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1957 VMI

9–⁠0–⁠1 (6–⁠0 Southern Conference), coached by John McKenna, finished No. 20 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

VMI in 1957, game by game: won at Tampa 7–0; tied at Holy Cross 21–21; won at Richmond 28–6; won vs. Davidson 26–14; won at William & Mary 14–13; won vs. George Washington 26–20; won at Virginia 20–7; won at Lehigh 12–7; won vs. The Citadel 33–7; won vs. Virginia Tech 14–6+26Won 7–0 at Tampa+7TampaTied 21–21 at Holy Cross0Holy CrossWon 28–6 at Richmond+22RichmondWon 26–14 vs. Davidson+12DavidsonWon 14–13 at William & Mary+1William & MaryWon 26–20 vs. George Washington+6George Washingt…Won 20–7 at Virginia+13VirginiaWon 12–7 at Lehigh+5LehighWon 33–7 vs. The Citadel+26The CitadelWon 14–6 vs. Virginia Tech+8Virginia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atTampaW 7–⁠072%
Sep 28atHoly CrossT 21–⁠2129%
Oct 5atRichmondW 28–⁠639%
Oct 12vsDavidsonW 26–⁠1481%
Oct 19atWilliam & MaryW 14–⁠1355%
Oct 26vsGeorge WashingtonW 26–⁠2052%
Nov 2atVirginiaW 20–⁠750%
Nov 9atLehighW 12–⁠772%
Nov 16vsThe CitadelW 33–⁠773%
Nov 28vsVirginia TechW 14–⁠659%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Virginia Tech 14–⁠6; No. 20 in the final AP poll; Southern Conference champions.

In program history: The 9th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 118 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 8: 20
  2. Wk 9: 13
  3. Wk 10: 16
  4. Wk 11: 17
  5. Final: 20

Southern Conference champions6–⁠0 in the conference

Record
9–⁠0–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠0 shared first in Southern Conference
AP final
No. 20 peak No. 13
Points
201–⁠101
Coach
John McKenna
Elo
1543 +159 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
2.9 No. 47 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southern Conference

4 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Bobby JordanBAP-1
  • Sam WoolwineBAP-1
  • Jim McFallsOTAP-1
  • Lou FarmerOGAP-1

Second team

  • Duke JohnstonBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Southern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
VMI6–⁠09–⁠0–⁠120
West Virginia3–⁠07–⁠2–⁠1
The Citadel4–⁠25–⁠4–⁠1
Furman2–⁠13–⁠7
Richmond2–⁠44–⁠6
William & Mary2–⁠44–⁠6
Davidson1–⁠35–⁠3
Virginia Tech1–⁠34–⁠6
George Washington1–⁠52–⁠7

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