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1985 NC State

3–⁠8 (2–⁠5 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Tom Reed.

Schedule and results

NC State in 1985, game by game: lost vs. East Carolina 14–33; lost vs. Georgia Tech 18–28; won at Wake Forest 20–17; lost vs. Furman 20–42; lost vs. Maryland 17–31; lost at Pittsburgh 10–24; lost vs. North Carolina 14–21; lost at Clemson 10–39; won at South Carolina 21–17; won vs. Virginia 23–22; lost at Duke 19–31+7−29Lost 14–33 vs. East Carolina-19East CarolinaLost 18–28 vs. Georgia Tech-10Georgia TechWon 20–17 at Wake Forest+3Wake ForestLost 20–42 vs. Furman-22FurmanLost 17–31 vs. Maryland-14MarylandLost 10–24 at Pittsburgh-14PittsburghLost 14–21 vs. North Carolina-7North CarolinaLost 10–39 at Clemson-29ClemsonWon 21–17 at South Carolina+4South CarolinaWon 23–22 vs. Virginia+1VirginiaLost 19–31 at Duke-12Duke
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7vsEast CarolinaL 14–⁠3357%
Sep 14vsGeorgia TechL 18–⁠2836%
Sep 21atWake ForestW 20–⁠1728%
Sep 28vsFurmanL 20–⁠4259%
Oct 5vsMarylandL 17–⁠3121%
Oct 12atPittsburghL 10–⁠2419%
Oct 19vsNorth CarolinaL 14–⁠2133%
Oct 26atClemsonL 10–⁠3916%
Nov 2atSouth CarolinaW 21–⁠1716%
Nov 9vsVirginiaW 23–⁠2228%
Nov 16atDukeL 19–⁠3144%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Duke 31–⁠19; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 121st-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 1985.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
186–⁠305
Coach
Tom Reed
Elo
1337 −91 this season
SP+ rating
-14.8 No. 95 of 106; offense No. 94, defense No. 80
SRS
−6.8 No. 73 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1986

The 1986 draft
Rd 3Joe Milinichik OGDetroit Lions
Rd 7Raymond Phillips LBDenver Broncos

All-ACC

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1985 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1985 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Maryland6–⁠09–⁠318
Georgia Tech5–⁠19–⁠2–⁠119
Virginia4–⁠36–⁠5
Clemson4–⁠36–⁠6
North Carolina3–⁠45–⁠6
Duke2–⁠54–⁠7
NC State2–⁠53–⁠8
Wake Forest1–⁠64–⁠7

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