1978 NC State Wolfpack football team

1978 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1978 NC State Wolfpack football
1978 NC State Wolfpack football
Tangerine Bowl, W 30–17 vs. Pittsburgh
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
AP	No. 18
1978 record	9–3 (4–2 ACC)
Head coach	Bo Rein (3rd season);
Home stadium	Carter Stadium; (capacity: 47,000)
	Seasons ← 1977 1979 →

The 1978 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Bo Rein. 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 1978 at Carter Stadium (now Carter–Finley Stadium) in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	East Carolina*		Carter Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)		W 29–13	50,800	^[1]
September 16	Syracuse*		Carter Stadium Raleigh, NC		W 27–19	37,800
September 23	West Virginia*		Carter Stadium Raleigh, NC		W 29–15	42,200
September 30	at Wake Forest		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)		W 34–10	29,700
October 7	at No. 12 Maryland	No. 20	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		L 7–31
October 21	at North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)		W 34–7
October 28	No. 20 Clemson		Carter Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)		L 10–33	45,000
November 4	South Carolina*		Carter Stadium Raleigh, NC		W 22–13	34,400
November 11	at No. 2 Penn State*		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA		L 10–19	77,043
November 18	Duke		Carter Stadium Raleigh, NC		W 24–10	43,300
November 25	at Virginia		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 24–21	14,227
December 23	vs. No. 16 Pittsburgh*		Orlando Stadium Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl)	Mizlou	W 30–17	31,356
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1978 NC State Wolfpack football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`23`	Ted Brown	Sr
TE	`80`	Lin Dawson	Fr
T	`76`	Chris Dieterich	Jr
C	`51`	Jim Ritcher	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`54`	Bill Cowher	Sr
DT	`91`	Bubba Green	So
DT	`95`	Brian O'Doherty	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "N.C. State stops East Carolina". The Atlanta Constitution. September 10, 1978. Retrieved March 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1978 North Carolina State Wolfpack Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2017-10-09.

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

1978 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Clemson $	6	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 20 Maryland	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 18 NC State	4	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Duke	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	10	–	0
Virginia	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll