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1958 Virginia

1–⁠9 (1–⁠5 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Richard Voris.

Schedule and results

Virginia in 1958, game by game: lost at No. 18 Clemson 15–20; won vs. Duke 15–12; lost vs. NC State 14–26; lost at Virginia Tech 13–22; lost at No. 1 Army 6–35; lost at Vanderbilt 6–39; lost vs. VMI 0–33; lost vs. No. 15 North Carolina 0–42; lost at South Carolina 14–28; lost vs. Maryland 6–44+7−42Lost 15–20 at No. 18 Clemson-5No. 18 ClemsonWon 15–12 vs. Duke+3DukeLost 14–26 vs. NC State-12NC StateLost 13–22 at Virginia Tech-9Virginia TechLost 6–35 at No. 1 Army-29No. 1 ArmyLost 6–39 at Vanderbilt-33VanderbiltLost 0–33 vs. VMI-33VMILost 0–42 vs. No. 15 North Carolina-42No. 15 North CarolinaLost 14–28 at South Carolina-14South CarolinaLost 6–44 vs. Maryland-38Maryland
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20at18ClemsonL 15–⁠2024%
Sep 27vsDukeW 15–⁠1243%
Oct 4vsNC StateL 14–⁠2644%
Oct 11atVirginia TechL 13–⁠2232%
Oct 18at1ArmyL 6–⁠3514%
Oct 25atVanderbiltL 6–⁠3925%
Nov 1vsVMIL 0–⁠3324%
Nov 8vs15North CarolinaL 0–⁠4229%
Nov 15atSouth CarolinaL 14–⁠2820%
Nov 22vsMarylandL 6–⁠4438%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Maryland 44–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 126th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 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 1958.

Led the nationSonny Randle: kickoff return yards (506 yds)

Record
1–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠5 8th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
89–⁠301
Coach
Richard Voris
Elo
1305 −124 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−13.8 No. 91 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Reece Whitley and Frank Call

All-ACC

1 second team

Second team

  • Sonny RandleBAP-2

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

Conference page
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.