NC State Wolfpack football
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| First season | 1892 | ||
| Head coach |
Dave Doeren 4th year, 25–26 (.490) |
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| Stadium | Carter–Finley Stadium | ||
| Seating capacity | 57,583 | ||
| Field surface | Grass | ||
| Location | Raleigh, North Carolina | ||
| Conference | ACC | ||
| Division | Atlantic | ||
| All-time record | 587–569–55 (.507) | ||
| Bowl record | 16–13–1 (.550) | ||
| Conference titles | 11 (7 ACC, 3 SAIAA, 1 Southern) | ||
| Consensus All-Americans | 6 | ||
| Colors | Red and White |
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| Fight song | NC State Fight Song | ||
| Mascot | Mr. and Ms. Wuf | ||
| Marching band | The Power Sound of the South | ||
| Rivals |
North Carolina Tar Heels Wake Forest Demon Deacons Clemson Tigers Maryland Terrapins South Carolina Gamecocks |
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| Outfitter | Adidas | ||
| Website | GoPack.com | ||
The NC State Wolfpack football team represents North Carolina State University in the sport of American football. The Wolfpack competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Prior to joining the ACC in 1953, the Wolfpack were a member of the Southern Conference. As a member of the ACC, the Wolfpack has won seven conference championships and participated in 30 bowl games, of which the team has won sixteen (7 of their last 10). NC State is currently coached by Dave Doeren. In their latest season under Doeren, the Wolfpack finished 7-6 after a 41-17 victory over Vanderbilt in the Independence Bowl.
Since 1966, the Wolfpack has played its home games at Carter-Finley Stadium. On September 16, 2010, NC State restored the tradition of having a live mascot on the field as a wolf-like Tamaskan Dog named Tuffy was on the sidelines for the Cincinnati game in Raleigh. Since then, Tuffy has not missed a Wolfpack football game in Carter-Finley Stadium.
NC State (then known as The North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts) played its first football game against a team from the Raleigh Male Academy on March 12, 1892 in what is now Pullen Park. The Aggies, whose colors were blue and pink, won 12-6 in front of more than 200 spectators. The following year, the school played its first intercollegiate game: a 12-6 victory over Tennessee College. The program's long-standing rivalry with nearby University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill began on October 12, 1894 with a 44-0 UNC victory in Chapel Hill. Eight days later, the team (then called the Farmers) lost again to UNC, 16-0 in Raleigh. In 1895, under third-year coach Bart Gatling, the team wore red and white uniforms for the first time. Over the next five seasons the program continued to try to establish itself, achieving only one winning season during the period. The football team has also only had scholarship football players since 1933, prior to that all Wolfpack athletics consisted entirely of non-scholarship student athletes.
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