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1958 Clemson

8–⁠3 (5–⁠1 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Frank Howard, finished No. 12 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Clemson in 1958, game by game: won vs. Virginia 20–15; won vs. North Carolina 26–21; won at Maryland 8–0; won at Vanderbilt 12–7; lost at South Carolina 6–26; won vs. Wake Forest 14–12; lost at Georgia Tech 0–13; won at NC State 13–6; won vs. Boston College 34–12; won vs. Furman 36–19; lost vs. No. 1 LSU 0–7+22−20Won 20–15 vs. Virginia+5VirginiaWon 26–21 vs. North Carolina+5North CarolinaWon 8–0 at Maryland+8MarylandWon 12–7 at Vanderbilt+5VanderbiltLost 6–26 at South Carolina-20South CarolinaWon 14–12 vs. Wake Forest+2Wake ForestLost 0–13 at Georgia Tech-13Georgia TechWon 13–6 at NC State+7NC StateWon 34–12 vs. Boston College+22Boston CollegeWon 36–19 vs. Furman+17FurmanLost 0–7 vs. No. 1 LSU-7No. 1 LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsVirginiaW 20–⁠1576%
Sep 27vsNorth CarolinaW 26–⁠2171%
Oct 4atMarylandW 8–⁠054%
Oct 11atVanderbiltW 12–⁠751%
Oct 23atSouth CarolinaL 6–⁠2661%
Nov 1vsWake ForestW 14–⁠1278%
Nov 8atGeorgia TechL 0–⁠1345%
Nov 15atNC StateW 13–⁠658%
Nov 22vsBoston CollegeW 34–⁠1261%
Nov 29vsFurmanW 36–⁠1992%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs1LSUSugar BowlL 0–⁠736%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to LSU 7–⁠0 in the Sugar Bowl; No. 12 in the final AP poll; Atlantic Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 43rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 18
  2. Wk 3: 10
  3. Wk 4: 8
  4. Wk 5: 10
  5. Wk 6: 10
  6. Wk 7: 19
  7. Wk 8: 17
  8. Wk 10: 16
  9. Wk 11: 12
  10. Final: 12

Atlantic Coast Conference champions5–⁠1 in the conference

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠1 first in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
No. 12 peak No. 8
Points
169–⁠138
Coach
Frank Howard
Elo
1602 +28 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.2 No. 47 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
John Grdijan and Leon Kaltenback

All-ACC

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Ray MasneriEAP-1
  • Jim PadgettOTUPI-1; AP-2
  • Bill ThomasCAP-1; UPI-2

Second team

  • Harvey WhiteBAP-2; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1958 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1958 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson5–⁠18–⁠312
South Carolina5–⁠27–⁠315
Duke3–⁠25–⁠5
North Carolina4–⁠36–⁠4
Maryland3–⁠34–⁠6
Wake Forest2–⁠43–⁠7
NC State2–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
Virginia1–⁠51–⁠9

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