1957 Davidson
5–3 (1–3 Southern Conference). Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Catawba 26–7Sep 20
By 19 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20 | vsCatawba | W 26–7 | 65% |
| Sep 28 | at East Carolina | W 19–6 | 59% |
| Oct 5 | vs The Citadel | L 7–21 | 40% |
| Oct 12 | at VMI | L 14–26 | 19% |
| Oct 19 | atWVU Tech | W 33–14 | 49% |
| Nov 9 | vs Wofford | W 16–7 | 56% |
| Nov 16 | at Richmond | W 23–19 | 34% |
| Nov 22 | at Furman | L 2–6 | 53% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Furman 6–2; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southern Conference.
In program history: The 53rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).
- Record
- 5–3
- Conference
- 1–3 tied for 7th in Southern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 140–106
- Coach
- —
- Elo
- 1290 +67 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −16.0 No. 97 of 112 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
All-Southern Conference
1 second teamSecond team
Bill PriceCAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1957 Southern Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| VMI | 6–0 | 9–0–1 | 20 |
 West Virginia | 3–0 | 7–2–1 | |
| The Citadel | 4–2 | 5–4–1 | |
| Furman | 2–1 | 3–7 | |
| Richmond | 2–4 | 4–6 | |
 William & Mary | 2–4 | 4–6 | |
| Davidson | 1–3 | 5–3 | |
 Virginia Tech | 1–3 | 4–6 | |
| George Washington | 1–5 | 2–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.