1981 NC State Wolfpack football team

1981 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1981 NC State Wolfpack football
1981 NC State Wolfpack football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1981 record	4–7 (2–4 ACC)
Head coach	Monte Kiffin (2nd season);
Home stadium	Carter–Finley Stadium; (Capacity: 47,000)
	Seasons ← 1980 1982 →

The 1981 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Monte Kiffin. 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 1981 at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5		Richmond*	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC		W 27–21
September 12		at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)		W 28–23	29,000
September 19		East Carolina*	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)		W 31–10	52,200	^[1]
September 26		Maryland	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC		L 9–34
October 3		Virginia	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC		W 30–24	42,200
October 17		No. 4 North Carolina	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)		L 10–21
October 24	1:00 p.m.	at No. 4 Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (Textile Bowl)		L 7–17	62,727
October 31		at South Carolina*	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	ABC	L 12–20	56,517
November 7		No. 6 Penn State*	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC		L 15–22	48,800
November 14		at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		L 7–17	26,750
November 21		No. 11 Miami (FL)*	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC		L 6–14	36,500
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

1981 NC State Wolfpack football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
T	`70`	Todd Eckerson	Sr
RB	`43`	Joe McIntosh	Fr
WR	`22`	Mike Quick	Sr
FB	`46`	Dwight Sullivan	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`53`	Robert Abraham	Sr
LB	`33`	Vaughan Johnson	So
DB	`6`	Eric Williams	Jr
DB	`29`	Perry Williams	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "Late Pack spurt zaps pesky Bucs". The News and Observer. September 20, 1981. Retrieved March 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1981 North Carolina State Wolfpack Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2017-10-08.

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

1981 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Clemson $	6	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	0
No. 9 North Carolina	5	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Maryland	4	–	2	–	0	4	–	6	–	1
Duke	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
NC State	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Virginia	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll