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1970 NC State

3–⁠7–⁠1 (2–⁠3–⁠1 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Earle Edwards.

Schedule and results

NC State in 1970, game by game: lost at Richmond 6–21; lost at North Carolina 0–19; tied vs. South Carolina 7–7; lost at Florida 6–14; won vs. East Carolina 23–6; lost vs. Duke 6–22; won vs. Maryland 6–0; lost at Kentucky 2–27; won vs. Virginia 21–16; lost at Wake Forest 13–16; lost at Tulane 0–31+17−31Lost 6–21 at Richmond-15RichmondLost 0–19 at North Carolina-19North CarolinaTied 7–7 vs. South Carolina0South CarolinaLost 6–14 at Florida-8FloridaWon 23–6 vs. East Carolina+17East CarolinaLost 6–22 vs. Duke-16DukeWon 6–0 vs. Maryland+6MarylandLost 2–27 at Kentucky-25KentuckyWon 21–16 vs. Virginia+5VirginiaLost 13–16 at Wake Forest-3Wake ForestLost 0–31 at Tulane-31Tulane
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12atRichmondL 6–⁠2141%
Sep 19atNorth CarolinaL 0–⁠1940%
Sep 26vsSouth CarolinaT 7–⁠747%
Oct 3atFloridaL 6–⁠1426%
Oct 10vsEast CarolinaW 23–⁠681%
Oct 17vsDukeL 6–⁠2253%
Oct 24vsMarylandW 6–⁠060%
Oct 31atKentuckyL 2–⁠2755%
Nov 7vsVirginiaW 21–⁠1657%
Nov 14atWake ForestL 13–⁠1632%
Nov 21atTulaneL 0–⁠3130%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tulane 31–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 107th-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 1970.

Record
3–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠3–⁠1 5th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
90–⁠179
Coach
Earle Edwards
Elo
1390 −109 this season
SP+ rating
-12.1 No. 99 of 117; offense No. 117, defense No. 24
SRS
−10.2 No. 92 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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All-ACC

2 first team

First team

  • George SmithLBAP
  • Jack WhitleyDBAP

From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1970 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wake Forest5–⁠16–⁠5
North Carolina5–⁠28–⁠4
Duke5–⁠26–⁠5
South Carolina3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
NC State2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Clemson2–⁠43–⁠8
Maryland2–⁠42–⁠9
Virginia0–⁠65–⁠6

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