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1958 South Carolina

7–⁠3 (5–⁠2 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Warren Giese, finished No. 15 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

South Carolina in 1958, game by game: won vs. Duke 8–0; lost at No. 8 Army 8–45; won at Georgia 24–14; lost at North Carolina 0–6; won vs. No. 10 Clemson 26–6; lost at Maryland 6–10; won at Furman 32–7; won vs. Virginia 28–14; won vs. NC State 12–7; won vs. Wake Forest 24–7+25−37Won 8–0 vs. Duke+8DukeLost 8–45 at No. 8 Army-37No. 8 ArmyWon 24–14 at Georgia+10GeorgiaLost 0–6 at North Carolina-6North CarolinaWon 26–6 vs. No. 10 Clemson+20No. 10 ClemsonLost 6–10 at Maryland-4MarylandWon 32–7 at Furman+25FurmanWon 28–14 vs. Virginia+14VirginiaWon 12–7 vs. NC State+5NC StateWon 24–7 vs. Wake Forest+17Wake Forest
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsDukeW 8–⁠050%
Sep 27at8ArmyL 8–⁠4532%
Oct 4atGeorgiaW 24–⁠1449%
Oct 11atNorth CarolinaL 0–⁠647%
Oct 23vs10ClemsonW 26–⁠639%
Nov 1atMarylandL 6–⁠1055%
Nov 8atFurmanW 32–⁠777%
Nov 15vsVirginiaW 28–⁠1480%
Nov 22vsNC StateW 12–⁠771%
Nov 27vsWake ForestW 24–⁠778%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Wake Forest 24–⁠7; No. 15 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 17th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 18
  2. Wk 11: 16
  3. Final: 15

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 1958.

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠2 2nd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
No. 15 peak No. 15
Points
168–⁠116
Coach
Warren Giese
Elo
1563 +71 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.2 No. 35 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
King Dixon, Alex Hawkins and Dwight Keith

Drafted in 1959

The 1959 draft
Rd 2Alex Hawkins BGreen Bay Packers
Rd 7Don Rogers OTSan Francisco 49ers

All-ACC

3 first team

First team

  • Ed PittsOTAP-1; UPI-2
  • Alex HawkinsBAP-1; UPI-1
  • John SaundersBUPI-1

From Wikipedia’s 1958 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1958 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson5–⁠18–⁠312
South Carolina5–⁠27–⁠315
Duke3–⁠25–⁠5
North Carolina4–⁠36–⁠4
Maryland3–⁠34–⁠6
Wake Forest2–⁠43–⁠7
NC State2–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
Virginia1–⁠51–⁠9

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