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1993 Wake Forest

2–⁠9 (1–⁠7 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Jim Caldwell.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1993, game by game: lost vs. Vanderbilt 12–27; lost vs. No. 18 NC State 16–34; won vs. App State 20–3; lost at Northwestern 14–26; lost at No. 15 North Carolina 35–45; won at Clemson 20–16; lost vs. Duke 13–21; lost at No. 1 Florida State 0–54; lost at No. 21 Virginia 9–21; lost vs. Georgia Tech 28–38; lost vs. Maryland 32–33+17−54Lost 12–27 vs. Vanderbilt-15VanderbiltLost 16–34 vs. No. 18 NC State-18No. 18 NC StateWon 20–3 vs. App State+17App StateLost 14–26 at Northwestern-12NorthwesternLost 35–45 at No. 15 North Carolina-10No. 15 North CarolinaWon 20–16 at Clemson+4ClemsonLost 13–21 vs. Duke-8DukeLost 0–54 at No. 1 Florida State-54No. 1 Florida StateLost 9–21 at No. 21 Virginia-12No. 21 VirginiaLost 28–38 vs. Georgia Tech-10Georgia TechLost 32–33 vs. Maryland-1Maryland
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsVanderbiltL 12–⁠2769%
Sep 11vs18NC StateL 16–⁠3440%
Sep 18vsApp StateW 20–⁠379%
Sep 25atNorthwesternL 14–⁠2653%
Oct 9at15North CarolinaL 35–⁠4520%
Oct 16atClemsonW 20–⁠1627%
Oct 23vsDukeL 13–⁠2170%
Oct 30at1Florida StateL 0–⁠547%
Nov 6at21VirginiaL 9–⁠2119%
Nov 13vsGeorgia TechL 28–⁠3845%
Nov 20vsMarylandL 32–⁠3365%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Maryland 33–⁠32; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 75th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠7 9th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
199–⁠318
Coach
Jim Caldwell
Elo
1394 −140 this season
SP+ rating
-17.0 No. 90 of 105; offense No. 84, defense No. 87
SRS
−10.7 No. 81 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Alex Wood
Defensive coordinator
Chris Allen
Captains
Jimmy Kemp, John Leach, Dred Booe and Jay Williams
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

All-ACC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Dred BooeDLAP-1

Second team

  • John LeachRBAP-2

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.