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1975 Duke

4–⁠5–⁠2 (3–⁠0–⁠2 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Mike McGee.

Schedule and results

Duke in 1975, game by game: lost at No. 4 USC 7–35; lost vs. South Carolina 16–24; won vs. Virginia 26–11; lost at Pittsburgh 0–14; won at Army 21–10; won vs. Clemson 25–21; lost at No. 12 Florida 16–24; lost at Georgia Tech 6–21; won at Wake Forest 42–14; tied vs. NC State 21–21; tied vs. North Carolina 17–17+28−28Lost 7–35 at No. 4 USC-28No. 4 USCLost 16–24 vs. South Carolina-8South CarolinaWon 26–11 vs. Virginia+15VirginiaLost 0–14 at Pittsburgh-14PittsburghWon 21–10 at Army+11ArmyWon 25–21 vs. Clemson+4ClemsonLost 16–24 at No. 12 Florida-8No. 12 FloridaLost 6–21 at Georgia Tech-15Georgia TechWon 42–14 at Wake Forest+28Wake ForestTied 21–21 vs. NC State0NC StateTied 17–17 vs. North Carolina0North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12at4USCL 7–⁠3518%
Sep 20vsSouth CarolinaL 16–⁠2457%
Sep 27vsVirginiaW 26–⁠1164%
Oct 4atPittsburghL 0–⁠1428%
Oct 11atArmyW 21–⁠1055%
Oct 18vsClemsonW 25–⁠2159%
Oct 25at12FloridaL 16–⁠2420%
Nov 1atGeorgia TechL 6–⁠2127%
Nov 8atWake ForestW 42–⁠1449%
Nov 15vsNC StateT 21–⁠2141%
Nov 22vsNorth CarolinaT 17–⁠1770%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied North Carolina 17–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 57th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 108 on file).

Record
4–⁠5–⁠2
Conference
3–⁠0–⁠2 2nd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
197–⁠212
Coach
Mike McGee
Elo
1490 +14 this season
SP+ rating
-4.9 No. 87 of 132; offense No. 96, defense No. 77
SRS
0.7 No. 65 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Jerry McGee
Captains
Ernie Clark, Dave Meier and Hal Spears
Most valuable player
Dave Meier

All-ACC

6 first team

First team

  • Gary PellomOTAP
  • Billy BryanCAP
  • Dave DusekLAP
  • Dave MeierLBAP
  • Bob GruppDBAP
  • Troy SladeRSAP

From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1975 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Maryland5–⁠09–⁠2–⁠113
Duke3–⁠0–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
Wake Forest3–⁠33–⁠8
NC State2–⁠2–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Clemson2–⁠32–⁠9
North Carolina1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Virginia0–⁠41–⁠10

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