1985 NC State Wolfpack football team

1985 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1985 NC State Wolfpack football
1985 NC State Wolfpack football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1985 record	3–8 (2–5 ACC)
Head coach	Tom Reed (3rd season);
Home stadium	Carter–Finley Stadium; (Capacity: 47,000)
	Seasons ← 1984 1986 →

The 1985 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Tom Reed. 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 1985 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 7		East Carolina*	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)		L 14–33	58,300	^[1]
September 14		Georgia Tech	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	Raycom	L 18–28	32,100
September 21		at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)		W 20–17
September 28		Furman*	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC		L 20–42
October 5		Maryland	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC		L 17–31	29,500
October 12	12:00 p.m.	at Pittsburgh*	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	USA	L 10–24	36,609
October 19		North Carolina	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)		L 14–21
October 26		at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (Textile Bowl)		L 10–39	72,316
November 2		at South Carolina*	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC		W 21–17	69,100
November 9		Virginia	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC		W 23–22	34,400
November 16		at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		L 19–31	16,200
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

^ "East Carolina crushes State". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 8, 1985. Retrieved March 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1985 North Carolina State Wolfpack Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2017-09-17.

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

1985 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 18 Maryland $	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 19 Georgia Tech	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	1
Virginia	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Clemson	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Duke	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
NC State	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll