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1958 West Virginia

4–⁠5–⁠1 (4–⁠0 Southern Conference), coached by Art Lewis.

Schedule and results

West Virginia in 1958, game by game: won vs. Richmond 66–22; lost at No. 2 Oklahoma 14–47; lost at Indiana 12–13; lost vs. Boston University 30–36; lost at Pittsburgh 8–15; won at Virginia Tech 21–20; won vs. George Washington 35–12; tied vs. Penn State 14–14; won at William & Mary 56–6; lost vs. No. 10 Syracuse 12–15+50−33Won 66–22 vs. Richmond+44RichmondLost 14–47 at No. 2 Oklahoma-33No. 2 OklahomaLost 12–13 at Indiana-1IndianaLost 30–36 vs. Boston University-6Boston Universi…Lost 8–15 at Pittsburgh-7PittsburghWon 21–20 at Virginia Tech+1Virginia TechWon 35–12 vs. George Washington+23George Washingt…Tied 14–14 vs. Penn State0Penn StateWon 56–6 at William & Mary+50William & MaryLost 12–15 vs. No. 10 Syracuse-3No. 10 Syracuse
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsRichmondW 66–⁠2280%
Sep 27at2OklahomaL 14–⁠4730%
Oct 4atIndianaL 12–⁠1369%
Oct 11vsBoston UniversityL 30–⁠3672%
Oct 18atPittsburghL 8–⁠1535%
Oct 25atVirginia TechW 21–⁠2050%
Nov 1vsGeorge WashingtonW 35–⁠1273%
Nov 8vsPenn StateT 14–⁠1453%
Nov 15atWilliam & MaryW 56–⁠669%
Nov 22vs10SyracuseL 12–⁠1541%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Syracuse 15–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; Southern Conference champions.

In program history: The 49th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 13

Southern Conference champions4–⁠0 in the conference

Record
4–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠0 first in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
268–⁠200
Coach
Art Lewis
Elo
1553 −27 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.0 No. 41 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1959

The 1959 draft
Rd 6Dick Guesman OTDetroit Lions

All-Southern Conference

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Dick LongfellowBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Mel ReightBAP-1; UPI-2
  • Terry FairbanksEAP-1; UPI-1
  • Bill LopaskyOGAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

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

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.