2001 NC State Wolfpack football team

2001 NC State Wolfpack football
Tangerine Bowl, L 19–34 vs. Pittsburgh
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
2001 record 7–5 (5–4 ACC)
Head coach Chuck Amato
Home stadium Carter–Finley Stadium
(Capacity: 51,500)
2001 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#11 Maryland   7 1         10 2  
#15 Florida State   6 2         8 4  
North Carolina   5 3         8 5  
Clemson   4 4         7 5  
#24 Georgia Tech   4 4         8 5  
NC State   4 4         7 5  
Wake Forest   3 5         6 5  
Virginia   3 5         5 7  
Duke   0 8         0 11  
BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Chuck Amato. 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 2001 at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966.

The originally scheduled home game on September 13, 2001 against Ohio was rescheduled to November 24, 2001 in the wake of the September 11 attacks.[1]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 6 7:30 PM Indiana* Carter–Finley StadiumRaleigh, NC ESPN W 35–14   51,500
September 22 6:30 PM at SMU* Gerald J. Ford StadiumDallas, TX FSN W 26–17   19,522
September 29 12:00 PM North Carolina Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC (Rivalry) JPS L 9–17   51,500
October 6 6:30 PM at Wake Forest Groves StadiumWinston-Salem, NC (Tobacco Road rivalry) W 17–14   27,401
October 13 12:00 PM #16 Clemson Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC (Textile Bowl) JPS L 37–45   51,500
October 20 3:30 PM at #23 Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd StadiumAtlanta, GA ABC L 17–27   41,942
October 27 1:30 PM Virginia Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC W 24–0   51,500
November 3 1:00 PM at Duke Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC W 55–31   35,206
November 10 3:30 PM at #10 Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL ABC W 34–28   82,425
November 17 7:45 PM #10 Maryland Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC ESPN L 19–23   51,500
November 24 1:00 PM Ohio* Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC W 27–7   38,025
December 20 7:30 PM vs. Pittsburgh* Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl) ESPN L 19–34   28,562
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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