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1971 Virginia

3–⁠8 (2–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Don Lawrence.

Schedule and results

Virginia in 1971, game by game: lost vs. Navy 6–10; lost at No. 4 Michigan 0–56; lost vs. No. 20 Duke 0–28; won vs. Vanderbilt 27–23; lost at South Carolina 14–34; lost vs. Clemson 15–32; lost at Army 9–14; won at NC State 14–10; lost vs. Virginia Tech 0–6; lost vs. North Carolina 20–32; won at Maryland 29–27+7−56Lost 6–10 vs. Navy-4NavyLost 0–56 at No. 4 Michigan-56No. 4 MichiganLost 0–28 vs. No. 20 Duke-28No. 20 DukeWon 27–23 vs. Vanderbilt+4VanderbiltLost 14–34 at South Carolina-20South CarolinaLost 15–32 vs. Clemson-17ClemsonLost 9–14 at Army-5ArmyWon 14–10 at NC State+4NC StateLost 0–6 vs. Virginia Tech-6Virginia TechLost 20–32 vs. North Carolina-12North CarolinaWon 29–27 at Maryland+2Maryland
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsNavyL 6–⁠1065%
Sep 18at4MichiganL 0–⁠5615%
Sep 25vs20DukeL 0–⁠2839%
Oct 2vsVanderbiltW 27–⁠2341%
Oct 9atSouth CarolinaL 14–⁠3425%
Oct 16vsClemsonL 15–⁠3257%
Oct 23atArmyL 9–⁠1431%
Oct 30atNC StateW 14–⁠1044%
Nov 6vsVirginia TechL 0–⁠645%
Nov 13vsNorth CarolinaL 20–⁠3225%
Nov 20atMarylandW 29–⁠2741%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Maryland 29–⁠27; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 118th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
134–⁠272
Coach
Don Lawrence
Elo
1342 −94 this season
SP+ rating
-15.9 No. 113 of 120; offense No. 111, defense No. 96
SRS
−8.8 No. 94 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Gary Helman and Andy Selfridge

All-ACC

1 first team

First team

  • Andy SelfridgeDTAP

From Wikipedia’s 1971 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1971 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Carolina6–⁠09–⁠3
Clemson4–⁠25–⁠6
Duke2–⁠36–⁠5
Wake Forest2–⁠36–⁠5
Virginia2–⁠33–⁠8
NC State2–⁠43–⁠8
Maryland1–⁠42–⁠9

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