1956 Virginia
3–7 (1–4 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Ben Martin. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat VMI 18–0Sep 22
By 18 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | vs VMI | W 18–0 | 59% |
| Sep 29 | vs Duke | L 7–40 | 31% |
| Oct 6 | vs Wake Forest | W 7–6 | 37% |
| Oct 13 | vs 20South Carolina | L 13–27 | 42% |
| Oct 20 | at Lehigh | W 24–12 | 61% |
| Oct 27 | at 16Virginia Tech | L 7–14 | 15% |
| Nov 3 | vs Vanderbilt | L 2–6 | 32% |
| Nov 10 | vs North Carolina | L 7–21 | 51% |
| Nov 17 | at 15Navy | L 7–34 | 10% |
| Nov 24 | at Clemson | L 0–7 | 12% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Clemson 7–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
In program history: The 125th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
- Record
- 3–7
- Conference
- 1–4 8th in Atlantic Coast Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 92–167
- Coach
- Ben Martin
- Elo
- 1316 −44 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −6.5 No. 80 of 111 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Henry Jordan
Drafted in 1957
The 1957 draft| Rd 5 | Henry Jordan DT | Cleveland Browns |
All-ACC
2 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Jim KeyserCAP-2; UP-1- Jim BakhtiarBAP-1; UP-2
Second team
- Fred PolzerEUP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1956 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1956 Atlantic Coast Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clemson | 4–0–1 | 7–2–2 | 19 |
| Duke | 4–1 | 5–4–1 | |
| South Carolina | 5–2 | 7–3 | |
 Maryland | 2–2–1 | 2–7–1 | |
| North Carolina | 2–3–1 | 2–7–1 | |
 NC State | 2–4 | 3–7 | |
| Wake Forest | 1–5–1 | 2–5–3 | |
| Virginia | 1–4 | 3–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.