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1992 Duke

2–⁠9 (0–⁠8 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Barry Wilson.

Schedule and results

Duke in 1992, game by game: lost at No. 4 Florida State 21–48; lost at Vanderbilt 37–42; won vs. Rice 17–12; lost vs. No. 14 Virginia 28–55; won vs. East Carolina 45–14; lost at No. 19 Clemson 6–21; lost vs. Maryland 25–27; lost at Georgia Tech 17–20; lost vs. Wake Forest 14–28; lost at No. 14 NC State 27–45; lost vs. No. 21 North Carolina 28–31+31−27Lost 21–48 at No. 4 Florida State-27No. 4 Florida StateLost 37–42 at Vanderbilt-5VanderbiltWon 17–12 vs. Rice+5RiceLost 28–55 vs. No. 14 Virginia-27No. 14 VirginiaWon 45–14 vs. East Carolina+31East CarolinaLost 6–21 at No. 19 Clemson-15No. 19 ClemsonLost 25–27 vs. Maryland-2MarylandLost 17–20 at Georgia Tech-3Georgia TechLost 14–28 vs. Wake Forest-14Wake ForestLost 27–45 at No. 14 NC State-18No. 14 NC StateLost 28–31 vs. No. 21 North Carolina-3No. 21 North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5at4Florida StateL 21–⁠4813%
Sep 12atVanderbiltL 37–⁠4242%
Sep 19vsRiceW 17–⁠1256%
Sep 26vs14VirginiaL 28–⁠5528%
Oct 10vsEast CarolinaW 45–⁠1437%
Oct 17at19ClemsonL 6–⁠2123%
Oct 24vsMarylandL 25–⁠2766%
Oct 31atGeorgia TechL 17–⁠2025%
Nov 7vsWake ForestL 14–⁠2849%
Nov 14at14NC StateL 27–⁠4513%
Nov 21vs21North CarolinaL 28–⁠3132%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to North Carolina 31–⁠28; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 83rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 108 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 1992.

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠8 9th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
265–⁠343
Coach
Barry Wilson
Elo
1386 −54 this season
SP+ rating
-5.3 No. 77 of 105; offense No. 39, defense No. 93
SRS
−2.3 No. 63 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Eddie Wilson
Defensive coordinator
Dale Strahm
Captains
Darrell Spells and Randy Cuthbert
Most valuable player
Randy Cuthbert and Scott Berdan

All-ACC

2 second team

Second team

  • Randy CuthbertRBAP-2
  • Tim DavisPAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1992 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1992 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State8–⁠011–⁠12
NC State6–⁠29–⁠3–⁠117
North Carolina5–⁠39–⁠319
Wake Forest4–⁠48–⁠425
Virginia4–⁠47–⁠4
Georgia Tech4–⁠45–⁠6
Clemson3–⁠55–⁠6
Maryland2–⁠63–⁠8
Duke0–⁠82–⁠9

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