1957 South Carolina
5–5 (2–5 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Warren Giese. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 20 Texas 27–21Oct 5
Texas was ranked No. 20, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21 | vs 10Duke | L 14–26 | 49% |
| Sep 28 | vs Wofford | W 26–0 | 86% |
| Oct 5 | at 20Texas | W 27–21 | 41% |
| Oct 12 | vs Furman | W 58–13 | 81% |
| Oct 24 | vs Clemson | L 0–13 | 59% |
| Nov 2 | vs Maryland | L 6–10 | 63% |
| Nov 9 | at North Carolina | L 6–28 | 42% |
| Nov 16 | at Virginia | W 13–0 | 51% |
| Nov 23 | vs 20NC State | L 26–29 | 45% |
| Nov 30 | at Wake Forest | W 26–7 | 63% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Wake Forest 26–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
In program history: The 64th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1957.
- Record
- 5–5
- Conference
- 2–5 7th in Atlantic Coast Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 202–147
- Coach
- Warren Giese
- Elo
- 1488 −24 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 7.1 No. 38 of 112 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Nelson Weston and Julius Derrick
All-ACC
3 second teamSecond team
John KomparaOTAP-2
Alex HawkinsBAP-2; UP-2- King DixonBAP-2; UP-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 Atlantic Coast Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC State | 5–0–1 | 7–1–2 | 15 |
| Duke | 5–1–1 | 6–3–2 | 16 |
| Clemson | 4–3 | 7–3 | |
| North Carolina | 4–3 | 6–4 | |
| Maryland | 4–3 | 5–5 | |
| Virginia | 2–4 | 3–6–1 | |
| South Carolina | 2–5 | 5–5 | |
| Wake Forest | 0–7 | 0–10 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.