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1975 North Carolina

3–⁠7–⁠1 (1–⁠4–⁠1 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Bill Dooley.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1975, game by game: won vs. William & Mary 33–7; lost vs. Maryland 7–34; lost at No. 2 Ohio State 7–32; won at Virginia 31–28; lost vs. No. 15 Notre Dame 14–21; lost at NC State 20–21; lost vs. East Carolina 17–38; lost vs. Wake Forest 9–21; lost vs. Clemson 35–38; won at Tulane 17–15; tied at Duke 17–17+26−27Won 33–7 vs. William & Mary+26William & MaryLost 7–34 vs. Maryland-27MarylandLost 7–32 at No. 2 Ohio State-25No. 2 Ohio StateWon 31–28 at Virginia+3VirginiaLost 14–21 vs. No. 15 Notre Dame-7No. 15 Notre DameLost 20–21 at NC State-1NC StateLost 17–38 vs. East Carolina-21East CarolinaLost 9–21 vs. Wake Forest-12Wake ForestLost 35–38 vs. Clemson-3ClemsonWon 17–15 at Tulane+2TulaneTied 17–17 at Duke0Duke
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6vsWilliam & MaryW 33–⁠768%
Sep 20vsMarylandL 7–⁠3451%
Sep 27at2Ohio StateL 7–⁠3217%
Oct 4atVirginiaW 31–⁠2858%
Oct 11vs15Notre DameL 14–⁠2135%
Oct 18atNC StateL 20–⁠2132%
Oct 25vsEast CarolinaL 17–⁠3854%
Nov 1vsWake ForestL 9–⁠2167%
Nov 8vsClemsonL 35–⁠3864%
Nov 15atTulaneW 17–⁠1536%
Nov 22atDukeT 17–⁠1730%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Duke 17–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 116th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

Record
3–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠4–⁠1 6th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
207–⁠272
Coach
Bill Dooley
Elo
1407 −101 this season
SP+ rating
-10.0 No. 100 of 132; offense No. 78, defense No. 114
SRS
−6.6 No. 99 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Jim Dickey
Captains
Deke Andrews, Roc Bauman, James Betterson, Bill Paschall, Ray Stanford and Bobby Trott

All-ACC

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1975 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Maryland5–⁠09–⁠2–⁠113
Duke3–⁠0–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
Wake Forest3–⁠33–⁠8
NC State2–⁠2–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Clemson2–⁠32–⁠9
North Carolina1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Virginia0–⁠41–⁠10

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