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1995 North Carolina

7–⁠5 (4–⁠4 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Mack Brown.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1995, game by game: lost vs. Syracuse 9–20; lost at Maryland 18–32; won at Louisville 17–10; won vs. Ohio 62–0; won vs. No. 9 Virginia 22–17; lost at Georgia Tech 25–27; won vs. Wake Forest 31–7; lost at Clemson 10–17; lost vs. No. 6 Florida State 12–28; won vs. Duke 28–24; won at NC State 30–28; won vs. No. 24 Arkansas 20–10+62−16Lost 9–20 vs. Syracuse-11SyracuseLost 18–32 at Maryland-14MarylandWon 17–10 at Louisville+7LouisvilleWon 62–0 vs. Ohio+62OhioWon 22–17 vs. No. 9 Virginia+5No. 9 VirginiaLost 25–27 at Georgia Tech-2Georgia TechWon 31–7 vs. Wake Forest+24Wake ForestLost 10–17 at Clemson-7ClemsonLost 12–28 vs. No. 6 Florida State-16No. 6 Florida StateWon 28–24 vs. Duke+4DukeWon 30–28 at NC State+2NC StateWon 20–10 vs. No. 24 Arkansas+10No. 24 Arkansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsSyracuseL 9–⁠2061%
Sep 9atMarylandL 18–⁠3251%
Sep 21atLouisvilleW 17–⁠1040%
Sep 30vsOhioW 62–⁠085%
Oct 7vs9VirginiaW 22–⁠1740%
Oct 14atGeorgia TechL 25–⁠2754%
Oct 21vsWake ForestW 31–⁠782%
Nov 4atClemsonL 10–⁠1740%
Nov 11vs6Florida StateL 12–⁠2828%
Nov 18vsDukeW 28–⁠2474%
Nov 24atNC StateW 30–⁠2855%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvs24ArkansasCarquest BowlW 20–⁠1052%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arkansas 20–⁠10 in the Carquest Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 44th-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: 20

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 1995.

Consensus All-AmericanMarcus Jones, DT

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 5th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 20
Points
284–⁠220
Coach
Mack Brown
Elo
1575 +9 this season
SP+ rating
7.1 No. 42 of 107; offense No. 66, defense No. 22
SRS
5.4 No. 38 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Carl Torbush
Captains
Eric Thomas and Marcus Wall
Offense
Multiple
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 1Marcus Jones DETampa Bay Buccaneers
Rd 5Sean Boyd DBMinnesota Vikings

All-ACC

4 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Octavus BarnesWRAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State7–⁠110–⁠24
Virginia7–⁠19–⁠416
Clemson6–⁠28–⁠4
Georgia Tech5–⁠36–⁠5
North Carolina4–⁠47–⁠5
Maryland4–⁠46–⁠5
NC State2–⁠63–⁠8
Duke1–⁠73–⁠8
Wake Forest0–⁠81–⁠10

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