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1969 South Carolina

7–⁠4 (6–⁠0 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Paul Dietzel.

Schedule and results

South Carolina in 1969, game by game: won vs. Duke 27–20; won vs. North Carolina 14–6; lost at No. 7 Georgia 16–41; won vs. NC State 21–16; won at Virginia Tech 17–16; won vs. Maryland 17–0; lost at Florida State 9–34; lost at No. 3 Tennessee 14–29; won at Wake Forest 24–6; won vs. Clemson 27–13; lost vs. No. 19 West Virginia 3–14+18−25Won 27–20 vs. Duke+7DukeWon 14–6 vs. North Carolina+8North CarolinaLost 16–41 at No. 7 Georgia-25No. 7 GeorgiaWon 21–16 vs. NC State+5NC StateWon 17–16 at Virginia Tech+1Virginia TechWon 17–0 vs. Maryland+17MarylandLost 9–34 at Florida State-25Florida StateLost 14–29 at No. 3 Tennessee-15No. 3 TennesseeWon 24–6 at Wake Forest+18Wake ForestWon 27–13 vs. Clemson+14ClemsonLost 3–14 vs. No. 19 West Virginia-11No. 19 West Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsDukeW 27–⁠2064%
Sep 27vsNorth CarolinaW 14–⁠672%
Oct 4at7GeorgiaL 16–⁠4123%
Oct 11vsNC StateW 21–⁠1654%
Oct 18atVirginia TechW 17–⁠1646%
Oct 25vsMarylandW 17–⁠076%
Nov 1atFlorida StateL 9–⁠3432%
Nov 8at3TennesseeL 14–⁠2916%
Nov 15atWake ForestW 24–⁠661%
Nov 22vsClemsonW 27–⁠1368%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvs19West VirginiaPeach BowlL 3–⁠1437%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to West Virginia 14–⁠3 in the Peach Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Atlantic Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 28th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Atlantic Coast Conference champions6–⁠0 in the conference

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
6–⁠0 first in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
189–⁠195
Coach
Paul Dietzel
Elo
1536 +43 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.2 No. 59 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Don Buckner and Pat Watson

All-ACC

6 first team

First team

  • Fred ZeiglerEAP
  • Dave DeCamillaOTAP
  • Warren MuirBAP
  • Jimmy PostonDTAP
  • Pat WatsonDBAP
  • Billy DupreKAP

From Wikipedia’s 1969 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1969 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
South Carolina6–⁠07–⁠4
NC State3–⁠2–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
North Carolina3–⁠35–⁠5
Clemson3–⁠34–⁠6
Duke3–⁠3–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Maryland3–⁠33–⁠7
Wake Forest2–⁠53–⁠7
Virginia1–⁠53–⁠7

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