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1972 Virginia

4–⁠7 (1–⁠5 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Don Lawrence.

Schedule and results

Virginia in 1972, game by game: won at South Carolina 24–16; won vs. Virginia Tech 24–20; lost vs. West Virginia 10–48; lost at Duke 13–37; lost at Vanderbilt 7–10; won vs. VMI 45–14; lost at Clemson 21–37; lost vs. Maryland 23–24; lost vs. NC State 14–35; lost at No. 18 North Carolina 3–23; won at Wake Forest 15–12+31−38Won 24–16 at South Carolina+8South CarolinaWon 24–20 vs. Virginia Tech+4Virginia TechLost 10–48 vs. West Virginia-38West VirginiaLost 13–37 at Duke-24DukeLost 7–10 at Vanderbilt-3VanderbiltWon 45–14 vs. VMI+31VMILost 21–37 at Clemson-16ClemsonLost 23–24 vs. Maryland-1MarylandLost 14–35 vs. NC State-21NC StateLost 3–23 at No. 18 North Carolina-20No. 18 North CarolinaWon 15–12 at Wake Forest+3Wake Forest
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9atSouth CarolinaW 24–⁠1629%
Sep 16vsVirginia TechW 24–⁠2054%
Sep 23vsWest VirginiaL 10–⁠4839%
Sep 30atDukeL 13–⁠3735%
Oct 7atVanderbiltL 7–⁠1038%
Oct 14vsVMIW 45–⁠1481%
Oct 21atClemsonL 21–⁠3741%
Oct 28vsMarylandL 23–⁠2450%
Nov 4vsNC StateL 14–⁠3533%
Nov 11at18North CarolinaL 3–⁠2313%
Nov 18atWake ForestW 15–⁠1243%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Wake Forest 15–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 114th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠5 tied for 6th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
199–⁠276
Coach
Don Lawrence
Elo
1356 −39 this season
SP+ rating
-9.0 No. 95 of 121; offense No. 78, defense No. 96
SRS
−6.1 No. 85 of 127 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Thomas Kennedy and William Williams

All-ACC

1 first team

First team

  • Dave SullivanEUPI

From Wikipedia’s 1972 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1972 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Carolina6–⁠011–⁠112
NC State4–⁠1–⁠18–⁠3–⁠117
Maryland3–⁠2–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Duke3–⁠35–⁠6
Clemson2–⁠44–⁠7
Virginia1–⁠54–⁠7
Wake Forest1–⁠52–⁠9

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