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1996 NC State

3–⁠8 (3–⁠5 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Mike O’Cain.

Schedule and results

NC State in 1996, game by game: lost vs. Georgia Tech 16–28; lost vs. No. 3 Florida State 17–51; lost at Purdue 21–42; won at Maryland 34–8; lost vs. No. 8 Alabama 19–24; lost at No. 20 Virginia 14–62; lost at No. 8 North Carolina 20–52; won vs. Duke 44–22; lost at Clemson 17–40; won vs. Wake Forest 37–22; lost vs. East Carolina 29–50+26−48Lost 16–28 vs. Georgia Tech-12Georgia TechLost 17–51 vs. No. 3 Florida State-34No. 3 Florida StateLost 21–42 at Purdue-21PurdueWon 34–8 at Maryland+26MarylandLost 19–24 vs. No. 8 Alabama-5No. 8 AlabamaLost 14–62 at No. 20 Virginia-48No. 20 VirginiaLost 20–52 at No. 8 North Carolina-32No. 8 North CarolinaWon 44–22 vs. Duke+22DukeLost 17–40 at Clemson-23ClemsonWon 37–22 vs. Wake Forest+15Wake ForestLost 29–50 vs. East Carolina-21East Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7vsGeorgia TechL 16–⁠2855%
Sep 19vs3Florida StateL 17–⁠5123%
Sep 28atPurdueL 21–⁠4239%
Oct 5atMarylandW 34–⁠831%
Oct 12vs8AlabamaL 19–⁠2426%
Oct 19at20VirginiaL 14–⁠6217%
Nov 2at8North CarolinaL 20–⁠5215%
Nov 9vsDukeW 44–⁠2271%
Nov 16atClemsonL 17–⁠4023%
Nov 23vsWake ForestW 37–⁠2274%
Nov 30vsEast CarolinaL 29–⁠5025%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to East Carolina 50–⁠29; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 99th-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 1996.

Lou Groza AwardMarc Primanti, K

Consensus All-AmericanMarc Primanti, K

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 6th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
268–⁠401
Coach
Mike O’Cain
Elo
1416 −45 this season
SP+ rating
-9.0 No. 79 of 111; offense No. 52, defense No. 97
SRS
−6.7 No. 77 of 111 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ted Cain
Defensive coordinators
Ken Pettus and Kent Briggs

Drafted in 1997

The 1997 draft
Rd 6Rod Brown RBArizona Cardinals

All-ACC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Lonnie GilbertOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1996 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1996 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State8–⁠011–⁠13
North Carolina6–⁠210–⁠210
Clemson6–⁠27–⁠5
Virginia5–⁠37–⁠5
Georgia Tech4–⁠45–⁠6
Maryland3–⁠55–⁠6
NC State3–⁠53–⁠8
Wake Forest1–⁠73–⁠8
Duke0–⁠80–⁠11

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