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1993 Duke

3–⁠8 (2–⁠6 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Barry Wilson.

Schedule and results

Duke in 1993, game by game: lost vs. No. 1 Florida State 7–45; lost at Rutgers 38–39; won vs. Army 42–21; lost at No. 22 Virginia 0–35; lost at No. 11 Tennessee 19–52; lost vs. Clemson 10–13; lost at Maryland 18–26; won at Wake Forest 21–13; lost vs. Georgia Tech 14–47; won vs. No. 22 NC State 21–20; lost at No. 13 North Carolina 24–38+21−38Lost 7–45 vs. No. 1 Florida State-38No. 1 Florida StateLost 38–39 at Rutgers-1RutgersWon 42–21 vs. Army+21ArmyLost 0–35 at No. 22 Virginia-35No. 22 VirginiaLost 19–52 at No. 11 Tennessee-33No. 11 TennesseeLost 10–13 vs. Clemson-3ClemsonLost 18–26 at Maryland-8MarylandWon 21–13 at Wake Forest+8Wake ForestLost 14–47 vs. Georgia Tech-33Georgia TechWon 21–20 vs. No. 22 NC State+1No. 22 NC StateLost 24–38 at No. 13 North Carolina-14No. 13 North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vs1Florida StateL 7–⁠4518%
Sep 11atRutgersL 38–⁠3928%
Sep 18vsArmyW 42–⁠2154%
Sep 25at22VirginiaL 0–⁠3520%
Oct 2at11TennesseeL 19–⁠5215%
Oct 9vsClemsonL 10–⁠1339%
Oct 16atMarylandL 18–⁠2648%
Oct 23atWake ForestW 21–⁠1330%
Oct 30vsGeorgia TechL 14–⁠4751%
Nov 6vs22NC StateW 21–⁠2025%
Nov 26at13North CarolinaL 24–⁠3812%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to North Carolina 38–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 87th-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 1993.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 7th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
214–⁠349
Coach
Barry Wilson
Elo
1385 −40 this season
SP+ rating
-10.8 No. 82 of 105; offense No. 65, defense No. 80
SRS
−9.5 No. 79 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Buddy Geis
Defensive coordinator
Dale Strahm
Captains
Steve Alderfer, Robert Baldwin, Brad Sherrod and Scott Youmans
Most valuable player
Matt Williams

All-ACC

1 second team

Second team

  • Brad SherrodLBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State8–⁠012–⁠11
North Carolina6–⁠210–⁠319
Clemson5–⁠39–⁠323
Virginia5–⁠37–⁠5
NC State4–⁠47–⁠5
Georgia Tech3–⁠55–⁠6
Duke2–⁠63–⁠8
Maryland2–⁠62–⁠9
Wake Forest1–⁠72–⁠9

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