1953 NC State Wolfpack football team

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1953 NC State Wolfpack football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
1953 record1–9 (0–3 ACC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRiddick Stadium
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Maryland + 3 0 0 10 1 0
No. 18 Duke + 4 0 0 7 2 1
South Carolina 2 3 0 7 3 0
North Carolina 2 3 0 4 6 0
Wake Forest 2 3 0 3 6 1
Clemson 1 2 0 3 5 1
NC State 0 3 0 1 9 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1953 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1953 college football season. The Wolfpack were led by second-year head coach Horace Hendrickson and played their home games at Riddick Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference in the league's inaugural year, after NC State and the other ACC schools split off from the Southern Conference. They finished winless in conference with a 0–3 record, and a 1–9 record overall. Hendrickson resigned as head coach following the end of the season.[2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at North CarolinaL 7–29
October 3at George Washington*
L 7–20[3][4]
October 10Davidson*W 27–7
October 17Wake Forest
  • Riddick Stadium
  • Raleigh, NC (rivalry)
L 7–2012,000
October 24at No. 16 DukeL 0–3115,000
October 31William & Mary*
  • Riddick Stadium
  • Raleigh, NC
L 6–7
November 7at Army*L 7–27
November 14at Pittsburgh*L 6–40
November 21No. 19 West Virginia*
  • Riddick Stadium
  • Raleigh, NC
L 0–615,800
November 28at Florida State*L 13–23
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References[]

  1. ^ "1953 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  2. ^ "Hendrickson Quits as 'Pack Coach". The Atlanta Constitution. December 30, 1953. p. 10.
  3. ^ Heft, Herb (October 3, 1953). "G.W. Six-Point Favorite Over N.C. State Today". The Washington Post. p. 11.
  4. ^ "Pack bows in second half, 20–7". The News and Observer. October 4, 1953. Retrieved February 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "1953 North Carolina State Wolfpack Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
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