1991 NC State Wolfpack football team
The 1991 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1991 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 1991 at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966.
| 1991 NC State Wolfpack football | |
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Peach Bowl, L 34–37 vs. East Carolina | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 25 |
| AP | No. 24 |
| Record | 9–3 (5–2 ACC) |
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| Defensive coordinator | Buddy Green (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Carter–Finley Stadium (capacity: 47,000) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Clemson $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 NC State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 7 | 1:00 p.m. | Virginia Tech* | W 7–0 | 44,907 | ||||
| September 14 | Kent State* |
| W 47–0 | |||||
| September 21 | 12:00 p.m. | at Wake Forest | JPS | W 30–3 | 24,854 | |||
| September 28 | No. 23 North Carolina |
| JPS | W 24–7 | ||||
| October 5 | No. 21 Georgia Tech | No. 19 |
| Raycom | W 24–7 | 44,105 | ||
| October 19 | No. 8 (I-AA) Marshall* | No. 11 |
| W 15–14 | ||||
| October 26 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 19 Clemson | No. 12 | ABC | L 19–29 | 79,832 | ||
| November 2 | 4:00 p.m. | at South Carolina* | No. 19 | ESPN | W 38–21 | 67,900 | ||
| November 9 | No. 24 Virginia | No. 18 |
| L 10–42 | 41,109 | |||
| November 16 | at Duke | No. 24 | W 32–31 | 28,975 | ||||
| November 23 | Maryland | No. 22 |
| W 20–17 | 36,491 | |||
| January 1 | 11:30 a.m. | vs. No. 12 East Carolina* | No. 21 | ESPN | L 34–37 | 59,322 | [1] | |
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Rankings
Team players drafted into the NFL
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Mark Thomas | Defensive end | 4 | 89 | San Francisco 49ers |
| Charles Davenport | Wide receiver | 4 | 94 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Todd Harrison | Tight end | 5 | 134 | Chicago Bears |
References
- "Blake, Pirates come back on Wolfpack". The Charlotte Observer. January 2, 1992. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "1991 North Carolina State Wolfpack Schedule and Results".
- "1992 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
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