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American college football season
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 |
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September 7 | 12:00 pm | Georgia Tech | | ABC | L 16–28 | 41,500 |
September 19 | 8:00 pm | No. 3 Florida State | - Carter–Finley Stadium
- Raleigh, North Carolina
| ESPN | L 17–51 | 45,700 |
September 28 | 12:00 pm | at Purdue* | | ESPN+ | L 21–42 | 39,739 |
October 5 | 12:00 pm | at Maryland | | JPS | W 34–8 | 32,550 |
October 12 | 3:30 pm | No. 8 Alabama* | - Carter–Finley Stadium
- Raleigh, North Carolina
| ABC | L 19–24 | 50,750 |
October 19 | 12:00 pm | at Virginia | | JPS | L 14–62 | 40,300 |
November 2 | 12:00 pm | at No. 8 North Carolina | | JPS | L 20–52 | 47,000 |
November 9 | 12:00 pm | Duke | - Carter–Finley Stadium
- Raleigh, North Carolina
| JPS | W 44–22 | 47,200 |
November 16 | 12:00 pm | at Clemson | | JPS | L 17–40 | 63,796 |
November 23 | 1:00 pm | Wake Forest | - Carter–Finley Stadium
- Raleigh, North Carolina (rivalry)
| | W 37–22 | 40,500 |
November 30 | 3:30 pm | vs. East Carolina* | | ESPN2 | L 29–50 | 66,347 |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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