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1987 NC State

4–⁠7 (4–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Dick Sheridan.

Schedule and results

NC State in 1987, game by game: lost vs. East Carolina 14–32; lost at No. 18 Pittsburgh 0–34; lost at Wake Forest 3–21; won vs. Maryland 42–14; won vs. Georgia Tech 17–0; lost vs. North Carolina 14–17; won at No. 7 Clemson 30–28; lost at No. 19 South Carolina 0–48; lost vs. East Tennessee State 14–29; won at Duke 47–45; lost vs. Virginia 31–34+28−48Lost 14–32 vs. East Carolina-18East CarolinaLost 0–34 at No. 18 Pittsburgh-34No. 18 PittsburghLost 3–21 at Wake Forest-18Wake ForestWon 42–14 vs. Maryland+28MarylandWon 17–0 vs. Georgia Tech+17Georgia TechLost 14–17 vs. North Carolina-3North CarolinaWon 30–28 at No. 7 Clemson+2No. 7 ClemsonLost 0–48 at No. 19 South Carolina-48No. 19 South CarolinaLost 14–29 vs. East Tennessee State-15East Tennessee …Won 47–45 at Duke+2DukeLost 31–34 vs. Virginia-3Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsEast CarolinaL 14–⁠3274%
Sep 12at18PittsburghL 0–⁠3430%
Sep 19atWake ForestL 3–⁠2138%
Sep 26vsMarylandW 42–⁠1439%
Oct 3vsGeorgia TechW 17–⁠052%
Oct 17vsNorth CarolinaL 14–⁠1753%
Oct 24at7ClemsonW 30–⁠2820%
Oct 31at19South CarolinaL 0–⁠4834%
Nov 7vsEast Tennessee StateL 14–⁠2980%
Nov 14atDukeW 47–⁠4540%
Nov 21vsVirginiaL 31–⁠3449%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Virginia 34–⁠31; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 94th-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 1987.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
212–⁠302
Coach
Dick Sheridan
Elo
1426 −88 this season
SP+ rating
-5.1 No. 70 of 101; offense No. 62, defense No. 68
SRS
−0.9 No. 58 of 104 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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All-ACC

1 first team

First team

  • Chuck MassaroCAP

From Wikipedia’s 1987 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1987 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson6–⁠110–⁠212
Virginia5–⁠28–⁠4
Wake Forest4–⁠37–⁠4
NC State4–⁠34–⁠7
Maryland3–⁠34–⁠7
North Carolina3–⁠45–⁠6
Duke2–⁠55–⁠6
Georgia Tech0–⁠62–⁠9

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