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1971 Davidson

1–⁠9 (0–⁠6 Southern Conference), coached by Dave Fagg.

Schedule and results

Davidson in 1971, game by game: lost at Wake Forest 7–27; lost at VMI 3–27; lost at William & Mary 14–40; lost at App State 10–35; won at Bucknell 20–8; lost at Furman 6–41; lost vs. Wofford 22–23; lost at East Carolina 26–27; lost vs. Richmond 7–14; lost vs. The Citadel 7–47+12−40Lost 7–27 at Wake Forest-20Wake ForestLost 3–27 at VMI-24VMILost 14–40 at William & Mary-26William & MaryLost 10–35 at App State-25App StateWon 20–8 at Bucknell+12BucknellLost 6–41 at Furman-35FurmanLost 22–23 vs. Wofford-1WoffordLost 26–27 at East Carolina-1East CarolinaLost 7–14 vs. Richmond-7RichmondLost 7–47 vs. The Citadel-40The Citadel
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11atWake ForestL 7–⁠2722%
Sep 18atVMIL 3–⁠2747%
Sep 25atWilliam & MaryL 14–⁠4022%
Oct 2atApp StateL 10–⁠3559%
Oct 9atBucknellW 20–⁠861%
Oct 16atFurmanL 6–⁠4149%
Oct 23vsWoffordL 22–⁠2349%
Nov 6atEast CarolinaL 26–⁠2724%
Nov 13vsRichmondL 7–⁠1433%
Nov 20vsThe CitadelL 7–⁠4727%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to The Citadel 47–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 84th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

Record
1–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠6 7th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
122–⁠289
Coach
Dave Fagg
Elo
1170 −151 this season
SP+ rating
-30.2 No. 119 of 120; offense No. 116, defense No. 119
SRS
−29.1 No. 125 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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1971 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Richmond5–⁠15–⁠6
William & Mary4–⁠15–⁠6
The Citadel4–⁠28–⁠3
East Carolina3–⁠24–⁠6
Furman2–⁠35–⁠5–⁠1
VMI1–⁠41–⁠10
Davidson0–⁠61–⁠9

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