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1975 Virginia

1–⁠10 (0–⁠4 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Sonny Randle.

Schedule and results

Virginia in 1975, game by game: lost vs. Navy 14–42; won vs. VMI 22–21; lost at Duke 11–26; lost vs. North Carolina 28–31; lost at South Carolina 14–41; lost at Virginia Tech 17–24; lost vs. Wake Forest 21–66; lost at Vanderbilt 14–17; lost vs. East Carolina 10–61; lost vs. Syracuse 0–37; lost at No. 20 Maryland 24–62+7−51Lost 14–42 vs. Navy-28NavyWon 22–21 vs. VMI+1VMILost 11–26 at Duke-15DukeLost 28–31 vs. North Carolina-3North CarolinaLost 14–41 at South Carolina-27South CarolinaLost 17–24 at Virginia Tech-7Virginia TechLost 21–66 vs. Wake Forest-45Wake ForestLost 14–17 at Vanderbilt-3VanderbiltLost 10–61 vs. East Carolina-51East CarolinaLost 0–37 vs. Syracuse-37SyracuseLost 24–62 at No. 20 Maryland-38No. 20 Maryland
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsNavyL 14–⁠4256%
Sep 20vsVMIW 22–⁠2149%
Sep 27atDukeL 11–⁠2636%
Oct 4vsNorth CarolinaL 28–⁠3142%
Oct 11atSouth CarolinaL 14–⁠4125%
Oct 18atVirginia TechL 17–⁠2422%
Oct 25vsWake ForestL 21–⁠6660%
Nov 1atVanderbiltL 14–⁠1722%
Nov 8vsEast CarolinaL 10–⁠6123%
Nov 15vsSyracuseL 0–⁠3736%
Nov 22at20MarylandL 24–⁠626%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Maryland 62–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 133rd-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 1975.

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠4 7th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
175–⁠428
Coach
Sonny Randle
Elo
1241 −184 this season
SP+ rating
-24.8 No. 131 of 132; offense No. 75, defense No. 132
SRS
−20.3 No. 130 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Scott Gardner and Tom Glassic

Drafted in 1976

The 1976 draft
Rd 1Tom Glassic OGDenver Broncos

All-ACC

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1975 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Maryland5–⁠09–⁠2–⁠113
Duke3–⁠0–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
Wake Forest3–⁠33–⁠8
NC State2–⁠2–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Clemson2–⁠32–⁠9
North Carolina1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Virginia0–⁠41–⁠10

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