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1974 North Carolina

7–⁠5 (4–⁠2 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Bill Dooley.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1974, game by game: won vs. Ohio 42–7; won at Wake Forest 31–0; lost at Maryland 12–24; won vs. No. 17 Pittsburgh 45–29; lost at Georgia Tech 28–29; won vs. No. 10 NC State 33–14; lost at South Carolina 23–31; won vs. Virginia 24–10; lost at Clemson 32–54; won vs. Army 56–42; won vs. Duke 14–13; lost vs. Mississippi State 24–26+35−22Won 42–7 vs. Ohio+35OhioWon 31–0 at Wake Forest+31Wake ForestLost 12–24 at Maryland-12MarylandWon 45–29 vs. No. 17 Pittsburgh+16No. 17 PittsburghLost 28–29 at Georgia Tech-1Georgia TechWon 33–14 vs. No. 10 NC State+19No. 10 NC StateLost 23–31 at South Carolina-8South CarolinaWon 24–10 vs. Virginia+14VirginiaLost 32–54 at Clemson-22ClemsonWon 56–42 vs. Army+14ArmyWon 14–13 vs. Duke+1DukeLost 24–26 vs. Mississippi State-2Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14vsOhioW 42–⁠759%
Sep 21atWake ForestW 31–⁠069%
Sep 28atMarylandL 12–⁠2439%
Oct 5vs17PittsburghW 45–⁠2956%
Oct 12atGeorgia TechL 28–⁠2950%
Oct 19vs10NC StateW 33–⁠1437%
Oct 26atSouth CarolinaL 23–⁠3162%
Nov 2vsVirginiaW 24–⁠1074%
Nov 9atClemsonL 32–⁠5453%
Nov 16vsArmyW 56–⁠4281%
Nov 23vsDukeW 14–⁠1364%
Dec 28Bowls & playoffvsMississippi StateSun BowlL 24–⁠2641%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Mississippi State 26–⁠24 in the Sun Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 71st-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 1974.

Consensus All-AmericanKen Huff, OG

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
364–⁠279
Coach
Bill Dooley
Elo
1513 +42 this season
SP+ rating
12.0 No. 33 of 124; offense No. 6, defense No. 89
SRS
11.5 No. 27 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Ken Huff and Chris Kupec

Drafted in 1975

The 1975 draft
Rd 1Ken Huff OGBaltimore Colts
Rd 5Charles Waddell TESan Diego Chargers

All-ACC

5 first team

First team

  • Jimmy JeromeWR
  • Ken HuffOG
  • Chris KupecQB
  • James BettersonB
  • Ronnie RobinsonL

From Wikipedia’s 1974 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1974 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Maryland6–⁠08–⁠413
NC State4–⁠29–⁠2–⁠111
Clemson4–⁠27–⁠4
North Carolina4–⁠27–⁠5
Duke2–⁠46–⁠5
Virginia1–⁠54–⁠7
Wake Forest0–⁠61–⁠10

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