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1977 NC State

8–⁠4 (4–⁠2 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Bo Rein.

Schedule and results

NC State in 1977, game by game: lost vs. East Carolina 23–28; won vs. Virginia 14–0; won at Syracuse 38–0; won vs. Wake Forest 41–14; won vs. Maryland 24–20; won at Auburn 17–15; lost vs. North Carolina 14–27; lost at No. 20 Clemson 3–7; won vs. South Carolina 7–3; lost vs. No. 9 Penn State 17–21; won at Duke 37–32; won vs. Iowa State 24–14+38−13Lost 23–28 vs. East Carolina-5East CarolinaWon 14–0 vs. Virginia+14VirginiaWon 38–0 at Syracuse+38SyracuseWon 41–14 vs. Wake Forest+27Wake ForestWon 24–20 vs. Maryland+4MarylandWon 17–15 at Auburn+2AuburnLost 14–27 vs. North Carolina-13North CarolinaLost 3–7 at No. 20 Clemson-4No. 20 ClemsonWon 7–3 vs. South Carolina+4South CarolinaLost 17–21 vs. No. 9 Penn State-4No. 9 Penn StateWon 37–32 at Duke+5DukeWon 24–14 vs. Iowa State+10Iowa State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsEast CarolinaL 23–⁠2842%
Sep 10vsVirginiaW 14–⁠074%
Sep 17atSyracuseW 38–⁠054%
Sep 24vsWake ForestW 41–⁠1462%
Oct 1vsMarylandW 24–⁠2047%
Oct 8atAuburnW 17–⁠1549%
Oct 15vsNorth CarolinaL 14–⁠2759%
Oct 22at20ClemsonL 3–⁠740%
Oct 29vsSouth CarolinaW 7–⁠358%
Nov 5vs9Penn StateL 17–⁠2134%
Nov 12atDukeW 37–⁠3239%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsIowa StatePeach BowlW 24–⁠1439%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Iowa State 24–⁠14 in the Peach Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 33rd-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 1977.

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠2 tied for 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
259–⁠181
Coach
Bo Rein
Elo
1568 +95 this season
SP+ rating
16.6 No. 21 of 140; offense No. 38, defense No. 12
SRS
13.8 No. 20 of 145 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1978

The 1978 draft
Rd 2Johnny Evans PCleveland Browns
Rd 6Elijah Marshall WRTampa Bay Buccaneers

All-ACC

3 first team

First team

  • Ted BrownBAP-1
  • Rick CarterDBAP-1
  • Ralph StringerDBAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1977 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1977 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Carolina5–⁠0–⁠18–⁠3–⁠117
Clemson4–⁠1–⁠18–⁠3–⁠119
Maryland4–⁠28–⁠4
NC State4–⁠28–⁠4
Duke2–⁠45–⁠6
Virginia1–⁠51–⁠9–⁠1
Wake Forest0–⁠61–⁠10

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