List of NC State Wolfpack football seasons
Year by year results for NC State Wolfpack football, the team that represents North Carolina State University.
Seasons
| Conference champions† | Conference co-champions‡ | Division co-champions♦ | Bowl game berth^ | Shared standing T |
| Season | Head coach | Conference | Season results | Bowl result | Final poll | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final standings | Wins | Losses | Ties | AP | USA Today Coaches' | ||||||
| Conference | |||||||||||
| North Carolina State Wolfpack | |||||||||||
| 1892 | Perrin Busbee | Independent | - | - | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
| 1893 | Bart Gatling | Independent | - | - | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
| 1894 | Independent | - | - | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1895 | Independent | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| 1896 | Perrin Busbee | Independent | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| 1897 | Independent | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1898 | W.C. Riddick | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | |
| 1899 | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | ||
| 1900 | John McKee | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association | - | - | 0 | 4 | - | - | - | - | |
| 1901 | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1902 | Arthur Devlin | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association | - | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | |
| 1903 | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1904 | W.S. Keinholtz | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | |
| 1905 | George Whitney | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 1906 | Willie Heston | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | |
| 1907 | Mickey Whitehurst | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 1st AA | - | 6 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 1908 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 3rd | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1909 | Eddie Green | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 1910 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 1st | - | 4 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | ||
| 1911 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association | - | - | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1912 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association | - | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1913 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 1st AA | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1914 | Jack Hegarty | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1916 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1916 | Brit Patterson | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1917 | Harry Hartsell | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 2nd | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1918 | Tal Stafford | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1919 | Bill Fetzer | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1920 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1921 | Southern Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1922 | Harry Hartsell | Southern Conference | 20th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1923 | Southern Conference | 15th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1924 | Buck Shaw | Southern Conference | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1925 | Gus Tebell | Southern Conference | 19th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1926 | Southern Conference | 21st | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1927 | Southern Conference | T-1st | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1928 | Southern Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1929 | Southern Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1930 | John Van Liew | Southern Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1931 | John "Clipper" Smith | Southern Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1932 | Heartley Anderson | Big Five Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1933 | Big Five Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1934 | Big Five Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1935 | Big Five Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1936 | Big Five Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1937 | Southern Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1938 | Southern Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1939 | Southern Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1940 | Southern Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1941 | Southern Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1942 | Southern Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1943 | Southern Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1944 | Beattie Feathers | Southern Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1945 | Southern Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1946 | Southern Conference | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | - | |||
| 1947 | Southern Conference | - | - | - | - | - style="text-align:center; background:#ffe6bd;"| Lost Gator Bowl to Oklahoma Sooners, 13-34 | 17 | - | |||
| 1948 | Southern Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1949 | Southern Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1950 | Southern Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1951 | Southern Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1952 | Horace Hendrickson | Southern Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1953 | Atlantic Coast Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1954 | Earle Edwards | Atlantic Coast Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1955 | Atlantic Coast Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1956 | Atlantic Coast Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1957 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 1st | - | - | - | - | 15 | 20 | |||
| 1958 | Atlantic Coast Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1959 | Atlantic Coast Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1960 | Atlantic Coast Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1961 | Atlantic Coast Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1962 | Atlantic Coast Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1963 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 1st | - | - | - | - style="text-align:center; background:#ffe6bd;"| Lost Liberty Bowl to Mississippi State Bulldogs, 12-16 | - | - | |||
