1996 NC State Wolfpack football team

1996 NC State Wolfpack football

Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1996 record	3–8 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach	Mike O'Cain
Home stadium	Carter–Finley Stadium (Capacity: 51,500)

1996 ACC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#3 Florida State $		8	–	0		11	–	1
#10 North Carolina		6	–	2		10	–	2
Clemson		6	–	2		7	–	5
Virginia		5	–	3		7	–	5
Georgia Tech		4	–	4		5	–	6
Maryland		3	–	5		5	–	6
NC State		3	–	5		3	–	8
Wake Forest		1	–	7		3	–	8
Duke		0	–	8		0	–	11

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Mike O'Cain. 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 1996 at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	12:00 PM	Georgia Tech	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	JPS	L 16–28	41,500
September 19	8:00 PM	#3 Florida State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	ESPN	L 17–51	45,700
September 28	12:00 PM	at Purdue*	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	ESPN+	L 21–42	39,739
October 5	12:00 PM	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	JPS	W 34–8	32,550
October 12	3:30 PM	#8 Alabama*	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	ABC	L 19–24	50,750
October 19	12:00 PM	at Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	JPS	L 14–62	40,300
November 2	12:00 PM	at #8 North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC (Rivalry)	JPS	L 20–52	47,000
November 9	12:00 PM	Duke	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	JPS	W 44–22	47,200
November 16	12:00 PM	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Textile Bowl)	JPS	L 17–40	63,796
November 23	1:00 PM	Wake Forest	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC (Tobacco Road rivalry)		W 37–22	40,500
November 30	3:30 PM	vs. East Carolina*	Ericsson Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPN2	L 29–50	66,347
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

↑ "1996 North Carolina State Wolfpack". Total Football Stats. Retrieved November 28, 2014.

NC State Wolfpack football

Venues	Riddick Stadium (1907–1965) Carter–Finley Stadium (1966–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Clemson: Textile Bowl (Textile Bowl Trophy) East Carolina (Victory Barrel) North Carolina South Carolina

Culture & lore	Mr. Wuf "Fight Song" Norris Cup The Power Sound of the South

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1922 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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