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1992 North Carolina

9–⁠3 (5–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Mack Brown, finished No. 19 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1992, game by game: won at Wake Forest 35–17; won vs. Furman 28–0; won vs. Army 22–9; lost vs. No. 23 NC State 20–27; won vs. Navy 28–14; lost at No. 8 Florida State 13–36; won vs. No. 17 Virginia 27–7; won vs. No. 19 Georgia Tech 26–14; won at Maryland 31–24; lost at Clemson 7–40; won at Duke 31–28; won vs. No. 24 Mississippi State 21–17+28−33Won 35–17 at Wake Forest+18Wake ForestWon 28–0 vs. Furman+28FurmanWon 22–9 vs. Army+13ArmyLost 20–27 vs. No. 23 NC State-7No. 23 NC StateWon 28–14 vs. Navy+14NavyLost 13–36 at No. 8 Florida State-23No. 8 Florida StateWon 27–7 vs. No. 17 Virginia+20No. 17 VirginiaWon 26–14 vs. No. 19 Georgia Tech+12No. 19 Georgia TechWon 31–24 at Maryland+7MarylandLost 7–40 at Clemson-33ClemsonWon 31–28 at Duke+3DukeWon 21–17 vs. No. 24 Mississippi State+4No. 24 Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atWake ForestW 35–⁠1758%
Sep 12vsFurmanW 28–⁠085%
Sep 19vsArmyW 22–⁠976%
Sep 26vs23NC StateL 20–⁠2755%
Oct 3vsNavyW 28–⁠1485%
Oct 10at8Florida StateL 13–⁠3619%
Oct 17vs17VirginiaW 27–⁠739%
Oct 24vs19Georgia TechW 26–⁠1455%
Oct 31atMarylandW 31–⁠2469%
Nov 7atClemsonL 7–⁠4045%
Nov 21atDukeW 31–⁠2868%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvs24Mississippi StatePeach BowlW 21–⁠1756%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Mississippi State 21–⁠17 in the Peach Bowl; No. 19 in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 35th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 10: 22
  2. Wk 11: 18
  3. Wk 12: 25
  4. Wk 13: 21
  5. Wk 14: 20
  6. Wk 15: 20
  7. Wk 16: 19
  8. Final: 19

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 1992.

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠3 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
No. 19 peak No. 18
Points
289–⁠233
Coach
Mack Brown
Elo
1602 +82 this season
SP+ rating
7.7 No. 32 of 105; offense No. 44, defense No. 41
SRS
6.2 No. 31 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Carl Torbush
Captains
Corey Holliday, Randall Parsons, Jonathan Perry and Tommy Thigpen
Offense
Multiple
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1993

The 1993 draft
Rd 1Thomas Smith DBBuffalo Bills
Rd 2Natrone Means RBSan Diego Chargers
Rd 3Rondell Jones DBDenver Broncos
Rd 5Tommy Thigpen LBNew York Giants

All-ACC

4 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Mike GeeOGAP-1
  • Randall ParsonsCAP-1
  • Natrone MeansRBAP-1
  • Mike ThomasPAP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1992 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1992 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State8–⁠011–⁠12
NC State6–⁠29–⁠3–⁠117
North Carolina5–⁠39–⁠319
Wake Forest4–⁠48–⁠425
Virginia4–⁠47–⁠4
Georgia Tech4–⁠45–⁠6
Clemson3–⁠55–⁠6
Maryland2–⁠63–⁠8
Duke0–⁠82–⁠9

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