & Mary

6–⁠4 (4–⁠2 Southern Conference), coached by Rube McCray.

Schedule and results

William & Mary in 1949, game by game: won at Houston 14–13; lost at Pittsburgh 7–13; won vs. Virginia Tech 39–13; won vs. VMI 54–6; lost at No. 19 Michigan State 13–42; lost at Wake Forest 28–55; won at Richmond 34–0; lost vs. North Carolina 14–20; won at Arkansas 20–0; won vs. NC State 33–7+48−29Won 14–13 at Houston+1HoustonLost 7–13 at Pittsburgh-6PittsburghWon 39–13 vs. Virginia Tech+26Virginia TechWon 54–6 vs. VMI+48VMILost 13–42 at No. 19 Michigan State-29No. 19 Michigan StateLost 28–55 at Wake Forest-27Wake ForestWon 34–0 at Richmond+34RichmondLost 14–20 vs. North Carolina-6North CarolinaWon 20–0 at Arkansas+20ArkansasWon 33–7 vs. NC State+26NC State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atHoustonW 14–⁠1391%
Sep 24atPittsburghL 7–⁠1357%
Oct 1vsVirginia TechW 39–⁠1387%
Oct 8vsVMIW 54–⁠674%
Oct 15at19Michigan StateL 13–⁠4242%
Oct 22atWake ForestL 28–⁠5555%
Oct 29atRichmondW 34–⁠065%
Nov 5vsNorth CarolinaL 14–⁠2049%
Nov 19atArkansasW 20–⁠051%
Nov 26vsNC StateW 33–⁠772%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat NC State 33–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 5th-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 1949.

Led the nationVito Ragazzo: receiving yards (793 yds), yards per catch (18.0)

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠2 tied for 4th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
256–⁠169
Coach
Rube McCray
Elo
1601 −10 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.1 No. 42 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
George Hughes and Jack Cloud

Drafted in 1950

The 1950 draft
Rd 3George Hughes OGPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 6Jack Cloud BGreen Bay Packers

All-Southern Conference

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Joseph “Buddy” LexBAP-1
  • Vito RagazzoEAP-1; UP-1

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.