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1951 William & Mary

7–⁠3 (5–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Marvin Bass.

Schedule and results

William & Mary in 1951, game by game: won vs. Boston University 34–25; lost at No. 4 Oklahoma 7–49; lost vs. VMI 7–20; won vs. Wake Forest 7–6; won at NC State 35–28; won at Richmond 20–14; won at Pennsylvania 20–12; won vs. Virginia Tech 28–7; won vs. Duke 14–13; lost at No. 15 Virginia 0–46+21−46Won 34–25 vs. Boston University+9Boston Universi…Lost 7–49 at No. 4 Oklahoma-42No. 4 OklahomaLost 7–20 vs. VMI-13VMIWon 7–6 vs. Wake Forest+1Wake ForestWon 35–28 at NC State+7NC StateWon 20–14 at Richmond+6RichmondWon 20–12 at Pennsylvania+8PennsylvaniaWon 28–7 vs. Virginia Tech+21Virginia TechWon 14–13 vs. Duke+1DukeLost 0–46 at No. 15 Virginia-46No. 15 Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vsBoston UniversityW 34–⁠2563%
Sep 29at4OklahomaL 7–⁠4920%
Oct 6vsVMIL 7–⁠2056%
Oct 13vsWake ForestW 7–⁠632%
Oct 20atNC StateW 35–⁠2849%
Oct 27atRichmondW 20–⁠1467%
Nov 3atPennsylvaniaW 20–⁠1231%
Nov 10vsVirginia TechW 28–⁠788%
Nov 17vsDukeW 14–⁠1357%
Nov 24at15VirginiaL 0–⁠4628%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Virginia 46–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 13th-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 1951.

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠1 tied for 3rd in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
172–⁠220
Coach
Marvin Bass
Elo
1521 +41 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−1.1 No. 69 of 116 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Dickie Lewis and George Zupko

All-Southern Conference

3 first team

First team

  • Ed MioduszewskiBAP-1
  • John BerryBUP-1
  • John KreamcheckOTAP-3; UP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1951 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1951 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Maryland5–⁠010–⁠03
VMI5–⁠07–⁠3
William & Mary5–⁠17–⁠3
Washington and Lee5–⁠16–⁠4
Clemson3–⁠17–⁠319
Duke4–⁠25–⁠4–⁠1
Wake Forest5–⁠36–⁠4
South Carolina5–⁠35–⁠4
George Washington2–⁠3–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
West Virginia2–⁠35–⁠5
North Carolina2–⁠32–⁠8
NC State2–⁠63–⁠7
Richmond2–⁠63–⁠8
The Citadel1–⁠34–⁠6
Furman1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Davidson1–⁠51–⁠8
Virginia Tech1–⁠72–⁠8

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