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1950 William & Mary

4–⁠7 (3–⁠3 Southern Conference), coached by Rube McCray.

Schedule and results

William & Mary in 1950, game by game: lost vs. VMI 19–25; won vs. Cincinnati 20–14; lost vs. Wake Forest 0–47; lost at No. 20 Michigan State 14–33; won at Virginia Tech 54–0; lost at North Carolina 7–40; lost at Boston University 14–16; lost at Virginia 0–13; lost at Houston 18–36; won vs. NC State 34–0; won vs. Richmond 40–6+54−47Lost 19–25 vs. VMI-6VMIWon 20–14 vs. Cincinnati+6CincinnatiLost 0–47 vs. Wake Forest-47Wake ForestLost 14–33 at No. 20 Michigan State-19No. 20 Michigan StateWon 54–0 at Virginia Tech+54Virginia TechLost 7–40 at North Carolina-33North CarolinaLost 14–16 at Boston University-2Boston Universi…Lost 0–13 at Virginia-13VirginiaLost 18–36 at Houston-18HoustonWon 34–0 vs. NC State+34NC StateWon 40–6 vs. Richmond+34Richmond
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsVMIL 19–⁠2566%
Sep 30vsCincinnatiW 20–⁠1459%
Oct 7vsWake ForestL 0–⁠4760%
Oct 14at20Michigan StateL 14–⁠3330%
Oct 21atVirginia TechW 54–⁠070%
Oct 28atNorth CarolinaL 7–⁠4035%
Nov 4atBoston UniversityL 14–⁠1649%
Nov 11atVirginiaL 0–⁠1326%
Nov 18atHoustonL 18–⁠3671%
Nov 25vsNC StateW 34–⁠048%
Dec 2vsRichmondW 40–⁠682%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Richmond 40–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 25th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 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 1950.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 9th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
220–⁠230
Coach
Rube McCray
Elo
1471 −96 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.8 No. 88 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Vito Ragazzo and Joe Mark

1950 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington and Lee6–⁠08–⁠318
Clemson3–⁠0–⁠19–⁠0–⁠110
VMI5–⁠16–⁠4
Wake Forest6–⁠1–⁠16–⁠1–⁠2
Maryland4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Duke5–⁠27–⁠3
North Carolina3–⁠2–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2
George Washington4–⁠35–⁠4
NC State4–⁠4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
William & Mary3–⁠34–⁠7
The Citadel2–⁠34–⁠6
South Carolina2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠4–⁠2
Furman2–⁠42–⁠8–⁠1
West Virginia1–⁠32–⁠8
Davidson1–⁠53–⁠6
Richmond1–⁠82–⁠8
Virginia Tech0–⁠80–⁠10

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