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1963 NC State

8–⁠3 (6–⁠1 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Earle Edwards.

Schedule and results

NC State in 1963, game by game: won at Maryland 36–14; won at Southern Miss 14–0; won at Clemson 7–3; won at South Carolina 18–6; lost at North Carolina 10–31; won vs. Duke 21–7; won vs. Virginia 15–9; won vs. Virginia Tech 13–7; lost at Florida State 0–14; won vs. Wake Forest 42–0; lost vs. Mississippi State 12–16+42−21Won 36–14 at Maryland+22MarylandWon 14–0 at Southern Miss+14Southern MissWon 7–3 at Clemson+4ClemsonWon 18–6 at South Carolina+12South CarolinaLost 10–31 at North Carolina-21North CarolinaWon 21–7 vs. Duke+14DukeWon 15–9 vs. Virginia+6VirginiaWon 13–7 vs. Virginia Tech+6Virginia TechLost 0–14 at Florida State-14Florida StateWon 42–0 vs. Wake Forest+42Wake ForestLost 12–16 vs. Mississippi State-4Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atMarylandW 36–⁠1432%
Sep 28atSouthern MissW 14–⁠042%
Oct 5atClemsonW 7–⁠347%
Oct 12atSouth CarolinaW 18–⁠654%
Oct 19atNorth CarolinaL 10–⁠3154%
Oct 26vsDukeW 21–⁠744%
Nov 2vsVirginiaW 15–⁠980%
Nov 9vsVirginia TechW 13–⁠763%
Nov 16atFlorida StateL 0–⁠1455%
Nov 22vsWake ForestW 42–⁠090%
Dec 21Bowls & playoffvsMississippi StateLiberty BowlL 12–⁠1652%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Mississippi State 16–⁠12 in the Liberty Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Atlantic Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 39th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Atlantic Coast Conference champions6–⁠1 in the conference, shared with North Carolina

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
6–⁠1 shared first in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
188–⁠107
Coach
Earle Edwards
Elo
1554 +95 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.8 No. 37 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-ACC

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Don MontgomeryEAP-1; UPI-2
  • Bert WilderOTAP-1; UPI-1
  • Bill SullivanOGUPI-1; AP-2
  • Jim RossiB

Second team

  • Tony KoszarskyBUPI-2
  • Joe ScarpatiBUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1963 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1963 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Carolina6–⁠19–⁠2
NC State6–⁠18–⁠3
Duke5–⁠25–⁠4–⁠1
Clemson5–⁠25–⁠4–⁠1
Maryland2–⁠53–⁠7
South Carolina1–⁠5–⁠11–⁠8–⁠1
Wake Forest1–⁠51–⁠9
Virginia0–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1

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