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1966 Virginia

4–⁠6 (3–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by George Blackburn.

Schedule and results

Virginia in 1966, game by game: won vs. Wake Forest 24–10; lost at Clemson 35–40; lost at Duke 8–27; lost vs. Tulane 6–20; won vs. VMI 38–27; lost vs. Virginia Tech 7–24; lost at NC State 21–42; lost at No. 5 Georgia Tech 13–14; won vs. Maryland 41–17; won at North Carolina 21–14+24−21Won 24–10 vs. Wake Forest+14Wake ForestLost 35–40 at Clemson-5ClemsonLost 8–27 at Duke-19DukeLost 6–20 vs. Tulane-14TulaneWon 38–27 vs. VMI+11VMILost 7–24 vs. Virginia Tech-17Virginia TechLost 21–42 at NC State-21NC StateLost 13–14 at No. 5 Georgia Tech-1No. 5 Georgia TechWon 41–17 vs. Maryland+24MarylandWon 21–14 at North Carolina+7North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsWake ForestW 24–⁠1061%
Sep 24atClemsonL 35–⁠4042%
Oct 1atDukeL 8–⁠2727%
Oct 8vsTulaneL 6–⁠2059%
Oct 15vsVMIW 38–⁠2761%
Oct 22vsVirginia TechL 7–⁠2438%
Oct 29atNC StateL 21–⁠4227%
Nov 5at5Georgia TechL 13–⁠1412%
Nov 19vsMarylandW 41–⁠1744%
Nov 26atNorth CarolinaW 21–⁠1445%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat North Carolina 21–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 80th-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 1966.

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
214–⁠235
Coach
George Blackburn
Elo
1446 −2 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−0.3 No. 64 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Edward Carrington and Donald Parker

Drafted in 1967

The 1967 draft
Rd 2Bob Davis QBHouston Oilers
Rd 7Ed Carrington TEHouston Oilers

All-ACC

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1966 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1966 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson6–⁠16–⁠4
NC State5–⁠25–⁠5
Maryland3–⁠34–⁠6
Virginia3–⁠34–⁠6
Duke2–⁠35–⁠5
Wake Forest2–⁠43–⁠7
South Carolina1–⁠31–⁠9
North Carolina1–⁠42–⁠8

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