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1956 West Virginia

6–⁠4 (5–⁠0 Southern Conference), coached by Art Lewis.

Schedule and results

West Virginia in 1956, game by game: lost vs. No. 10 Pittsburgh 13–14; won vs. Richmond 30–6; won at Texas 7–6; lost at Syracuse 20–27; won at William & Mary 20–13; lost at No. 18 Penn State 6–16; won vs. No. 14 George Washington 14–0; won vs. VMI 13–6; won vs. Furman 7–0; lost at No. 6 Miami 0–18+24−18Lost 13–14 vs. No. 10 Pittsburgh-1No. 10 PittsburghWon 30–6 vs. Richmond+24RichmondWon 7–6 at Texas+1TexasLost 20–27 at Syracuse-7SyracuseWon 20–13 at William & Mary+7William & MaryLost 6–16 at No. 18 Penn State-10No. 18 Penn StateWon 14–0 vs. No. 14 George Washington+14No. 14 George Washingt…Won 13–6 vs. VMI+7VMIWon 7–0 vs. Furman+7FurmanLost 0–18 at No. 6 Miami-18No. 6 Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vs10PittsburghL 13–⁠1461%
Sep 29vsRichmondW 30–⁠671%
Oct 6atTexasW 7–⁠656%
Oct 13atSyracuseL 20–⁠2744%
Oct 20atWilliam & MaryW 20–⁠1374%
Oct 27at18Penn StateL 6–⁠1647%
Nov 3vs14George WashingtonW 14–⁠063%
Nov 10vsVMIW 13–⁠686%
Nov 17vsFurmanW 7–⁠092%
Nov 23at6MiamiL 0–⁠1832%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Miami 18–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; Southern Conference champions.

In program history: The 32nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 20

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 1956.

Southern Conference champions5–⁠0 in the conference

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠0 shared first in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 20
Points
130–⁠106
Coach
Art Lewis
Elo
1599 −7 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.1 No. 59 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southern Conference

6 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Mickey TrimarkiBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1956 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1956 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
West Virginia5–⁠06–⁠4
Virginia Tech3–⁠07–⁠2–⁠1
George Washington5–⁠18–⁠1–⁠117
Furman2–⁠22–⁠8
VMI2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Davidson1–⁠2–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Richmond2–⁠54–⁠5
The Citadel1–⁠33–⁠5–⁠1
William & Mary0–⁠50–⁠9–⁠1

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