1957 Virginia
3–6–1 (2–4 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Ben Martin. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Virginia Tech 38–7Oct 19
By 31 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21 | at West Virginia | T 6–6 | 20% |
| Sep 28 | at 7Duke | L 0–40 | 17% |
| Oct 5 | at Wake Forest | W 28–20 | 32% |
| Oct 12 | vs Clemson | L 6–20 | 44% |
| Oct 19 | vs Virginia Tech | W 38–7 | 29% |
| Oct 26 | vs 9Army | L 12–20 | 31% |
| Nov 2 | vs VMI | L 7–20 | 50% |
| Nov 16 | vs South Carolina | L 0–13 | 49% |
| Nov 23 | at Maryland | L 0–12 | 24% |
| Nov 30 | at North Carolina | W 20–13 | 20% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat North Carolina 20–13; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
In program history: The 104th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
- Record
- 3–6–1
- Conference
- 2–4 6th in Atlantic Coast Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 117–171
- Coach
- Ben Martin
- Elo
- 1393 +16 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 0.6 No. 56 of 112 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Jim Bakhtiar
Drafted in 1958
The 1958 draft| Rd 7 | John Diehl OT | Baltimore Colts |
| Rd 7 | Hal Outten OT | Detroit Lions |
All-ACC
1 first teamFirst team
Jim BakhtiarBAP-1; UP-1
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
Conference page| 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.