1988 North Carolina

1–⁠10 (1–⁠6 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Mack Brown.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1988, game by game: lost at No. 19 South Carolina 10–31; lost vs. No. 4 Oklahoma 0–28; lost vs. Louisville 34–38; lost at No. 4 Auburn 21–47; lost at Wake Forest 24–42; lost vs. NC State 3–48; won vs. Georgia Tech 20–17; lost vs. Maryland 38–41; lost at No. 17 Clemson 14–37; lost vs. Virginia 24–27; lost at Duke 29–35+7−45Lost 10–31 at No. 19 South Carolina-21No. 19 South CarolinaLost 0–28 vs. No. 4 Oklahoma-28No. 4 OklahomaLost 34–38 vs. Louisville-4LouisvilleLost 21–47 at No. 4 Auburn-26No. 4 AuburnLost 24–42 at Wake Forest-18Wake ForestLost 3–48 vs. NC State-45NC StateWon 20–17 vs. Georgia Tech+3Georgia TechLost 38–41 vs. Maryland-3MarylandLost 14–37 at No. 17 Clemson-23No. 17 ClemsonLost 24–27 vs. Virginia-3VirginiaLost 29–35 at Duke-6Duke
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Duke 35–⁠29; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 124th-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 1988.

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
1–⁠6 7th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
217–⁠391
Coach
Mack Brown
Elo
1359 −144 this season
SP+ rating
-12.4 No. 82 of 102; offense No. 48, defense No. 92
SRS
−7.6 No. 76 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Carl Torbush
Captains
Bryan Causey, Jeff Garnica, Antonio Goss, Creighton Incorminias, John Keller and Mitch Wike
Offense
Multiple
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1989

The 1989 draft
Rd 3Darrell Hamilton OTDenver Broncos

All-ACC

3 first team

First team

  • Pat CrowleyOGAP-1
  • Jeff GarnicaCAP-1
  • Kennard MartinRBAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1988 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1988 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson6–⁠110–⁠29
Virginia5–⁠27–⁠4
NC State4–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠1
Wake Forest4–⁠36–⁠4–⁠1
Maryland4–⁠35–⁠6
Duke3–⁠3–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
North Carolina1–⁠61–⁠10
Georgia Tech0–⁠73–⁠8

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