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1993 North Carolina

10–⁠3 (6–⁠2 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Mack Brown, finished No. 19 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1993, game by game: won vs. No. 18 USC 31–9; won vs. Ohio 44–3; won vs. Maryland 59–42; lost vs. No. 1 Florida State 7–33; won at No. 19 NC State 35–14; won vs. UTEP 45–39; won vs. Wake Forest 45–35; won at Georgia Tech 41–3; lost at No. 21 Virginia 10–17; won vs. Clemson 24–0; won at Tulane 42–10; won vs. Duke 38–24; lost vs. No. 18 Alabama 10–24+41−26Won 31–9 vs. No. 18 USC+22No. 18 USCWon 44–3 vs. Ohio+41OhioWon 59–42 vs. Maryland+17MarylandLost 7–33 vs. No. 1 Florida State-26No. 1 Florida StateWon 35–14 at No. 19 NC State+21No. 19 NC StateWon 45–39 vs. UTEP+6UTEPWon 45–35 vs. Wake Forest+10Wake ForestWon 41–3 at Georgia Tech+38Georgia TechLost 10–17 at No. 21 Virginia-7No. 21 VirginiaWon 24–0 vs. Clemson+24ClemsonWon 42–10 at Tulane+32TulaneWon 38–24 vs. Duke+14DukeLost 10–24 vs. No. 18 Alabama-14No. 18 Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 29vs18USCW 31–⁠953%
Sep 4vsOhioW 44–⁠387%
Sep 11vsMarylandW 59–⁠4278%
Sep 18vs1Florida StateL 7–⁠3337%
Sep 25at19NC StateW 35–⁠1435%
Oct 2vsUTEPW 45–⁠3987%
Oct 9vsWake ForestW 45–⁠3580%
Oct 16atGeorgia TechW 41–⁠364%
Oct 23at21VirginiaL 10–⁠1749%
Nov 6vsClemsonW 24–⁠071%
Nov 13atTulaneW 42–⁠1086%
Nov 26vsDukeW 38–⁠2488%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvs18AlabamaGator BowlL 10–⁠2449%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Alabama 24–⁠10 in the Gator Bowl; No. 19 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 14th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 20
  2. Wk 2: 16
  3. Wk 3: 14
  4. Wk 4: 13
  5. Wk 5: 18
  6. Wk 6: 16
  7. Wk 7: 15
  8. Wk 8: 14
  9. Wk 9: 12
  10. Wk 10: 18
  11. Wk 11: 16
  12. Wk 12: 15
  13. Wk 13: 13
  14. Wk 14: 13
  15. Wk 15: 12
  16. Wk 16: 12
  17. 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 1993.

Record
10–⁠3
Conference
6–⁠2 2nd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
No. 19 peak No. 12
Points
431–⁠253
Coach
Mack Brown
Elo
1659 +92 this season
SP+ rating
11.9 No. 25 of 105; offense No. 25, defense No. 45
SRS
10.3 No. 25 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Carl Torbush
Captains
Corey Holliday and Rick Steinbacher
Offense
Multiple
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1994

The 1994 draft
Rd 2Bucky Brooks WRBuffalo Bills
Rd 4Austin Robbins DTLos Angeles Raiders
Rd 4Bracey Walker DBKansas City Chiefs
Rd 4Sean Crocker DBBuffalo Bills

All-ACC

3 first team, 9 second team

First team

  • Ethan AlbrightOTAP-1
  • Curtis JohnsonRBAP-1
  • Bracy WalkerDBAP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State8–⁠012–⁠11
North Carolina6–⁠210–⁠319
Clemson5–⁠39–⁠323
Virginia5–⁠37–⁠5
NC State4–⁠47–⁠5
Georgia Tech3–⁠55–⁠6
Duke2–⁠63–⁠8
Maryland2–⁠62–⁠9
Wake Forest1–⁠72–⁠9

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