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1951 VMI

7–⁠3 (5–⁠0 Southern Conference), coached by Thomas Nugent.

Schedule and results

VMI in 1951, game by game: lost at Cincinnati 7–26; won vs. Wofford 29–6; won at Richmond 34–0; won at William & Mary 20–7; lost at Virginia 14–34; won at Catawba 34–14; won vs. Davidson 35–13; lost at No. 8 Georgia Tech 7–34; won at The Citadel 27–21; won vs. Virginia Tech 20–7+34−27Lost 7–26 at Cincinnati-19CincinnatiWon 29–6 vs. Wofford+23WoffordWon 34–0 at Richmond+34RichmondWon 20–7 at William & Mary+13William & MaryLost 14–34 at Virginia-20VirginiaWon 34–14 at Catawba+20CatawbaWon 35–13 vs. Davidson+22DavidsonLost 7–34 at No. 8 Georgia Tech-27No. 8 Georgia TechWon 27–21 at The Citadel+6The CitadelWon 20–7 vs. Virginia Tech+13Virginia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15atCincinnatiL 7–⁠2640%
Sep 22vsWoffordW 29–⁠690%
Sep 29atRichmondW 34–⁠062%
Oct 6atWilliam & MaryW 20–⁠744%
Oct 20atVirginiaL 14–⁠3437%
Oct 27atCatawbaW 34–⁠1481%
Nov 3vsDavidsonW 35–⁠1385%
Nov 10at8Georgia TechL 7–⁠3427%
Nov 17atThe CitadelW 27–⁠2163%
Nov 22vsVirginia TechW 20–⁠783%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Virginia Tech 20–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; Southern Conference champions.

In program history: The 10th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 118 on file).

Southern Conference champions5–⁠0 in the conference, shared with Maryland

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠0 shared first in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
227–⁠162
Coach
Thomas Nugent
Elo
1531 +40 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.2 No. 64 of 116 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southern Conference

1 first team

First team

  • Neal PetreeEUP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1951 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1951 Southern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Maryland5–⁠010–⁠03
VMI5–⁠07–⁠3
William & Mary5–⁠17–⁠3
Washington and Lee5–⁠16–⁠4
Clemson3–⁠17–⁠319
Duke4–⁠25–⁠4–⁠1
Wake Forest5–⁠36–⁠4
South Carolina5–⁠35–⁠4
George Washington2–⁠3–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
West Virginia2–⁠35–⁠5
North Carolina2–⁠32–⁠8
NC State2–⁠63–⁠7
Richmond2–⁠63–⁠8
The Citadel1–⁠34–⁠6
Furman1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Davidson1–⁠51–⁠8
Virginia Tech1–⁠72–⁠8

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