1950 Richmond

2–⁠8 (1–⁠8 Southern Conference), coached by Karl Esleeck.

Schedule and results

Richmond in 1950, game by game: won vs. Randolph Macon 20–6; lost at Wake Forest 0–43; lost vs. VMI 14–26; lost at West Virginia 7–46; lost vs. Duke 0–41; lost vs. NC State 0–7; won at Virginia Tech 32–12; lost vs. Davidson 0–39; lost vs. No. 19 Washington and Lee 7–67; lost at William & Mary 6–40+20−60Won 20–6 vs. Randolph Macon+14Randolph MaconLost 0–43 at Wake Forest-43Wake ForestLost 14–26 vs. VMI-12VMILost 7–46 at West Virginia-39West VirginiaLost 0–41 vs. Duke-41DukeLost 0–7 vs. NC State-7NC StateWon 32–12 at Virginia Tech+20Virginia TechLost 0–39 vs. Davidson-39DavidsonLost 7–67 vs. No. 19 Washington and Lee-60No. 19 Washington and …Lost 6–40 at William & Mary-34William & Mary
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to William & Mary 40–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 16th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 102nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Record
2–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠8 16th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
86–⁠327
Coach
Karl Esleeck
Elo
1234 −117 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−26.1 No. 116 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Douglas MacLachlan and John L. Thomas

1950 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington and Lee6–⁠08–⁠318
Clemson3–⁠0–⁠19–⁠0–⁠110
VMI5–⁠16–⁠4
Wake Forest6–⁠1–⁠16–⁠1–⁠2
Maryland4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Duke5–⁠27–⁠3
North Carolina3–⁠2–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2
George Washington4–⁠35–⁠4
NC State4–⁠4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
William & Mary3–⁠34–⁠7
The Citadel2–⁠34–⁠6
South Carolina2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠4–⁠2
Furman2–⁠42–⁠8–⁠1
West Virginia1–⁠32–⁠8
Davidson1–⁠53–⁠6
Richmond1–⁠82–⁠8
Virginia Tech0–⁠80–⁠10

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