| 1964 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 1st | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1965 | Atlantic Coast Conference | T-1st | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1966 | Atlantic Coast Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1967 | Atlantic Coast Conference | - | - | - | - | - style="text-align:center; background:#ffe6bd;"| Won Liberty Bowl to Georgia Bulldogs, 14-7 | - | 17 | |||
| 1968 | Atlantic Coast Conference | T-1st | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1969 | Atlantic Coast Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1970 | Atlantic Coast Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1971 | Al Michaels | Atlantic Coast Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1972 | Lou Holtz | Atlantic Coast Conference | - | - | - | - | - style="text-align:center; background:#ffe6bd;"| Won Peach Bowl to West Virginia Mountaineers, 49-13 | 17 | - | ||
| 1973 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 1st | - | - | - | - style="text-align:center; background:#ffe6bd;"| Won Liberty Bowl to Kansas Jayhawks, 31-18 | 16 | - | |||
| 1974 | Atlantic Coast Conference | - | - | - | - | - style="text-align:center; background:#ffe6bd;"| Tied Astro–Bluebonnet Bowl to Houston Cougars, 31-31 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 1975 | Atlantic Coast Conference | - | - | - | - | - style="text-align:center; background:#ffe6bd;"| Lost Peach Bowl to West Virginia Mountaineers, 10-13 | - | - | |||
| 1976 | Bo Rein | Atlantic Coast Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1977 | Atlantic Coast Conference | - | - | - | - | - style="text-align:center; background:#ffe6bd;"| Won Peach Bowl to Iowa State Cyclones, 24-14 | - | 19 | |||
| 1978 | Atlantic Coast Conference | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 19 | |||
| 1979 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 1st | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1980 | Monte Kiffin | Atlantic Coast Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1981 | Atlantic Coast Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1982 | Atlantic Coast Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1983 | Tom Reed | Atlantic Coast Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1984 | Atlantic Coast Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1985 | Atlantic Coast Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1986 | Dick Sheridan | Atlantic Coast Conference | T-2nd | 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost Peach Bowl to Virginia Tech, 24–25 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | Atlantic Coast Conference | T-3rd | 4 | 7 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1988 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 3rd | 8 | 3 | 1 | Won Peach Bowl against Iowa, 28–23 | — | 17 | |||
| 1989 | Atlantic Coast Conference | T-4th | 7 | 5 | — | Lost Copper Bowl to Arizona, 10–17 | — | — | |||
| 1990 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 6th | — | 7 | 5 | — | Won All–American Bowl against Southern Miss, 31–27 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | Atlantic Coast Conference | T-2nd | 9 | 3 | — | Lost Peach Bowl to East Carolina, 34–37 | 24 | 25 | |||
| 1992 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2nd | 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost Gator Bowl to Florida, 10–27 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 1993 | Mike O'Cain | Atlantic Coast Conference | 5th | 7 | 5 | — | Lost Hall of Fame Bowl to Michigan, 7–42 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2nd | 9 | 3 | — | Won Peach Bowl against Mississippi State, 28–24 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 1995 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 7th | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1996 | Atlantic Coast Conference | T–6th | — | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997 | Atlantic Coast Conference | T–6th | — | 6 | 5 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998 | Atlantic Coast Conference | T–4th | — | 7 | 5 | — | Lost Micron PC Bowl to Miami (FL), 23–46 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | Atlantic Coast Conference | T–5th | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000 | Chuck Amato | Atlantic Coast Conference | 5th | — | 8 | 4 | — | Won MicronPC.com Bowl against Minnesota, 38–30 | — | — | |
| 2001 | Atlantic Coast Conference | T–4th | — | 7 | 5 | — | Lost Tangerine Bowl to Pittsburgh, 19–34 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 4th | — | 11 | 3 | — | Won Gator Bowl against Notre Dame, 28–6 | 12 | 11 | ||
| 2003 | Atlantic Coast Conference | T–4th | — | 8 | 5 | — | Won Tangerine Bowl against Kansas, 56–26 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | Atlantic Coast Conference | T–8th | — | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005 | Atlantic Coast Conference | — | T–4th | 7 | 5 | — | Won Meineke Car Care Bowl against South Florida, 14–0 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | Atlantic Coast Conference | — | 6th | 3 | 9 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007 | Tom O'Brien | Atlantic Coast Conference | — | T–5th | 5 | 7 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2008 | Atlantic Coast Conference | — | T–3rd | 6 | 7 | — | Lost PapaJohns.com Bowl to Rutgers, 23–29 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | Atlantic Coast Conference Atlantic Division |
- | 5th | 5 2 (ACC) |
7 6 (ACC) |
- | - | - | - | ||
| 2010 | Atlantic Coast Conference Atlantic Division |
T-2nd (Atlantic) | 9 5 (ACC) |
4 3 (ACC) |
- | Won Champs Sports Bowl against West Virginia Mountaineers, 23-7 | 25 | 25 | |||
| 2011 | Atlantic Coast Conference Atlantic Division |
4th (Atlantic) | 8 4 (ACC) |
5 4 (ACC) |
- | Won Belk Bowl against Louisville Cardinals, 31-24 | - | - | |||
| 2012 | Atlantic Coast Conference Atlantic Division |
3rd (Atlantic) | 7 4 (ACC) |
6 4 (ACC) |
- | - style="text-align:center; background:#ffe6bd;"| Lost Music City Bowl to Vanderbilt Commodores, 24–38 | - | - | |||
| 2013 | Dave Doeren | Atlantic Coast Conference Atlantic Division |
7th | 3 0 (ACC) |
9 8 (ACC) |
- | - | - | - | ||
| 2014 | Atlantic Coast Conference Atlantic Division |
5th (Atlantic) | 7 3 (ACC) |
5 5 (ACC) |
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| Total | - | - | - | (only includes regular season games) | |||||||
| - | - | - | (only includes bowl games; 25 appearances) | ||||||||
| - | - | - | (all games) | ||||||||
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