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1934 VMI

1–⁠8 (0–⁠5 Southern Conference), coached by W.C. Raftery.

Schedule and results

VMI in 1934, game by game: lost vs. Duke 0–46; lost at South Carolina 6–22; lost at Columbia 6–29; lost at Richmond 0–7; lost vs. Virginia 13–17; won vs. William & Mary 13–6; lost at Maryland 0–23; lost at Davidson 13–27; lost at Virginia Tech 0–13+7−46Lost 0–46 vs. Duke-46DukeLost 6–22 at South Carolina-16South CarolinaLost 6–29 at Columbia-23ColumbiaLost 0–7 at Richmond-7RichmondLost 13–17 vs. Virginia-4VirginiaWon 13–6 vs. William & Mary+7William & MaryLost 0–23 at Maryland-23MarylandLost 13–27 at Davidson-14DavidsonLost 0–13 at Virginia Tech-13Virginia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsDukeL 0–⁠4626%
Oct 6atSouth CarolinaL 6–⁠2221%
Oct 13atColumbiaL 6–⁠2914%
Oct 20atRichmondL 0–⁠728%
Oct 27vsVirginiaL 13–⁠1748%
Nov 3vsWilliam & MaryW 13–⁠641%
Nov 10atMarylandL 0–⁠2324%
Nov 17atDavidsonL 13–⁠2727%
Nov 29atVirginia TechL 0–⁠1325%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Virginia Tech 13–⁠0; 10th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 75th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 118 on file).

Record
1–⁠8
Conference
0–⁠5 10th in Southern Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
51–⁠190
Coach
W.C. Raftery
Elo
1291 −78 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−14.9 No. 112 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southern Conference

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1934 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1934 Southern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington and Lee4–⁠07–⁠3
North Carolina2–⁠0–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
Duke3–⁠17–⁠2
Maryland3–⁠17–⁠3
Clemson2–⁠15–⁠4
Virginia Tech3–⁠35–⁠5
South Carolina2–⁠35–⁠4
NC State1–⁠3–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Virginia1–⁠43–⁠6
VMI0–⁠51–⁠8

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