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1958 VMI

6–⁠2–⁠2 (2–⁠2–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by John McKenna.

Schedule and results

VMI in 1958, game by game: won vs. Morehead State 46–20; won at Villanova 33–6; won vs. Richmond 12–6; tied vs. William & Mary 6–6; won at Tampa 13–12; won at Davidson 42–7; won vs. Virginia 33–0; tied at Lehigh 7–7; lost at The Citadel 6–14; lost vs. Virginia Tech 16–21+35−8Won 46–20 vs. Morehead State+26Morehead StateWon 33–6 at Villanova+27VillanovaWon 12–6 vs. Richmond+6RichmondTied 6–6 vs. William & Mary0William & MaryWon 13–12 at Tampa+1TampaWon 42–7 at Davidson+35DavidsonWon 33–0 vs. Virginia+33VirginiaTied 7–7 at Lehigh0LehighLost 6–14 at The Citadel-8The CitadelLost 16–21 vs. Virginia Tech-5Virginia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsMorehead StateW 46–⁠2094%
Sep 27atVillanovaW 33–⁠653%
Oct 4vsRichmondW 12–⁠680%
Oct 11vsWilliam & MaryT 6–⁠673%
Oct 18atTampaW 13–⁠1288%
Oct 25atDavidsonW 42–⁠781%
Nov 1vsVirginiaW 33–⁠076%
Nov 8atLehighT 7–⁠788%
Nov 15atThe CitadelL 6–⁠1474%
Nov 27vsVirginia TechL 16–⁠2165%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Virginia Tech 21–⁠16; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 11th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 118 on file).

Record
6–⁠2–⁠2
Conference
2–⁠2–⁠1 4th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
214–⁠99
Coach
John McKenna
Elo
1526 −3 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.8 No. 58 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1959

The 1959 draft
Rd 3Pete Johnson BChicago Bears
Rd 4Art Brandriff BDetroit Lions
Rd 6Jim McFalls OTWashington Redskins

All-Southern Conference

4 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Nick RuffinOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1958 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1958 Southern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
West Virginia4–⁠04–⁠5–⁠1
Virginia Tech3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
George Washington3–⁠23–⁠5
VMI2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠2
Richmond3–⁠43–⁠7
Davidson2–⁠35–⁠4
The Citadel2–⁠34–⁠6
Furman1–⁠22–⁠7
William & Mary1–⁠4–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1

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