1985 NC State Wolfpack football team

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.

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

1985 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	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

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		No. 18 Furman*	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC		L 20–42	36,600	^[2]
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 Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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References

1. "East Carolina crushes State". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 8, 1985. Retrieved March 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Furman breezes past Wolfpack, 42–20". The News and Observer. September 29, 1985. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "1985 North Carolina State Wolfpack Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved September 17, 2017.