1957 Richmond
4–6 (2–4 Southern Conference), coached by Edwin Merrick. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Randolph Macon 40–0Sep 21
By 40 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14 | vs East Carolina | W 40–7 | 85% |
| Sep 21 | vsRandolph Macon | W 40–0 | 86% |
| Sep 28 | at Dayton | L 7–12 | 64% |
| Oct 5 | vs VMI | L 6–28 | 61% |
| Oct 19 | at The Citadel | L 0–26 | 46% |
| Oct 26 | at Rutgers | L 13–26 | 41% |
| Nov 2 | at Virginia Tech | L 7–42 | 26% |
| Nov 9 | vsGeorge Washington | W 13–6 | 39% |
| Nov 16 | vs Davidson | L 19–23 | 66% |
| Nov 28 | vs William & Mary | W 12–7 | 47% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat William & Mary 12–7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southern Conference.
In program history: The 77th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).
- Record
- 4–6
- Conference
- 2–4 tied for 5th in Southern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 157–177
- Coach
- Edwin Merrick
- Elo
- 1340 −91 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −19.0 No. 103 of 112 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Dick Eaton and Lewis St. Clair
All-Southern Conference
1 second teamSecond team
Pat LambertiOGAP-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.