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1989 NC State

7–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Dick Sheridan.

Schedule and results

NC State in 1989, game by game: won vs. Maryland 10–6; won vs. Georgia Tech 38–28; won at Wake Forest 27–17; won vs. North Carolina 40–6; won vs. Kent State 42–22; won vs. Middle Tennessee 35–14; lost at Clemson 10–30; won at No. 25 South Carolina 20–10; lost vs. No. 24 Virginia 9–20; lost at Duke 26–35; lost vs. Virginia Tech 23–25; lost vs. Arizona 10–17+34−20Won 10–6 vs. Maryland+4MarylandWon 38–28 vs. Georgia Tech+10Georgia TechWon 27–17 at Wake Forest+10Wake ForestWon 40–6 vs. North Carolina+34North CarolinaWon 42–22 vs. Kent State+20Kent StateWon 35–14 vs. Middle Tennessee+21Middle TennesseeLost 10–30 at Clemson-20ClemsonWon 20–10 at No. 25 South Carolina+10No. 25 South CarolinaLost 9–20 vs. No. 24 Virginia-11No. 24 VirginiaLost 26–35 at Duke-9DukeLost 23–25 vs. Virginia Tech-2Virginia TechLost 10–17 vs. Arizona-7Arizona
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsMarylandW 10–⁠666%
Sep 9vsGeorgia TechW 38–⁠2874%
Sep 16atWake ForestW 27–⁠1755%
Sep 23vsNorth CarolinaW 40–⁠679%
Sep 30vsKent StateW 42–⁠2285%
Oct 7vsMiddle TennesseeW 35–⁠1489%
Oct 21atClemsonL 10–⁠3038%
Oct 28at25South CarolinaW 20–⁠1043%
Nov 4vs24VirginiaL 9–⁠2061%
Nov 11atDukeL 26–⁠3544%
Nov 18vsVirginia TechL 23–⁠2569%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsArizonaCopper BowlL 10–⁠1740%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arizona 17–⁠10 in the Copper Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 46th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 24
  2. Wk 2: 25
  3. Wk 3: 19
  4. Wk 4: 18
  5. Wk 5: 15
  6. Wk 6: 14
  7. Wk 7: 13
  8. Wk 8: 12
  9. Wk 9: 20
  10. Wk 10: 18
  11. Wk 11: 22

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 1989.

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 4th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
290–⁠230
Coach
Dick Sheridan
Elo
1540 −7 this season
SP+ rating
4.6 No. 47 of 103; offense No. 58, defense No. 31
SRS
4.3 No. 41 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1990

The 1990 draft
Rd 1Ray Agnew DENew England Patriots
Rd 3Bobby Houston LBGreen Bay Packers

All-ACC

3 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Mike KavulicWRAP-2
  • Rick PokrantOGAP-2
  • Shane MontgomeryQBAP-2
  • Fernandus VinsonDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1989 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1989 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Virginia6–⁠110–⁠318
Duke6–⁠18–⁠4
Clemson5–⁠210–⁠212
Georgia Tech4–⁠37–⁠4
NC State4–⁠37–⁠5
Maryland2–⁠53–⁠7–⁠1
Wake Forest1–⁠62–⁠8–⁠1
North Carolina0–⁠71–⁠10

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