1974 NC State Wolfpack football team

1974 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1974 NC State Wolfpack football
1974 NC State Wolfpack football
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, T 31–31 vs. Houston
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 11
1974 record	9–2–1 (4–2 ACC)
Head coach	Lou Holtz (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Brian Burke (3rd season)
Home stadium	Carter Stadium
	Seasons ← 1973 1975 →

The 1974 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. The team's head coach was Lou Holtz. 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 1974 at Carter Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	at Wake Forest	No. 18	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	W 33–15	22,500
September 14	Duke	No. 16	Carter Stadium Raleigh, NC	W 35–21	42,200
September 21	Clemson	No. 15	Carter Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	W 31–10	38,800
September 28	at Syracuse*	No. 13	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 28–22	17,997
October 5	East Carolina*	No. 8	Carter Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	W 24–20	42,800	^[2]
October 12	at Virginia	No. 11	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	W 22–21	27,100
October 19	at North Carolina	No. 10	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	L 14–33
October 26	at No. 15 Maryland	No. 17	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 10–20	49,647
November 2	South Carolina*		Carter Stadium Raleigh, NC	W 42–27	41,500
November 9	No. 7 Penn State*		Carter Stadium Raleigh, NC	W 12–7	41,500
November 16	at Arizona State*	No. 16	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	W 35–14
December 23	vs. Houston*	No. 13	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX (Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl)	T 31–31	35,122
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1974 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 13 Maryland $	6	–	0	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 11 NC State	4	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	1
Clemson	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
North Carolina	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Duke	2	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Virginia	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Wake Forest	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll^[1]