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1956 NC State

3–⁠7 (2–⁠4 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Earle Edwards.

Schedule and results

NC State in 1956, game by game: won at North Carolina 26–6; lost at Virginia Tech 6–35; lost vs. Clemson 7–13; lost vs. Florida State 0–14; won at Dayton 20–0; lost at Duke 0–42; lost at Wake Forest 0–13; won vs. South Carolina 14–7; lost at Penn State 7–14; lost vs. Maryland 14–25+20−42Won 26–6 at North Carolina+20North CarolinaLost 6–35 at Virginia Tech-29Virginia TechLost 7–13 vs. Clemson-6ClemsonLost 0–14 vs. Florida State-14Florida StateWon 20–0 at Dayton+20DaytonLost 0–42 at Duke-42DukeLost 0–13 at Wake Forest-13Wake ForestWon 14–7 vs. South Carolina+7South CarolinaLost 7–14 at Penn State-7Penn StateLost 14–25 vs. Maryland-11Maryland
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22atNorth CarolinaW 26–⁠644%
Sep 29atVirginia TechL 6–⁠3538%
Oct 6vsClemsonL 7–⁠1347%
Oct 13vsFlorida StateL 0–⁠1460%
Oct 20atDaytonW 20–⁠076%
Oct 27atDukeL 0–⁠4226%
Nov 3atWake ForestL 0–⁠1334%
Nov 10vsSouth CarolinaW 14–⁠743%
Nov 17atPenn StateL 7–⁠1420%
Nov 22vsMarylandL 14–⁠2550%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Maryland 25–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 108th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 20

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 1956.

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠4 6th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 20
Points
94–⁠169
Coach
Earle Edwards
Elo
1388 −72 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−1.7 No. 63 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-ACC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • John CollarEAP-2; UP-1

Second team

  • John SzuchanOTAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1956 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1956 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson4–⁠0–⁠17–⁠2–⁠219
Duke4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
South Carolina5–⁠27–⁠3
Maryland2–⁠2–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
North Carolina2–⁠3–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
NC State2–⁠43–⁠7
Wake Forest1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠5–⁠3
Virginia1–⁠43–⁠7

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