1987 NC State Wolfpack football team

The 1987 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Dick Sheridan. 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 1987 at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966.

1987 NC State Wolfpack football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record4–7 (4–3 ACC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCarter Stadium
(capacity: 47,000)
1987 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 12 Clemson $ 6 1 010 2 0
Virginia 5 2 08 4 0
Wake Forest 4 3 07 4 0
NC State 4 3 04 7 0
Maryland 3 3 04 7 0
North Carolina 3 4 05 6 0
Duke 2 5 05 6 0
Georgia Tech 0 6 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 5East Carolina*L 14–3256,800[1]
September 121:30 p.m.at No. 18 Pittsburgh*L 0–3443,165
September 19at Wake ForestL 3–2123,600
September 26Maryland
  • Carter–Finley Stadium
  • Raleigh, NC
W 42–1444,300
October 3Georgia Tech
  • Carter–Finley Stadium
  • Raleigh, NC
RaycomW 17–036,300
October 17North Carolina
  • Carter–Finley Stadium
  • Raleigh, NC (rivalry)
L 14–17
October 24at No. 7 ClemsonW 30–2873,613
October 31at No. 19 South Carolina*L 0–4874,200
November 7East Tennessee State*
  • Carter–Finley Stadium
  • Raleigh, NC
L 14–29
November 14at DukeW 47–4524,700
November 21Virginia
  • Carter–Finley Stadium
  • Raleigh, NC
L 31–3435,200
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[2]

References

  1. "East Carolina rallies past N.C. State 32–14". The Charlotte Observer. September 6, 1987. Retrieved March 5, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "1987 North Carolina State Wolfpack Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
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