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1995 NC State

3–⁠8 (2–⁠6 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Mike O’Cain.

Schedule and results

NC State in 1995, game by game: won vs. Marshall 33–16; lost vs. No. 16 Virginia 24–29; lost at No. 1 Florida State 17–77; lost vs. Baylor 0–14; lost vs. Clemson 22–43; lost at No. 16 Alabama 11–27; won at Duke 41–38; lost vs. Maryland 13–30; lost at Georgia Tech 19–27; won at Wake Forest 52–23; lost vs. North Carolina 28–30+29−60Won 33–16 vs. Marshall+17MarshallLost 24–29 vs. No. 16 Virginia-5No. 16 VirginiaLost 17–77 at No. 1 Florida State-60No. 1 Florida StateLost 0–14 vs. Baylor-14BaylorLost 22–43 vs. Clemson-21ClemsonLost 11–27 at No. 16 Alabama-16No. 16 AlabamaWon 41–38 at Duke+3DukeLost 13–30 vs. Maryland-17MarylandLost 19–27 at Georgia Tech-8Georgia TechWon 52–23 at Wake Forest+29Wake ForestLost 28–30 vs. North Carolina-2North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31vsMarshallW 33–⁠1687%
Sep 9vs16VirginiaL 24–⁠2953%
Sep 16at1Florida StateL 17–⁠7719%
Sep 23vsBaylorL 0–⁠1464%
Sep 30vsClemsonL 22–⁠4360%
Oct 7at16AlabamaL 11–⁠2716%
Oct 21atDukeW 41–⁠3848%
Nov 4vsMarylandL 13–⁠3061%
Nov 11atGeorgia TechL 19–⁠2739%
Nov 18atWake ForestW 52–⁠2357%
Nov 24vsNorth CarolinaL 28–⁠3045%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to North Carolina 30–⁠28; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 88th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 23

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 1995.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠6 7th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 23
Points
260–⁠354
Coach
Mike O’Cain
Elo
1442 −129 this season
SP+ rating
-6.2 No. 75 of 107; offense No. 47, defense No. 85
SRS
−3.8 No. 67 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ted Cain
Defensive coordinator
Ken Pettus

All-ACC

2 second team

Second team

  • Steve KeimOGAP-2
  • Jonathan RedmondOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State7–⁠110–⁠24
Virginia7–⁠19–⁠416
Clemson6–⁠28–⁠4
Georgia Tech5–⁠36–⁠5
North Carolina4–⁠47–⁠5
Maryland4–⁠46–⁠5
NC State2–⁠63–⁠8
Duke1–⁠73–⁠8
Wake Forest0–⁠81–⁠10

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