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1957 West Virginia

7–⁠2–⁠1 (3–⁠0 Southern Conference), coached by Art Lewis.

Schedule and results

West Virginia in 1957, game by game: tied vs. Virginia 6–6; won vs. Virginia Tech 14–0; lost at Wisconsin 13–45; won at Boston University 46–6; won at George Washington 34–14; won vs. William & Mary 19–0; lost at Penn State 6–27; won at Pittsburgh 7–6; won at Wake Forest 27–14; won vs. Syracuse 7–0+40−32Tied 6–6 vs. Virginia0VirginiaWon 14–0 vs. Virginia Tech+14Virginia TechLost 13–45 at Wisconsin-32WisconsinWon 46–6 at Boston University+40Boston Universi…Won 34–14 at George Washington+20George Washingt…Won 19–0 vs. William & Mary+19William & MaryLost 6–27 at Penn State-21Penn StateWon 7–6 at Pittsburgh+1PittsburghWon 27–14 at Wake Forest+13Wake ForestWon 7–0 vs. Syracuse+7Syracuse
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsVirginiaT 6–⁠680%
Sep 28vsVirginia TechW 14–⁠056%
Oct 5atWisconsinL 13–⁠4556%
Oct 12atBoston UniversityW 46–⁠661%
Oct 18atGeorge WashingtonW 34–⁠1448%
Oct 26vsWilliam & MaryW 19–⁠086%
Nov 2atPenn StateL 6–⁠2749%
Nov 9atPittsburghW 7–⁠644%
Nov 16atWake ForestW 27–⁠1476%
Nov 23vsSyracuseW 7–⁠053%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Syracuse 7–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for first in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 24th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

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 1957.

Record
7–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠0 shared first in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
179–⁠118
Coach
Art Lewis
Elo
1620 +54 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.8 No. 41 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1958

The 1958 draft
Rd 1Chuck Howley OGChicago Bears
Rd 2Larry Krutko BPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 3Joe Nicely OGBaltimore Colts

All-Southern Conference

1 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

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

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.