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1957 NC State

7–⁠1–⁠2 (5–⁠0–⁠1 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Earle Edwards, finished No. 15 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

NC State in 1957, game by game: won at North Carolina 7–0; won at Maryland 48–13; won at Clemson 13–7; won at Florida State 7–0; tied at Miami 0–0; tied vs. No. 4 Duke 14–14; won vs. Wake Forest 19–0; lost vs. William & Mary 6–7; won at Virginia Tech 12–0; won at South Carolina 29–26+35−1Won 7–0 at North Carolina+7North CarolinaWon 48–13 at Maryland+35MarylandWon 13–7 at Clemson+6ClemsonWon 7–0 at Florida State+7Florida StateTied 0–0 at Miami0MiamiTied 14–14 vs. No. 4 Duke0No. 4 DukeWon 19–0 vs. Wake Forest+19Wake ForestLost 6–7 vs. William & Mary-1William & MaryWon 12–0 at Virginia Tech+12Virginia TechWon 29–26 at South Carolina+3South Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atNorth CarolinaW 7–⁠041%
Sep 28atMarylandW 48–⁠1337%
Oct 5atClemsonW 13–⁠738%
Oct 12atFlorida StateW 7–⁠052%
Oct 18atMiamiT 0–⁠035%
Oct 26vs4DukeT 14–⁠1445%
Nov 2vsWake ForestW 19–⁠080%
Nov 9vsWilliam & MaryL 6–⁠781%
Nov 16atVirginia TechW 12–⁠050%
Nov 23atSouth CarolinaW 29–⁠2655%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat South Carolina 29–⁠26; No. 15 in the final AP poll; Atlantic Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 26th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 13
  2. Wk 4: 13
  3. Wk 5: 12
  4. Wk 6: 11
  5. Wk 7: 10
  6. Wk 8: 10
  7. Wk 9: 19
  8. Wk 10: 20
  9. Wk 11: 15
  10. Final: 15

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 1957.

Atlantic Coast Conference champions5–⁠0–⁠1 in the conference

Record
7–⁠1–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠0–⁠1 first in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
No. 15 peak No. 10
Points
155–⁠67
Coach
Earle Edwards
Elo
1583 +157 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
13.6 No. 18 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1958

The 1958 draft
Rd 3Dick Christy BGreen Bay Packers

All-ACC

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Darrell DessOTAP-2
  • Bill RearickOGAP-2
  • Dick HunterBAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
NC State5–⁠0–⁠17–⁠1–⁠215
Duke5–⁠1–⁠16–⁠3–⁠216
Clemson4–⁠37–⁠3
North Carolina4–⁠36–⁠4
Maryland4–⁠35–⁠5
Virginia2–⁠43–⁠6–⁠1
South Carolina2–⁠55–⁠5
Wake Forest0–⁠70–⁠10

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