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1990 NC State

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

Schedule and results

NC State in 1990, game by game: won vs. Western Carolina 67–0; lost at Georgia Tech 13–21; won vs. Wake Forest 20–15; lost at Maryland 12–13; won at North Carolina 12–9; won vs. App State 56–0; lost at No. 2 Virginia 0–31; lost vs. No. 22 Clemson 17–24; won vs. South Carolina 38–29; lost at Virginia Tech 16–20; won vs. Duke 16–0; won vs. No. 23 Southern Miss 31–27+67−31Won 67–0 vs. Western Carolina+67Western CarolinaLost 13–21 at Georgia Tech-8Georgia TechWon 20–15 vs. Wake Forest+5Wake ForestLost 12–13 at Maryland-1MarylandWon 12–9 at North Carolina+3North CarolinaWon 56–0 vs. App State+56App StateLost 0–31 at No. 2 Virginia-31No. 2 VirginiaLost 17–24 vs. No. 22 Clemson-7No. 22 ClemsonWon 38–29 vs. South Carolina+9South CarolinaLost 16–20 at Virginia Tech-4Virginia TechWon 16–0 vs. Duke+16DukeWon 31–27 vs. No. 23 Southern Miss+4No. 23 Southern Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsWestern CarolinaW 67–⁠086%
Sep 8atGeorgia TechL 13–⁠2145%
Sep 15vsWake ForestW 20–⁠1572%
Sep 22atMarylandL 12–⁠1344%
Sep 29atNorth CarolinaW 12–⁠958%
Oct 6vsApp StateW 56–⁠084%
Oct 13at2VirginiaL 0–⁠3124%
Oct 20vs22ClemsonL 17–⁠2437%
Oct 27vsSouth CarolinaW 38–⁠2953%
Nov 3atVirginia TechL 16–⁠2047%
Nov 10vsDukeW 16–⁠061%
Dec 28Bowls & playoffvs23Southern MissAll-American BowlW 31–⁠2740%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Southern Miss 31–⁠27 in the All-American Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 34th-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 1990.

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠4 6th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
298–⁠189
Coach
Dick Sheridan
Elo
1561 +35 this season
SP+ rating
11.3 No. 27 of 104; offense No. 66, defense No. 8
SRS
8.5 No. 27 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Buddy Green

Drafted in 1991

The 1991 draft
Rd 2Mike Jones DEPhoenix Cardinals
Rd 2Jesse Campbell DBPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 4Joe Johnson DBChicago Bears
Rd 7Fernandus Vinson DBCincinnati Bengals

All-ACC

1 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1990 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1990 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia Tech6–⁠0–⁠111–⁠0–⁠12
Clemson5–⁠210–⁠29
Virginia5–⁠28–⁠423
Maryland4–⁠36–⁠5–⁠1
North Carolina3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
NC State3–⁠47–⁠5
Duke1–⁠64–⁠7
Wake Forest0–⁠73–⁠8

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