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1986 NC State

8–⁠3–⁠1 (5–⁠2 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Dick Sheridan.

Schedule and results

NC State in 1986, game by game: won vs. East Carolina 38–10; tied vs. Pittsburgh 14–14; won vs. Wake Forest 42–38; won at No. 13 Maryland 28–16; lost at Georgia Tech 21–59; won at No. 18 North Carolina 35–34; won vs. No. 16 Clemson 27–3; won vs. South Carolina 23–22; lost at Virginia 16–20; won vs. Duke 29–15; won vs. Western Carolina 31–18; lost vs. Virginia Tech 24–25+28−38Won 38–10 vs. East Carolina+28East CarolinaTied 14–14 vs. Pittsburgh0PittsburghWon 42–38 vs. Wake Forest+4Wake ForestWon 28–16 at No. 13 Maryland+12No. 13 MarylandLost 21–59 at Georgia Tech-38Georgia TechWon 35–34 at No. 18 North Carolina+1No. 18 North CarolinaWon 27–3 vs. No. 16 Clemson+24No. 16 ClemsonWon 23–22 vs. South Carolina+1South CarolinaLost 16–20 at Virginia-4VirginiaWon 29–15 vs. Duke+14DukeWon 31–18 vs. Western Carolina+13Western CarolinaLost 24–25 vs. Virginia Tech-1Virginia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6vsEast CarolinaW 38–⁠1056%
Sep 13vsPittsburghT 14–⁠1447%
Sep 20vsWake ForestW 42–⁠3852%
Sep 27at13MarylandW 28–⁠1615%
Oct 11atGeorgia TechL 21–⁠5932%
Oct 18at18North CarolinaW 35–⁠3429%
Oct 25vs16ClemsonW 27–⁠337%
Nov 1vsSouth CarolinaW 23–⁠2264%
Nov 8atVirginiaL 16–⁠2057%
Nov 15vsDukeW 29–⁠1570%
Nov 22vsWestern CarolinaW 31–⁠1885%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsVirginia TechPeach BowlL 24–⁠2541%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Virginia Tech 25–⁠24 in the Peach Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 20
  2. Wk 6: 17
  3. Wk 8: 20
  4. Wk 9: 16
  5. Wk 10: 15
  6. Wk 13: 19
  7. Wk 14: 18

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 1986.

Bobby Dodd Coach of the YearDick Sheridan, coach

Record
8–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
328–⁠274
Coach
Dick Sheridan
Elo
1521 +130 this season
SP+ rating
6.6 No. 40 of 101; offense No. 24, defense No. 63
SRS
7.0 No. 33 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1987

The 1987 draft
Rd 1Haywood Jeffires WRHouston Oilers
Rd 5Nelson Jones DBSan Diego Chargers

All-ACC

5 first team

First team

  • Naz WorthenWRAP
  • Erik KramerQBAP
  • Pat TeagueLBAP
  • Mike CoferKAP
  • Kelly HollodickPAP

From Wikipedia’s 1986 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1986 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson5–⁠1–⁠18–⁠2–⁠217
NC State5–⁠28–⁠3–⁠1
North Carolina5–⁠27–⁠4–⁠1
Georgia Tech3–⁠35–⁠5–⁠1
Maryland2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Wake Forest2–⁠55–⁠6
Duke2–⁠54–⁠7
Virginia2–⁠53–⁠8

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