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1970 North Carolina

8–⁠4 (5–⁠2 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Bill Dooley.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1970, game by game: won vs. Kentucky 20–10; won vs. NC State 19–0; won at Maryland 53–20; won at Vanderbilt 10–7; lost vs. South Carolina 21–35; lost at Tulane 17–24; lost at Wake Forest 13–14; won vs. Virginia 30–15; won vs. VMI 62–13; won at Clemson 42–7; won vs. Duke 59–34; lost vs. No. 8 Arizona State 26–48+49−22Won 20–10 vs. Kentucky+10KentuckyWon 19–0 vs. NC State+19NC StateWon 53–20 at Maryland+33MarylandWon 10–7 at Vanderbilt+3VanderbiltLost 21–35 vs. South Carolina-14South CarolinaLost 17–24 at Tulane-7TulaneLost 13–14 at Wake Forest-1Wake ForestWon 30–15 vs. Virginia+15VirginiaWon 62–13 vs. VMI+49VMIWon 42–7 at Clemson+35ClemsonWon 59–34 vs. Duke+25DukeLost 26–48 vs. No. 8 Arizona State-22No. 8 Arizona State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12vsKentuckyW 20–⁠1068%
Sep 19vsNC StateW 19–⁠060%
Sep 26atMarylandW 53–⁠2062%
Oct 3atVanderbiltW 10–⁠751%
Oct 10vsSouth CarolinaL 21–⁠3559%
Oct 17atTulaneL 17–⁠2449%
Oct 24atWake ForestL 13–⁠1448%
Oct 31vsVirginiaW 30–⁠1567%
Nov 7vsVMIW 62–⁠1390%
Nov 14atClemsonW 42–⁠758%
Nov 21vsDukeW 59–⁠3465%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvs8Arizona StatePeach BowlL 26–⁠4827%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arizona State 48–⁠26 in the Peach Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 54th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 19
  2. Wk 5: 18

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 1970.

Led the nationDon McCauley: rushing yards (1,863 yds), rushing touchdowns (22 TD), points (126 pts)

Consensus All-AmericanDon McCauley, RB

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 18
Points
372–⁠227
Coach
Bill Dooley
Elo
1554 +76 this season
SP+ rating
8.9 No. 38 of 117; offense No. 20, defense No. 74
SRS
8.0 No. 41 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bobby Collins
Defensive coordinator
Lee Hayley
Captains
Don McCauley, Flip Ray and Bill Richardson

Drafted in 1971

The 1971 draft
Rd 1Don McCauley RBBaltimore Colts

All-ACC

3 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1970 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wake Forest5–⁠16–⁠5
North Carolina5–⁠28–⁠4
Duke5–⁠26–⁠5
South Carolina3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
NC State2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Clemson2–⁠43–⁠8
Maryland2–⁠42–⁠9
Virginia0–⁠65–⁠6

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