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1964 NC State

5–⁠5 (5–⁠2 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Earle Edwards.

Schedule and results

NC State in 1964, game by game: won at North Carolina 14–13; won vs. Clemson 9–0; won vs. Maryland 14–13; lost at No. 3 Alabama 0–21; lost at Duke 3–35; won at Virginia 24–15; won vs. South Carolina 17–14; lost at Virginia Tech 19–28; lost at Florida State 6–28; lost at Wake Forest 13–27+9−32Won 14–13 at North Carolina+1North CarolinaWon 9–0 vs. Clemson+9ClemsonWon 14–13 vs. Maryland+1MarylandLost 0–21 at No. 3 Alabama-21No. 3 AlabamaLost 3–35 at Duke-32DukeWon 24–15 at Virginia+9VirginiaWon 17–14 vs. South Carolina+3South CarolinaLost 19–28 at Virginia Tech-9Virginia TechLost 6–28 at Florida State-22Florida StateLost 13–27 at Wake Forest-14Wake Forest
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atNorth CarolinaW 14–⁠1337%
Sep 26vsClemsonW 9–⁠057%
Oct 3vsMarylandW 14–⁠1370%
Oct 10at3AlabamaL 0–⁠2126%
Oct 17atDukeL 3–⁠3541%
Oct 24atVirginiaW 24–⁠1556%
Oct 31vsSouth CarolinaW 17–⁠1479%
Nov 7atVirginia TechL 19–⁠2846%
Nov 14atFlorida StateL 6–⁠2832%
Nov 20atWake ForestL 13–⁠2759%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Wake Forest 27–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; Atlantic Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 74th-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 1964.

Atlantic Coast Conference champions5–⁠2 in the conference

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠2 first in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
119–⁠194
Coach
Earle Edwards
Elo
1477 −59 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−2.1 No. 73 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-ACC

3 first team

First team

  • Ray BarlowEAP-1
  • Glenn SasserOTAP-1
  • Bennett WilliamsOGAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1964 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
NC State5–⁠25–⁠5
Duke3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
North Carolina4–⁠35–⁠5
Wake Forest4–⁠35–⁠5
Maryland4–⁠35–⁠5
South Carolina2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2
Clemson2–⁠43–⁠7
Virginia1–⁠55–⁠5

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