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1968 NC State

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

Schedule and results

NC State in 1968, game by game: won at Wake Forest 10–6; won at North Carolina 38–6; lost at Oklahoma 14–28; lost at SMU 14–35; won vs. South Carolina 36–12; won vs. Virginia 19–0; won vs. Maryland 31–11; lost vs. Clemson 19–24; won at Duke 17–15; lost vs. Florida State 7–48+32−41Won 10–6 at Wake Forest+4Wake ForestWon 38–6 at North Carolina+32North CarolinaLost 14–28 at Oklahoma-14OklahomaLost 14–35 at SMU-21SMUWon 36–12 vs. South Carolina+24South CarolinaWon 19–0 vs. Virginia+19VirginiaWon 31–11 vs. Maryland+20MarylandLost 19–24 vs. Clemson-5ClemsonWon 17–15 at Duke+2DukeLost 7–48 vs. Florida State-41Florida State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14atWake ForestW 10–⁠660%
Sep 21atNorth CarolinaW 38–⁠673%
Sep 28atOklahomaL 14–⁠2846%
Oct 5atSMUL 14–⁠3561%
Oct 12vsSouth CarolinaW 36–⁠1275%
Oct 19vsVirginiaW 19–⁠065%
Oct 26vsMarylandW 31–⁠1184%
Nov 2vsClemsonL 19–⁠2473%
Nov 9atDukeW 17–⁠1564%
Nov 16vsFlorida StateL 7–⁠4858%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Florida State 48–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; Atlantic Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 40th-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 1968.

Atlantic Coast Conference champions6–⁠1 in the conference

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
6–⁠1 first in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
205–⁠185
Coach
Earle Edwards
Elo
1552 −55 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.9 No. 31 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-ACC

8 first team

First team

  • Don JordanOGAP
  • Carey MettsCAP
  • Bobby HallBAP
  • Mark CapuanoDEAP
  • Ron CarpenterDTAP
  • Jack WhitleyDBAP
  • Gary YountDBAP
  • Gerald WarrenKAP

From Wikipedia’s 1968 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1968 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
NC State6–⁠16–⁠4
Clemson4–⁠1–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Virginia3–⁠27–⁠3
South Carolina4–⁠34–⁠6
Duke3–⁠44–⁠6
Wake Forest2–⁠3–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Maryland2–⁠52–⁠8
North Carolina1–⁠63–⁠7

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