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1969 North Carolina

5–⁠5 (3–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Bill Dooley.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1969, game by game: lost at NC State 3–10; lost at South Carolina 6–14; won vs. Vanderbilt 38–22; lost vs. Air Force 10–20; lost at No. 10 Florida 2–52; won vs. Wake Forest 23–3; won at Virginia 12–0; won vs. VMI 61–11; won vs. Clemson 32–15; lost at Duke 13–17+50−50Lost 3–10 at NC State-7NC StateLost 6–14 at South Carolina-8South CarolinaWon 38–22 vs. Vanderbilt+16VanderbiltLost 10–20 vs. Air Force-10Air ForceLost 2–52 at No. 10 Florida-50No. 10 FloridaWon 23–3 vs. Wake Forest+20Wake ForestWon 12–0 at Virginia+12VirginiaWon 61–11 vs. VMI+50VMIWon 32–15 vs. Clemson+17ClemsonLost 13–17 at Duke-4Duke
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20atNC StateL 3–⁠1027%
Sep 27atSouth CarolinaL 6–⁠1428%
Oct 4vsVanderbiltW 38–⁠2248%
Oct 11vsAir ForceL 10–⁠2039%
Oct 18at10FloridaL 2–⁠5218%
Oct 25vsWake ForestW 23–⁠357%
Nov 1atVirginiaW 12–⁠034%
Nov 8vsVMIW 61–⁠1182%
Nov 15vsClemsonW 32–⁠1553%
Nov 22atDukeL 13–⁠1755%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Duke 17–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 96th-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 1969.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
200–⁠164
Coach
Bill Dooley
Elo
1467 +61 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−0.7 No. 62 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bobby Collins
Defensive coordinator
Lee Hayley
Captains
Sam Bounds, Ed Chalupka, Bob Hanna, Don Hartig, David Jackson and Ken Price

All-ACC

4 first team

First team

  • Ed ChalupkaOGAP
  • Don McCauleyBAP
  • Judge MattocksDEAP
  • Bill RichardsonLBAP

From Wikipedia’s 1969 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1969 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
South Carolina6–⁠07–⁠4
NC State3–⁠2–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
North Carolina3–⁠35–⁠5
Clemson3–⁠34–⁠6
Duke3–⁠3–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Maryland3–⁠33–⁠7
Wake Forest2–⁠53–⁠7
Virginia1–⁠53–⁠7

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