1997 NC State Wolfpack football team

1997 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1997 NC State Wolfpack football
1997 NC State Wolfpack football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1997 record	6–5 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach	Mike O'Cain (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Jimmy Kiser (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Jeff Snipes (1st as DC, 12th overall season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Kent Briggs (2nd as DC, 9th overall season)
Home stadium	Carter–Finley Stadium; (Capacity: 51,500)
	Seasons ← 1996 1998 →

The 1997 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Mike O'Cain and played its home games at Carter–Finley Stadium. They finished the season with a 6–5 record overall and a 3–5 record in Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) games.^[1]^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
August 30	at Syracuse*	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	W 32–31 ^OT
September 6	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 45–14
September 13	Clemson	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (Textile Bowl)	L 17–19
September 20	Northern Illinois*	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	W 41–14
September 25	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	L 18–19
October 11	at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	L 17–27
October 18	North Carolina	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	L 7–20
November 1	at Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 35–48
November 8	Maryland	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	W 45–28
November 15	Virginia	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	W 31–24
November 22	East Carolina*	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (Victory Barrel)	W 37–24
*Non-conference game

^ "1997 Football Schedule". NC State Athletics. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
^ "North Carolina State Yearly Results: 1995-1999". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved January 7, 2017.

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

1997 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 3 Florida State $		8	–	0		11	–	1
No. 6 North Carolina		7	–	1		11	–	1
Virginia		5	–	3		7	–	4
No. 25 Georgia Tech		5	–	3		7	–	5
Clemson		4	–	4		7	–	5
NC State		3	–	5		6	–	5
Wake Forest		3	–	5		5	–	6
Maryland		1	–	7		2	–	9
Duke		0	–	8		2	–	9

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll