1974 NC State Wolfpack football team
American college football season
The 1974 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. The team's head coach was Lou Holtz. 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 1974 at Carter Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 7 | at Wake Forest | No. 18 | | W 33–15 | 22,500 | [2] |
September 14 | Duke | No. 16 | | W 35–21 | 42,200 | [3] |
September 21 | Clemson | No. 15 | - Carter Stadium
- Raleigh, NC (rivalry)
| W 31–10 | 38,800 | [4] |
September 28 | at Syracuse* | No. 13 | | W 28–22 | 17,997 | [5] |
October 5 | East Carolina* | No. 8 | - Carter Stadium
- Raleigh, NC (rivalry)
| W 24–20 | 42,800 | [6] |
October 12 | at Virginia | No. 11 | | W 22–21 | 27,100 | [7] |
October 19 | at North Carolina | No. 10 | | L 14–33 | 47,400 | [8] |
October 26 | at No. 15 Maryland | No. 17 | | L 10–20 | 49,674 | [9] |
November 2 | South Carolina*![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | | - Carter Stadium
- Raleigh, NC
| W 42–27 | 41,500 | [10] |
November 9 | No. 7 Penn State* | | - Carter Stadium
- Raleigh, NC
| W 12–7 | 47,700 | [11] |
November 16 | at Arizona State* | No. 16 | | W 35–14 | 50,000 | [12][13] |
December 23 | vs. Houston* | No. 13 | | T 31–31 | 35,122 | [14] |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Team players drafted into the NFL
Source: [16]
References
- ^ "1974 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
- ^ "State 'wakes up' and rolls, 33–15". Durham Morning Herald. September 8, 1974. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "State dominates Duke". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 15, 1974. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "State burns Clemson in 2d half for 3d win 31–10". Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel. September 22, 1974. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wolfpack holds off Syracuse". Democrat and Chronicle. September 29, 1974. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "State escapes ECU scare". The Charlotte Observer. October 6, 1974. Retrieved March 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wolfpack saves record". The State. October 13, 1974. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kupec, Tar Heels smash State, 33–14". The Charlotte Observer. October 20, 1974. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Terps trim Wolfpack". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. October 27, 1974. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pack crams ball past Gamecocks". The News and Observer. November 3, 1974. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pack stuns Lions 12–7". Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel. November 10, 1974. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wolfpack mauls Devils, 35–14". The Arizona Republic. November 17, 1974. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fritts, Buckey propel State by Sun Devils". The Charlotte Observer. November 17, 1974. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cougars, Wolfpack tie". The Corpus Christi Caller. December 24, 1974. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1974 North Carolina State Wolfpack Schedule and Results".
- ^ "1975 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
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