
1988 North Carolina
1–10 (1–6 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Mack Brown. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Georgia Tech 20–17Oct 22
By 3 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | at | L 10–31 | 32% |
| Sep 10 | vs | L 0–28 | 27% |
| Sep 24 | vs | L 34–38 | 72% |
| Oct 1 | at | L 21–47 | 14% |
| Oct 8 | at | L 24–42 | 33% |
| Oct 15 | vs | L 3–48 | 44% |
| Oct 22 | vs | W 20–17 | 50% |
| Oct 29 | vs | L 38–41 | 43% |
| Nov 5 | at | L 14–37 | 12% |
| Nov 12 | vs | L 24–27 | 34% |
| Nov 19 | at | L 29–35 | 27% |
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 3 | Darrell Hamilton OT | Denver Broncos |
All-ACC
3 first teamFirst 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| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6–1 | 10–2 | 9 | |
| 5–2 | 7–4 | ||
| 4–2–1 | 8–3–1 | ||
| 4–3 | 6–4–1 | ||
| 4–3 | 5–6 | ||
| 3–3–1 | 7–3–1 | ||
| 1–6 | 1–10 | ||
| 0–7 | 3–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.