1955 Virginia
1–9 (0–4 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Ned McDonald. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat VMI 20–13Oct 15
By 7 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | vs Clemson | L 7–20 | 46% |
| Oct 1 | vsGeorge Washington | L 0–13 | 46% |
| Oct 8 | vs Penn State | L 7–26 | 26% |
| Oct 15 | vs VMI | W 20–13 | 60% |
| Oct 22 | at Virginia Tech | L 13–17 | 18% |
| Oct 29 | at Vanderbilt | L 7–34 | 28% |
| Nov 5 | at Pittsburgh | L 7–18 | 18% |
| Nov 12 | vs Wake Forest | L 7–13 | 37% |
| Nov 19 | at North Carolina | L 14–26 | 31% |
| Nov 26 | vs South Carolina | L 14–21 | 45% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to South Carolina 21–14; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
In program history: The tied 129th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
- Record
- 1–9
- Conference
- 0–4 8th in Atlantic Coast Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 96–201
- Coach
- Ned McDonald
- Elo
- 1290 −123 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −11.3 No. 90 of 110 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- John Polzer
All-ACC
2 second teamSecond team
John PolzerOGAP-2; UP-2- Jim BakhtiarBAP-2; UP-3
From Wikipedia’s 1955 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1955 Atlantic Coast Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Maryland | 4–0 | 10–1 | 3 |
 Duke | 4–0 | 7–2–1 | |
| Clemson | 3–1 | 7–3 | |
| Wake Forest | 3–3–1 | 5–4–1 | |
| North Carolina | 3–3 | 3–7 | |
| South Carolina | 1–5 | 3–6 | |
 NC State | 0–2–1 | 4–5–1 | |
| Virginia | 0–4 | 1–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.