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1994 North Carolina

8–⁠4 (5–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Mack Brown.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1994, game by game: won vs. TCU 27–17; won vs. Tulane 49–0; lost at No. 3 Florida State 18–31; won at SMU 28–24; won vs. Georgia Tech 31–24; won vs. Maryland 41–17; lost at No. 25 Virginia 10–34; won vs. NC State 31–17; lost vs. Clemson 17–28; won at Wake Forest 50–0; won at No. 24 Duke 41–40; lost vs. Texas 31–35+50−24Won 27–17 vs. TCU+10TCUWon 49–0 vs. Tulane+49TulaneLost 18–31 at No. 3 Florida State-13No. 3 Florida StateWon 28–24 at SMU+4SMUWon 31–24 vs. Georgia Tech+7Georgia TechWon 41–17 vs. Maryland+24MarylandLost 10–34 at No. 25 Virginia-24No. 25 VirginiaWon 31–17 vs. NC State+14NC StateLost 17–28 vs. Clemson-11ClemsonWon 50–0 at Wake Forest+50Wake ForestWon 41–40 at No. 24 Duke+1No. 24 DukeLost 31–35 vs. Texas-4Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsTCUW 27–⁠1779%
Sep 17vsTulaneW 49–⁠087%
Sep 24at3Florida StateL 18–⁠3124%
Oct 1atSMUW 28–⁠2472%
Oct 8vsGeorgia TechW 31–⁠2478%
Oct 15vsMarylandW 41–⁠1781%
Oct 22at25VirginiaL 10–⁠3445%
Oct 29vsNC StateW 31–⁠1760%
Nov 5vsClemsonL 17–⁠2874%
Nov 12atWake ForestW 50–⁠077%
Nov 19at24DukeW 41–⁠4047%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvsTexasSun BowlL 31–⁠3553%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas 35–⁠31 in the Sun Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 38th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 19
  2. Wk 2: 18
  3. Wk 3: 17
  4. Wk 4: 16
  5. Wk 5: 13
  6. Wk 6: 18
  7. Wk 7: 14
  8. Wk 8: 15
  9. Wk 9: 15
  10. Wk 10: 24
  11. Wk 11: 19
  12. Wk 14: 21
  13. Wk 15: 18
  14. Wk 16: 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 1994.

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
374–⁠267
Coach
Mack Brown
Elo
1599 −7 this season
SP+ rating
5.7 No. 43 of 106; offense No. 33, defense No. 60
SRS
4.8 No. 39 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Carl Torbush
Captains
Jimmy Hitchcock, William Henderson, Mike Morton and Jason Stanicek
Offense
Multiple
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1995

The 1995 draft
Rd 3William Henderson RBGreen Bay Packers
Rd 3Jimmy Hitchcock DBNew England Patriots
Rd 4Mike Morton LBOakland Raiders
Rd 6Eddie Mason LBNew York Jets
Rd 7Oscar Sturgis DEDallas Cowboys

All-ACC

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1994 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1994 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State8–⁠010–⁠1–⁠14
NC State6–⁠29–⁠317
Virginia5–⁠39–⁠315
North Carolina5–⁠38–⁠4
Duke5–⁠38–⁠4
Clemson4–⁠45–⁠6
Maryland2–⁠64–⁠7
Wake Forest1–⁠73–⁠8
Georgia Tech0–⁠81–⁠10

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