1973 NC State Wolfpack football team
| 1973 NC State Wolfpack football | |
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ACC champion Liberty Bowl champion | |
Liberty Bowl, W 31–18 vs. Kansas | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 16 |
| Record | 9–3 (6–0 ACC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Brian Burke (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Carter Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 NC State $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Maryland | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1973 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season.[2] The Wolfpack were led by second-year head coach Lou Holtz and played their home games at Carter Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, winning the conference with a perfect 6–0 record. The Wolfpack were invited to the 1973 Liberty Bowl, where they defeated Kansas.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 8 | East Carolina* | No. 17 | W 57–8 | 45,500 | [3] | |
| September 15 | Virginia | No. 17 |
| W 43–23 | 36,200 | |
| September 22 | at No. 2 Nebraska* | No. 14 | L 14–31 | 75,925 | ||
| September 29 | at Georgia* | No. 19 | L 12–31 | 52,700 | ||
| October 6 | North Carolina |
| W 28–26 | |||
| October 13 | Maryland |
| W 24–22 | |||
| October 27 | at Clemson | W 29–6 | 34,000 | |||
| November 3 | at South Carolina* | W 56–35 | 52,320 | |||
| November 10 | at No. 6 Penn State* | L 29–35 | 59,424 | |||
| November 17 | at Duke | No. 20 | W 21–3 | 40,380 | ||
| November 24 | Wake Forest | No. 16 |
| W 52–13 | 31,100 | |
| December 17 | vs. No. 19 Kansas* | No. 16 | W 31–18 | 50,011 | ||
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References
- ^ "1973 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
- ^ "1973 North Carolina State Wolfpack". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ "Wolfpack smashes ECU's Bucs, 57–8". The News and Observer. September 9, 1973. Retrieved March 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.