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1987 NC State Wolfpack football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
1987 record4–7 (4–3 ACC)
Head coachDick Sheridan (2nd season)
Home stadiumCarter–Finley Stadium
(Capacity: 47,000)
Seasons
← 1986
1988 →
1987 ACC football standings
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#12 Clemson 6 1 0     10 2 0
Virginia 5 2 0     8 4 0
Wake Forest 4 3 0     7 4 0
NC State 4 3 0     4 7 0
Maryland 3 3 0     4 7 0
North Carolina 3 4 0     5 6 0
Duke 2 5 0     5 6 0
Georgia Tech 0 6 0     2 9 0
† – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Dick Sheridan. 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 1987 at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 5East Carolina*L 14–32
September 12at Pittsburgh*L 0–34
September 19at Wake ForestL 3–21
September 26Maryland
  • Carter–Finley Stadium
  • Raleigh, North Carolina
W 42–14
October 3Georgia Tech
  • Carter–Finley Stadium
  • Raleigh, North Carolina
W 17–0
October 17North Carolina
  • Carter–Finley Stadium
  • Raleigh, North Carolina (Rivalry)
L 14–17
October 24at No. 7 ClemsonW 30–28
October 31at No. 19 South Carolina*L 0–48
November 7East Tennessee State*
  • Carter–Finley Stadium
  • Raleigh, North Carolina
L 14–29
November 14at DukeW 47–45
November 21Virginia
  • Carter–Finley Stadium
  • Raleigh, North Carolina
L 31–34
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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