1978_NC_State_Wolfpack_football_team
1978 NC State Wolfpack football team
American college football season
The 1978 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Bo Rein. NC State has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) since the league's inception in 1953. The Wolfpack played its home games in 1978 at Carter Stadium (now Carter–Finley Stadium) in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966.
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 19 |
| AP | No. 18 |
| Record | 9–3 (4–2 ACC) |
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| Home stadium | Carter Stadium |
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| No. 6 Clemson $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Maryland | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 NC State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 9 | East Carolina* | W 29–13 | 50,800 | [1] | |||
| September 16 | Syracuse* |
| W 27–19 | 37,800 | [2] | ||
| September 23 | West Virginia* |
| W 29–15 | 42,200 | [3] | ||
| September 30 | at Wake Forest | W 34–10 | 29,700 | [4] | |||
| October 7 | at No. 12 Maryland | No. 20 | L 7–31 | 45,319 | [5] | ||
| October 21 | at North Carolina | W 34–7 | 50,250 | [6] | |||
| October 28 | No. 20 Clemson |
| L 10–33 | 45,000 | [7] | ||
| November 4 | South Carolina* |
| W 22–13 | 34,400 | [8] | ||
| November 11 | at No. 2 Penn State* | L 10–19 | 77,043 | [9] | |||
| November 18 | Duke |
| W 24–10 | 43,300 | [10] | ||
| November 25 | at Virginia | W 24–21 | 14,227 | [11] | |||
| December 23 | vs. No. 16 Pittsburgh* | Mizlou | W 30–17 | 31,356 | [12] | ||
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- "N.C. State stops East Carolina". The Atlanta Constitution. September 10, 1978. Retrieved March 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Spirited Syracuse extends Wolfpack". The Buffalo News. September 17, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Brown paces Pack romp". Durham Sunday Herald. September 24, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "State beats Wake; Scott Smith stars". The Roanoke Times. October 1, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Maryland routs N.C. State 31–7". Fort Meyers News-Press. October 8, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Brown, Pack belt Heels". Winston-Salem Journal. October 22, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Tigers' Brown excels". The Daily Progress. October 29, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "'Cautious' Wolfpack wins". The Charlotte Observer. November 5, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Bahr sparks Penn State". The Kansas City Star. November 12, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Tangerines rain as Pack crates Devils". The News and Observer. November 19, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "State escapes near 'upset'". Greensboro Daily News. November 26, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Wolfpack rips Panthers, in Tangerine Bowl upset". The Tampa Tribune. December 24, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "1978 North Carolina State Wolfpack Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved October 9, 2017.