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1967 NC State

9–⁠2 (5–⁠1 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Earle Edwards.

Schedule and results

NC State in 1967, game by game: won vs. North Carolina 13–7; won vs. Buffalo 24–6; won at Florida State 20–10; won at No. 2 Houston 16–6; won at Maryland 31–9; won vs. Wake Forest 24–7; won vs. Duke 28–7; won at Virginia 30–8; lost at Penn State 8–13; lost at Clemson 6–14; won vs. Georgia 14–7+22−8Won 13–7 vs. North Carolina+6North CarolinaWon 24–6 vs. Buffalo+18BuffaloWon 20–10 at Florida State+10Florida StateWon 16–6 at No. 2 Houston+10No. 2 HoustonWon 31–9 at Maryland+22MarylandWon 24–7 vs. Wake Forest+17Wake ForestWon 28–7 vs. Duke+21DukeWon 30–8 at Virginia+22VirginiaLost 8–13 at Penn State-5Penn StateLost 6–14 at Clemson-8ClemsonWon 14–7 vs. Georgia+7Georgia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16vsNorth CarolinaW 13–⁠773%
Sep 23vsBuffaloW 24–⁠667%
Sep 30atFlorida StateW 20–⁠1047%
Oct 7at2HoustonW 16–⁠632%
Oct 14atMarylandW 31–⁠970%
Oct 21vsWake ForestW 24–⁠787%
Oct 28vsDukeW 28–⁠775%
Nov 4atVirginiaW 30–⁠874%
Nov 11atPenn StateL 8–⁠1347%
Nov 18atClemsonL 6–⁠1461%
Dec 16Bowls & playoffvsGeorgiaLiberty BowlW 14–⁠741%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Georgia 14–⁠7 in the Liberty Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 5th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 9
  2. Wk 6: 5
  3. Wk 7: 5
  4. Wk 8: 4
  5. Wk 9: 3
  6. Wk 10: 10

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 1967.

Consensus All-AmericanDennis Byrd, DT

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠1 2nd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 3
Points
214–⁠94
Coach
Earle Edwards
Elo
1661 +122 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
15.9 No. 15 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1968

The 1968 draft
Rd 1Dennis Byrd DEBoston Patriots

All-ACC

6 first team

First team

  • Harry MartellEAP
  • Norman CatesOGAP
  • Mark CapuanoDEAP
  • Dennis ByrdDTAP
  • Freddie CombsDBAP
  • Gerald WarrenKAP

From Wikipedia’s 1967 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1967 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson6–⁠06–⁠4
NC State5–⁠19–⁠2
South Carolina4–⁠25–⁠5
Virginia3–⁠35–⁠5
Wake Forest3–⁠44–⁠6
Duke2–⁠44–⁠6
North Carolina2–⁠52–⁠8
Maryland0–⁠60–⁠9

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