1975 NC State Wolfpack football team

1975 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. The Wolfpack were led by head coach Lou Holtz, in his fourth and final year with the team, and played their home games at Carter Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in third. NC State was invited to the 1975 Peach Bowl in Atlanta, where they lost to West Virginia. Holtz left at the conclusion of the season to accept the head coaching position with the New York Jets.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	East Carolina*	No. 13	Carter Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)		W 26–3	47,500	^[2]
September 13	Wake Forest	No. 15	Carter Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)		L 22–30	36,500
September 20	No. 13 Florida*		Carter Stadium Raleigh, NC		W 8–7	43,330
September 27	at Michigan State*		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		L 15–37	59,111
October 4	Indiana*		Carter Stadium Raleigh, NC		W 27–0	39,700
October 11	at Maryland		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		L 22–37	19,300
October 18	North Carolina		Carter Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)		W 21–20
October 25	at Clemson		Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)		W 45–7	45,000
November 1	South Carolina*		Carter Stadium Raleigh, NC	ABC	W 28–21	48,500
November 8	at No. 8 Penn State*		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA		W 15–14	59,536
November 15	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		T 21–21	43,200
December 31	vs. West Virginia*		Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)	Mizlou	L 10–13	45,134
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1975 NC State Wolfpack football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`11`	Dave Buckey	Sr
WR	`19`	Don Buckey	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`95`	Dan Meier	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "1975 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
^ "Buckey guides Wolfpack past East Carolina, 26–3". Kingsport Times-News. September 7, 1975. Retrieved March 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1975 North Carolina State Wolfpack Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

v t NC State Wolfpack football
Venues	Riddick Stadium (1907–1965) Carter–Finley Stadium (1966–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Clemson: Textile Bowl East Carolina North Carolina Wake Forest
Culture & lore	Mr. Wuf "Fight Song" Norris Cup The Power Sound of the South
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

1975 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 13 Maryland $	5	–	0	–	0	9	–	2	–	1
Duke	3	–	0	–	2	4	–	5	–	2
NC State	2	–	2	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Wake Forest	3	–	3	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Clemson	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
North Carolina	1	–	4	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
Virginia	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

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