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1975 NC State

7–⁠4–⁠1 (2–⁠2–⁠1 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Lou Holtz.

Schedule and results

NC State in 1975, game by game: won vs. East Carolina 26–3; lost vs. Wake Forest 22–30; won vs. No. 13 Florida 8–7; lost at Michigan State 15–37; won vs. Indiana 27–0; lost at Maryland 22–37; won vs. North Carolina 21–20; won at Clemson 45–7; won vs. South Carolina 28–21; won at No. 8 Penn State 15–14; tied at Duke 21–21; lost vs. West Virginia 10–13+38−22Won 26–3 vs. East Carolina+23East CarolinaLost 22–30 vs. Wake Forest-8Wake ForestWon 8–7 vs. No. 13 Florida+1No. 13 FloridaLost 15–37 at Michigan State-22Michigan StateWon 27–0 vs. Indiana+27IndianaLost 22–37 at Maryland-15MarylandWon 21–20 vs. North Carolina+1North CarolinaWon 45–7 at Clemson+38ClemsonWon 28–21 vs. South Carolina+7South CarolinaWon 15–14 at No. 8 Penn State+1No. 8 Penn StateTied 21–21 at Duke0DukeLost 10–13 vs. West Virginia-3West Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6vsEast CarolinaW 26–⁠369%
Sep 13vsWake ForestL 22–⁠3090%
Sep 20vs13FloridaW 8–⁠758%
Sep 27atMichigan StateL 15–⁠3749%
Oct 4vsIndianaW 27–⁠076%
Oct 11atMarylandL 22–⁠3736%
Oct 18vsNorth CarolinaW 21–⁠2068%
Oct 25atClemsonW 45–⁠759%
Nov 1vsSouth CarolinaW 28–⁠2168%
Nov 8at8Penn StateW 15–⁠1425%
Nov 15atDukeT 21–⁠2159%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsWest VirginiaPeach BowlL 10–⁠1351%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to West Virginia 13–⁠10 in the Peach Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 18th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 13
  2. Wk 2: 15

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 1975.

Record
7–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠2–⁠1 tied for 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
260–⁠210
Coach
Lou Holtz
Elo
1598 −17 this season
SP+ rating
10.3 No. 42 of 132; offense No. 40, defense No. 44
SRS
7.1 No. 38 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Brian Burke

All-ACC

7 first team

First team

  • Don BuckeyWRAP
  • Pat HovanceTEAP
  • Tom SerfassOGAP
  • Dave BuckeyQBAP
  • Ted BrownRBAP
  • Tom HigginsLAP
  • Ralph StringerDBAP

From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1975 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Maryland5–⁠09–⁠2–⁠113
Duke3–⁠0–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
Wake Forest3–⁠33–⁠8
NC State2–⁠2–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Clemson2–⁠32–⁠9
North Carolina1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Virginia0–⁠41–⁠10

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