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1967 North Carolina

2–⁠8 (2–⁠5 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Bill Dooley.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1967, game by game: lost at NC State 7–13; lost at South Carolina 10–16; lost vs. Tulane 11–36; lost vs. Vanderbilt 7–21; lost at Air Force 8–10; won vs. Maryland 14–0; lost vs. Wake Forest 10–20; lost vs. Clemson 0–17; lost at Virginia 17–40; won at Duke 20–9+14−25Lost 7–13 at NC State-6NC StateLost 10–16 at South Carolina-6South CarolinaLost 11–36 vs. Tulane-25TulaneLost 7–21 vs. Vanderbilt-14VanderbiltLost 8–10 at Air Force-2Air ForceWon 14–0 vs. Maryland+14MarylandLost 10–20 vs. Wake Forest-10Wake ForestLost 0–17 vs. Clemson-17ClemsonLost 17–40 at Virginia-23VirginiaWon 20–9 at Duke+11Duke
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16atNC StateL 7–⁠1327%
Sep 23atSouth CarolinaL 10–⁠1637%
Sep 30vsTulaneL 11–⁠3651%
Oct 7vsVanderbiltL 7–⁠2153%
Oct 14atAir ForceL 8–⁠1031%
Oct 21vsMarylandW 14–⁠046%
Oct 28vsWake ForestL 10–⁠2057%
Nov 4vsClemsonL 0–⁠1734%
Nov 11atVirginiaL 17–⁠4029%
Nov 18atDukeW 20–⁠917%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Duke 20–⁠9; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 126th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 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 1967.

Record
2–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠5 7th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
104–⁠182
Coach
Bill Dooley
Elo
1339 −79 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−7.7 No. 89 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bobby Collins
Defensive coordinator
Lee Hayley
Captains
Jack Davenport and David Riggs

All-ACC

1 first team

First team

  • Jack DavenportDBAP

From Wikipedia’s 1967 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1967 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson6–⁠06–⁠4
NC State5–⁠19–⁠2
South Carolina4–⁠25–⁠5
Virginia3–⁠35–⁠5
Wake Forest3–⁠44–⁠6
Duke2–⁠44–⁠6
North Carolina2–⁠52–⁠8
Maryland0–⁠60–⁠9

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