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1974 Duke

6–⁠5 (2–⁠4 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Mike McGee.

Schedule and results

Duke in 1974, game by game: lost at No. 16 NC State 21–35; won at South Carolina 20–14; won vs. Virginia 27–7; won vs. Purdue 16–14; won vs. Army 33–14; lost at Clemson 13–17; lost at No. 12 Florida 13–30; won vs. Georgia Tech 9–0; won vs. Wake Forest 23–7; lost vs. No. 13 Maryland 13–56; lost at North Carolina 13–14+20−43Lost 21–35 at No. 16 NC State-14No. 16 NC StateWon 20–14 at South Carolina+6South CarolinaWon 27–7 vs. Virginia+20VirginiaWon 16–14 vs. Purdue+2PurdueWon 33–14 vs. Army+19ArmyLost 13–17 at Clemson-4ClemsonLost 13–30 at No. 12 Florida-17No. 12 FloridaWon 9–0 vs. Georgia Tech+9Georgia TechWon 23–7 vs. Wake Forest+16Wake ForestLost 13–56 vs. No. 13 Maryland-43No. 13 MarylandLost 13–14 at North Carolina-1North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14at16NC StateL 21–⁠3520%
Sep 21atSouth CarolinaW 20–⁠1433%
Sep 28vsVirginiaW 27–⁠764%
Oct 5vsPurdueW 16–⁠1453%
Oct 12vsArmyW 33–⁠1478%
Oct 19atClemsonL 13–⁠1750%
Oct 26at12FloridaL 13–⁠3029%
Nov 2vsGeorgia TechW 9–⁠052%
Nov 9vsWake ForestW 23–⁠785%
Nov 16vs13MarylandL 13–⁠5632%
Nov 23atNorth CarolinaL 13–⁠1436%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to North Carolina 14–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 68th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 108 on file).

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠4 5th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
201–⁠208
Coach
Mike McGee
Elo
1464 +32 this season
SP+ rating
3.5 No. 65 of 124; offense No. 70, defense No. 54
SRS
5.4 No. 46 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Jerry McGee
Captains
Mike Bomgardner and Keith Stoneback
Most valuable player
Keith Stoneback

All-ACC

4 first team

First team

  • J.T. TurnerL
  • Keith StonebackLB
  • Jeff ChristopherDB
  • Troy SladeRS

From Wikipedia’s 1974 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1974 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Maryland6–⁠08–⁠413
NC State4–⁠29–⁠2–⁠111
Clemson4–⁠27–⁠4
North Carolina4–⁠27–⁠5
Duke2–⁠46–⁠5
Virginia1–⁠54–⁠7
Wake Forest0–⁠61–⁠10

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