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1960 NC State

6–⁠3–⁠1 (4–⁠1–⁠1 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Earle Edwards.

Schedule and results

NC State in 1960, game by game: won vs. Virginia Tech 29–14; won at North Carolina 3–0; won vs. Virginia 26–7; won vs. Maryland 13–10; lost at Duke 13–17; won at Southern Miss 20–13; lost at UCLA 0–7; won at Wake Forest 14–12; lost at Arizona State 22–25; tied at South Carolina 8–8+19−7Won 29–14 vs. Virginia Tech+15Virginia TechWon 3–0 at North Carolina+3North CarolinaWon 26–7 vs. Virginia+19VirginiaWon 13–10 vs. Maryland+3MarylandLost 13–17 at Duke-4DukeWon 20–13 at Southern Miss+7Southern MissLost 0–7 at UCLA-7UCLAWon 14–12 at Wake Forest+2Wake ForestLost 22–25 at Arizona State-3Arizona StateTied 8–8 at South Carolina0South Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsVirginia TechW 29–⁠1442%
Sep 24atNorth CarolinaW 3–⁠030%
Oct 1vsVirginiaW 26–⁠778%
Oct 8vsMarylandW 13–⁠1058%
Oct 15atDukeL 13–⁠1736%
Oct 22atSouthern MissW 20–⁠1331%
Oct 29atUCLAL 0–⁠736%
Nov 5atWake ForestW 14–⁠1247%
Nov 12atArizona StateL 22–⁠2526%
Nov 19atSouth CarolinaT 8–⁠854%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied South Carolina 8–⁠8; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 68th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 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 1960.

Record
6–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠1–⁠1 2nd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
148–⁠113
Coach
Earle Edwards
Elo
1487 +87 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.6 No. 58 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1961

The 1961 draft
Rd 3Claude Gibson BChicago Bears
Rd 7Claude Gibson CBSan Diego Chargers (AFL)
Rd 7Dick Reynolds OTHouston Oilers (AFL)

All-ACC

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Collice MooreOTAP-1; UPI-2
  • Alex GilleskieOGUPI-1; AP-2
  • Roman GabrielB
  • Claude “Hoot” GibsonB

Second team

  • Jim TappEAP-2
  • Jim FitzgeraldCAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1960 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1960 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke5–⁠18–⁠310
NC State4–⁠1–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Maryland5–⁠26–⁠4
Clemson4–⁠26–⁠4
South Carolina3–⁠3–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
North Carolina2–⁠53–⁠7
Wake Forest2–⁠52–⁠8
Virginia0–⁠60–⁠10

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