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1966 NC State

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

Schedule and results

NC State in 1966, game by game: lost at No. 2 Michigan State 10–28; lost at North Carolina 7–10; won at Wake Forest 15–12; lost vs. South Carolina 21–31; lost vs. No. 8 Florida 10–17; won at Duke 33–7; won vs. Virginia 42–21; won vs. Maryland 24–21; lost vs. Southern Miss 6–7; won vs. Clemson 23–14+26−18Lost 10–28 at No. 2 Michigan State-18No. 2 Michigan StateLost 7–10 at North Carolina-3North CarolinaWon 15–12 at Wake Forest+3Wake ForestLost 21–31 vs. South Carolina-10South CarolinaLost 10–17 vs. No. 8 Florida-7No. 8 FloridaWon 33–7 at Duke+26DukeWon 42–21 vs. Virginia+21VirginiaWon 24–21 vs. Maryland+3MarylandLost 6–7 vs. Southern Miss-1Southern MissWon 23–14 vs. Clemson+9Clemson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17at2Michigan StateL 10–⁠2827%
Sep 24atNorth CarolinaL 7–⁠1049%
Oct 1atWake ForestW 15–⁠1261%
Oct 8vsSouth CarolinaL 21–⁠3171%
Oct 15vs8FloridaL 10–⁠1735%
Oct 22atDukeW 33–⁠731%
Oct 29vsVirginiaW 42–⁠2173%
Nov 5vsMarylandW 24–⁠2161%
Nov 12vsSouthern MissL 6–⁠755%
Nov 19vsClemsonW 23–⁠1459%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Clemson 23–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 36th-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 1966.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠2 2nd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
191–⁠168
Coach
Earle Edwards
Elo
1557 +17 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.9 No. 37 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-ACC

7 first team

First team

  • Bill GentryOTAP
  • John StecOGAP
  • Gary RoweBAP
  • Don DeArmentBAP
  • Dennis ByrdDTAP
  • Dave EverettLBAP
  • Art McMahonDBAP

From Wikipedia’s 1966 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1966 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson6–⁠16–⁠4
NC State5–⁠25–⁠5
Maryland3–⁠34–⁠6
Virginia3–⁠34–⁠6
Duke2–⁠35–⁠5
Wake Forest2–⁠43–⁠7
South Carolina1–⁠31–⁠9
North Carolina1–⁠42–⁠8

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