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1997 NC State

6–⁠5 (3–⁠5 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Mike O’Cain.

Schedule and results

NC State in 1997, game by game: won at No. 13 Syracuse 32–31; won at Duke 45–14; lost vs. No. 19 Clemson 17–19; won vs. Northern Illinois 41–14; lost at Wake Forest 18–19; lost at No. 25 Georgia Tech 17–27; lost vs. No. 4 North Carolina 7–20; lost at No. 3 Florida State 35–48; won vs. Maryland 45–28; won vs. Virginia 31–24; won vs. East Carolina 37–24+31−13Won 32–31 at No. 13 Syracuse+1No. 13 SyracuseWon 45–14 at Duke+31DukeLost 17–19 vs. No. 19 Clemson-2No. 19 ClemsonWon 41–14 vs. Northern Illinois+27Northern Illino…Lost 18–19 at Wake Forest-1Wake ForestLost 17–27 at No. 25 Georgia Tech-10No. 25 Georgia TechLost 7–20 vs. No. 4 North Carolina-13No. 4 North CarolinaLost 35–48 at No. 3 Florida State-13No. 3 Florida StateWon 45–28 vs. Maryland+17MarylandWon 31–24 vs. Virginia+7VirginiaWon 37–24 vs. East Carolina+13East Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30at13SyracuseW 32–⁠3117%
Sep 6atDukeW 45–⁠1457%
Sep 13vs19ClemsonL 17–⁠1949%
Sep 20vsNorthern IllinoisW 41–⁠1484%
Sep 25atWake ForestL 18–⁠1958%
Oct 11at25Georgia TechL 17–⁠2735%
Oct 18vs4North CarolinaL 7–⁠2025%
Nov 1at3Florida StateL 35–⁠489%
Nov 8vsMarylandW 45–⁠2871%
Nov 15vsVirginiaW 31–⁠2439%
Nov 22vsEast CarolinaW 37–⁠2452%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat East Carolina 37–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 58th-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 1997.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 6th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
325–⁠268
Coach
Mike O’Cain
Elo
1512 +68 this season
SP+ rating
10.8 No. 36 of 112; offense No. 24, defense No. 47
SRS
9.2 No. 30 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jimmy Kiser
Defensive coordinators
Kent Briggs and Jeff Snipes

Drafted in 1998

The 1998 draft
Rd 4Carlos King RBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 7Alvis Whitted WRJacksonville Jaguars

All-ACC

3 first team

First team

  • Torry HoltWRAP-1
  • Lonnie GilbertOGAP-1
  • Tremayne StephensRBAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1997 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1997 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State8–⁠011–⁠13
North Carolina7–⁠111–⁠16
Virginia5–⁠37–⁠4
Georgia Tech5–⁠37–⁠525
Clemson4–⁠47–⁠5
NC State3–⁠56–⁠5
Wake Forest3–⁠55–⁠6
Maryland1–⁠72–⁠9
Duke0–⁠82–⁠9

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