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1969 NC State

3–⁠6–⁠1 (3–⁠2–⁠1 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Earle Edwards.

Schedule and results

NC State in 1969, game by game: lost vs. Wake Forest 21–22; won vs. North Carolina 10–3; won at Maryland 24–7; lost at Miami 13–23; lost at South Carolina 16–21; won at Virginia 31–0; tied vs. Duke 25–25; lost vs. No. 18 Houston 13–34; lost at Florida State 22–33; lost vs. No. 3 Penn State 8–33+31−25Lost 21–22 vs. Wake Forest-1Wake ForestWon 10–3 vs. North Carolina+7North CarolinaWon 24–7 at Maryland+17MarylandLost 13–23 at Miami-10MiamiLost 16–21 at South Carolina-5South CarolinaWon 31–0 at Virginia+31VirginiaTied 25–25 vs. Duke0DukeLost 13–34 vs. No. 18 Houston-21No. 18 HoustonLost 22–33 at Florida State-11Florida StateLost 8–33 vs. No. 3 Penn State-25No. 3 Penn State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsWake ForestL 21–⁠2270%
Sep 20vsNorth CarolinaW 10–⁠373%
Sep 27atMarylandW 24–⁠766%
Oct 3atMiamiL 13–⁠2345%
Oct 11atSouth CarolinaL 16–⁠2146%
Oct 18atVirginiaW 31–⁠038%
Oct 25vsDukeT 25–⁠2578%
Nov 15vs18HoustonL 13–⁠3447%
Nov 22atFlorida StateL 22–⁠3329%
Nov 29vs3Penn StateL 8–⁠3324%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Penn State 33–⁠8; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 64th-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 1969.

Record
3–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠2–⁠1 2nd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
183–⁠201
Coach
Earle Edwards
Elo
1499 −36 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−1.4 No. 64 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1970

The 1970 draft
Rd 2Ron Carpenter DTCincinnati Bengals

All-ACC

5 first team

First team

  • Don JordanOGAP
  • Ron CarpenterDTAP
  • Mike HilkaLBAP
  • Jack WhitleyDBAP
  • Gary YoungDBAP

From Wikipedia’s 1969 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1969 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
South Carolina6–⁠07–⁠4
NC State3–⁠2–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
North Carolina3–⁠35–⁠5
Clemson3–⁠34–⁠6
Duke3–⁠3–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Maryland3–⁠33–⁠7
Wake Forest2–⁠53–⁠7
Virginia1–⁠53–⁠7

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