1973 NC State Wolfpack football | |
ACC champion Liberty Bowl champion | |
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Liberty Bowl, W 31–18 vs. Kansas | |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
AP | No. 16 |
1973 record | 9–3 (6–0 ACC) |
Head coach | Lou Holtz (2nd season) |
Offensive coordinator | Brian Burke (2nd season) |
Seasons |
1973 ACC football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#16 NC State † | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll[1] |
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 |
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September 8 | East Carolina* | No. 17 |
| W 57–8 |
September 15 | Virginia | No. 17 |
| W 43–23 |
September 22 | at No. 2 Nebraska* | No. 14 | L 14–31 | |
September 29 | at Georgia* | No. 19 | L 12–31 | |
October 6 | North Carolina |
| W 28–26 | |
October 13 | Maryland |
| W 24–22 | |
October 27 | at Clemson | W 29–6 | ||
November 3 | at South Carolina* | W 56–35 | ||
November 10 | at No. 6 Penn State* | L 29–35 | ||
November 17 | at Duke | No. 20 | W 21–3 | |
November 24 | Wake Forest | No. 16 |
| W 52–13 |
December 17 | vs. No. 19 Kansas* | No. 16 | W 31–18 | |
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References[]
- ↑ "1973 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/acc/1973.html. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
- ↑ "1973 North Carolina State Wolfpack". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/north-carolina-state/1973-schedule.html.
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