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1990 Duke

4–⁠7 (1–⁠6 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Barry Wilson.

Schedule and results

Duke in 1990, game by game: lost at South Carolina 10–21; won at Northwestern 27–24; lost vs. No. 10 Virginia 0–59; lost at No. 19 Clemson 7–26; won at Army 17–16; won vs. Western Carolina 49–18; lost vs. Maryland 20–23; lost at No. 16 Georgia Tech 31–48; won vs. Wake Forest 57–20; lost at NC State 0–16; lost vs. North Carolina 22–24+37−59Lost 10–21 at South Carolina-11South CarolinaWon 27–24 at Northwestern+3NorthwesternLost 0–59 vs. No. 10 Virginia-59No. 10 VirginiaLost 7–26 at No. 19 Clemson-19No. 19 ClemsonWon 17–16 at Army+1ArmyWon 49–18 vs. Western Carolina+31Western CarolinaLost 20–23 vs. Maryland-3MarylandLost 31–48 at No. 16 Georgia Tech-17No. 16 Georgia TechWon 57–20 vs. Wake Forest+37Wake ForestLost 0–16 at NC State-16NC StateLost 22–24 vs. North Carolina-2North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1atSouth CarolinaL 10–⁠2146%
Sep 8atNorthwesternW 27–⁠2469%
Sep 22vs10VirginiaL 0–⁠5942%
Sep 29at19ClemsonL 7–⁠2623%
Oct 6atArmyW 17–⁠1645%
Oct 13vsWestern CarolinaW 49–⁠1885%
Oct 20vsMarylandL 20–⁠2360%
Oct 27at16Georgia TechL 31–⁠4826%
Nov 3vsWake ForestW 57–⁠2071%
Nov 10atNC StateL 0–⁠1639%
Nov 17vsNorth CarolinaL 22–⁠2462%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to North Carolina 24–⁠22; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 69th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 108 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠6 7th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
240–⁠295
Coach
Barry Wilson
Elo
1461 −90 this season
SP+ rating
-2.8 No. 64 of 104; offense No. 62, defense No. 58
SRS
1.0 No. 46 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Eddie Wilson
Defensive coordinator
Dale Strahm
Captains
Randy Jones, Chip Nitowski, Erwin Sampson and Mike Urso
Most valuable player
Erwin Sampson

All-ACC

2 second team

Second team

  • Marc MaysWRAP-2
  • Randy CuthbertRBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1990 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1990 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia Tech6–⁠0–⁠111–⁠0–⁠12
Clemson5–⁠210–⁠29
Virginia5–⁠28–⁠423
Maryland4–⁠36–⁠5–⁠1
North Carolina3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
NC State3–⁠47–⁠5
Duke1–⁠64–⁠7
Wake Forest0–⁠73–⁠8

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