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1990 Wake Forest

3–⁠8 (0–⁠7 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Bill Dooley.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1990, game by game: lost at Rice 17–33; won vs. App State 23–12; lost at NC State 15–20; won vs. Army 52–14; lost vs. North Carolina 24–31; lost at Maryland 13–41; lost vs. No. 1 Virginia 14–49; lost vs. No. 19 Clemson 6–24; lost at Duke 20–57; lost vs. No. 4 Georgia Tech 7–42; won at Vanderbilt 56–28+38−37Lost 17–33 at Rice-16RiceWon 23–12 vs. App State+11App StateLost 15–20 at NC State-5NC StateWon 52–14 vs. Army+38ArmyLost 24–31 vs. North Carolina-7North CarolinaLost 13–41 at Maryland-28MarylandLost 14–49 vs. No. 1 Virginia-35No. 1 VirginiaLost 6–24 vs. No. 19 Clemson-18No. 19 ClemsonLost 20–57 at Duke-37DukeLost 7–42 vs. No. 4 Georgia Tech-35No. 4 Georgia TechWon 56–28 at Vanderbilt+28Vanderbilt
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1atRiceL 17–⁠3348%
Sep 8vsApp StateW 23–⁠1268%
Sep 15atNC StateL 15–⁠2028%
Sep 29vsArmyW 52–⁠1442%
Oct 6vsNorth CarolinaL 24–⁠3164%
Oct 13atMarylandL 13–⁠4135%
Oct 20vs1VirginiaL 14–⁠4919%
Oct 27vs19ClemsonL 6–⁠2419%
Nov 3atDukeL 20–⁠5729%
Nov 17vs4Georgia TechL 7–⁠4219%
Nov 24atVanderbiltW 56–⁠2849%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Vanderbilt 56–⁠28; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 82nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
247–⁠351
Coach
Bill Dooley
Elo
1376 −47 this season
SP+ rating
-11.7 No. 84 of 104; offense No. 54, defense No. 96
SRS
−6.2 No. 74 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Bob Brush
Captains
Steve Brown and Mike Smith

All-ACC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Anthony WilliamsRBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1990 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1990 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia Tech6–⁠0–⁠111–⁠0–⁠12
Clemson5–⁠210–⁠29
Virginia5–⁠28–⁠423
Maryland4–⁠36–⁠5–⁠1
North Carolina3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
NC State3–⁠47–⁠5
Duke1–⁠64–⁠7
Wake Forest0–⁠73–⁠8

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