1958 William & Mary

2–⁠6–⁠1 (1–⁠4–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Milt Drewer.

Schedule and results

William & Mary in 1958, game by game: lost at No. 12 Navy 0–14; lost at Virginia Tech 15–27; tied vs. VMI 6–6; won vs. NC State 13–6; lost at George Washington 0–7; lost at Boston University 7–33; lost vs. Davidson 7–16; lost vs. West Virginia 6–56; won at Richmond 18–15+7−50Lost 0–14 at No. 12 Navy-14No. 12 NavyLost 15–27 at Virginia Tech-12Virginia TechTied 6–6 vs. VMI0VMIWon 13–6 vs. NC State+7NC StateLost 0–7 at George Washington-7George Washingt…Lost 7–33 at Boston University-26Boston Universi…Lost 7–16 vs. Davidson-9DavidsonLost 6–56 vs. West Virginia-50West VirginiaWon 18–15 at Richmond+3Richmond
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Richmond 18–⁠15; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 81st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Record
2–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠4–⁠1 9th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
72–⁠180
Coach
Milt Drewer
Elo
1343 −76 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−15.0 No. 94 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Dan Plummer and Tom Secules

All-Southern Conference

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Elliott SchaubachOTAP-2; UPI-1

Second team

  • Len RubalBUPI-2

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.