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Tangerine Bowl, W 30–17 vs. Pittsburgh | |
| 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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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.
Schedule
| 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 | |||
| September 23 | West Virginia* |
| W 29–15 | 42,200 | |||
| September 30 | at Wake Forest | W 34–10 | 29,700 | ||||
| October 7 | at No. 12 Maryland | No. 20 | L 7–31 | 45,319 | |||
| October 21 | at North Carolina | W 34–7 | 50,250 | ||||
| October 28 | No. 20 Clemson |
| L 10–33 | 45,000 | |||
| November 4 | South Carolina* |
| W 22–13 | 34,400 | |||
| November 11 | at No. 2 Penn State* | L 10–19 | 77,043 | ||||
| November 18 | Duke |
| W 24–10 | 43,300 | |||
| November 25 | at Virginia | W 24–21 | 14,227 | ||||
| December 23 | vs. No. 16 Pittsburgh* | Mizlou | W 30–17 | 31,356 | |||
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Roster
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References
- ↑ "N.C. State stops East Carolina". The Atlanta Constitution. September 10, 1978. Retrieved March 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "1978 North Carolina State Wolfpack Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
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