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1993 NC State

7–⁠5 (4–⁠4 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Mike O’Cain.

Schedule and results

NC State in 1993, game by game: won vs. Purdue 20–7; won at Wake Forest 34–16; lost vs. No. 18 North Carolina 14–35; lost at Clemson 14–20; won at Texas Tech 36–34; won vs. Marshall 24–17; won vs. Georgia Tech 28–23; won vs. No. 16 Virginia 34–29; lost at Duke 20–21; won vs. Maryland 44–21; lost at No. 2 Florida State 3–62; lost vs. No. 23 Michigan 7–42+23−59Won 20–7 vs. Purdue+13PurdueWon 34–16 at Wake Forest+18Wake ForestLost 14–35 vs. No. 18 North Carolina-21No. 18 North CarolinaLost 14–20 at Clemson-6ClemsonWon 36–34 at Texas Tech+2Texas TechWon 24–17 vs. Marshall+7MarshallWon 28–23 vs. Georgia Tech+5Georgia TechWon 34–29 vs. No. 16 Virginia+5No. 16 VirginiaLost 20–21 at Duke-1DukeWon 44–21 vs. Maryland+23MarylandLost 3–62 at No. 2 Florida State-59No. 2 Florida StateLost 7–42 vs. No. 23 Michigan-35No. 23 Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsPurdueW 20–⁠777%
Sep 11atWake ForestW 34–⁠1660%
Sep 25vs18North CarolinaL 14–⁠3565%
Oct 2atClemsonL 14–⁠2053%
Oct 9atTexas TechW 36–⁠3459%
Oct 16vsMarshallW 24–⁠1788%
Oct 23vsGeorgia TechW 28–⁠2374%
Oct 30vs16VirginiaW 34–⁠2951%
Nov 6atDukeL 20–⁠2175%
Nov 13vsMarylandW 44–⁠2185%
Nov 20at2Florida StateL 3–⁠6219%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs23MichiganHall of Fame BowlL 7–⁠4235%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Michigan 42–⁠7 in the Hall of Fame Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 27th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 25
  2. Wk 2: 24
  3. Wk 3: 18
  4. Wk 4: 17
  5. Wk 5: 19
  6. Wk 6: 24
  7. 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 1993.

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 5th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 17
Points
278–⁠327
Coach
Mike O’Cain
Elo
1580 −30 this season
SP+ rating
1.0 No. 55 of 105; offense No. 47, defense No. 62
SRS
0.1 No. 53 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ted Cain
Defensive coordinator
Buddy Green

Drafted in 1994

The 1994 draft
Rd 1Dewayne Washington DBMinnesota Vikings
Rd 3Gary Downs RBNew York Giants
Rd 3George Hegamin OTDallas Cowboys

All-ACC

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State8–⁠012–⁠11
North Carolina6–⁠210–⁠319
Clemson5–⁠39–⁠323
Virginia5–⁠37–⁠5
NC State4–⁠47–⁠5
Georgia Tech3–⁠55–⁠6
Duke2–⁠63–⁠8
Maryland2–⁠62–⁠9
Wake Forest1–⁠72–⁠9

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