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1979 NC State Wolfpack football team

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1979

| team = NC State Wolfpack

| sport = football

| image =

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| conference = Atlantic Coast Conference

| short_conf = ACC

| record = 7–4

| conf_record = 5–1

| head_coach = Bo Rein

| hc_year = 4th

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| stadium = Carter–Finley Stadium

| champion = ACC champion

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{{1979 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings}}

The 1979 NC State Wolfpack football team represented the North Carolina State Wolfpack during the 1979 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 1979 at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966. NC State won the 1979 ACC Championship with a record of 5–1 in conference play. At season's end the Wolfpack did not play in a bowl game, having declined an invitation to play in the Garden State Bowl. As of 2022, the 1979 NC State team is the last bowl-eligible Power Five conference champion to not play in a bowl game.

Rein accepted the head coaching position at LSU on November 30, 1979. He never coached a game in Baton Rouge, perishing January 10, 1980 when the private aircraft he was traveling in flew well off course and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1979

| poll = AP

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 8

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = East Carolina

| site_stadium = Carter–Finley Stadium

| site_cityst = Raleigh, NC

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 34–20

| attend = 53,400

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72667167/wolfpack-comeback-topples-ecu/|work=The News and Observer|title=Wolfpack comeback topples ECU|date=September 9, 1979|accessdate=March 4, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 15

| w/l = w

| rank = 19

| opponent = Virginia

| site_stadium = Carter–Finley Stadium

| site_cityst = Raleigh, NC

| score = 31–27

| attend = 45,800

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-news-leader-cavaliers-push-sta/139718918/|work=The Daily News Leader|title=Cavaliers push State's Wolfpack|date=September 16, 1979|accessdate=January 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 22

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| rank = 19

| opponent = West Virginia

| site_stadium = Mountaineer Field

| site_cityst = Morgantown, WV

| score = 38–14

| attend = 26,298

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-sun-qb-smith-gets-pack-past-w/139717851/|work=Durham Sunday Herald|title=QB Smith gets Pack past WVU|date=September 23, 1979|accessdate=January 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 29

| w/l = w

| rank = 16

| opponent = Wake Forest

| site_stadium = Carter–Finley Stadium

| site_cityst = Raleigh, NC

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 17–14

| attend = 44,800

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/florence-morning-news-wolfpack-stops-dea/139719021/|work=Florence Morning News|title=Wolfpack stops Deacons|date=September 30, 1979|accessdate=January 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 6

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| rank = 14

| opponent = Auburn

| site_stadium = Jordan-Hare Stadium

| site_cityst = Auburn, AL

| score = 31–44

| attend = 51,146

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer-auburn-rolls-by-wo/134366550/|work=The News and Observer|title=Auburn rolls by Wolfpack|date=October 7, 1979|accessdate=October 30, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 13

| w/l = w

| rank = 17

| opponent = Maryland

| site_stadium = Carter–Finley Stadium

| site_cityst = Raleigh, NC

| score = 7–0

| attend = 39,800

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-wham-bam-oof-state/139719197/|work=The Roanoke Times|title='Wham-bam-oof,' State runs over Maryland 7–0|date=October 14, 1979|accessdate=January 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 20

| w/l = l

| rank = 15

| opponent = North Carolina

| opprank = 19

| site_stadium = Carter–Finley Stadium

| site_cityst = Raleigh, NC

| gamename = rivalry

| tv = ABC

| score = 21–35

| attend = 54,200

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/winston-salem-journal-tar-heels-subdue-w/139719295/|work=Winston-Salem Journal|title=Tar Heels subdue Wolfpack|date=October 21, 1979|accessdate=January 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 27

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Clemson

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Clemson, SC

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 16–13

| attend = 61,412

| source = {{cite web |author= |title=Clemson Football Media Guide - 1980 |url=https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/fball_media/53/ |publisher=Clemson University |date=1980 |page=2 |access-date=November 10, 2023 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sun-news-pack-edges-tigers-1613/139719430/|work=The Sun-News|title='Pack edges Tigers, 16–13|date=October 28, 1979|accessdate=January 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 3

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = South Carolina

| site_stadium = Williams–Brice Stadium

| site_cityst = Columbia, SC

| score = 28–30

| attend = 56,409

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greenville-news-rogers-usc-outrun/139716472/|work=The Greenville News|title=Rogers, USC outrun 'Pack|date=November 4, 1979|accessdate=January 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 10

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Penn State

| site_stadium = Carter–Finley Stadium

| site_cityst = Raleigh, NC

| score = 7–9

| attend = 51,200

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-press-menhardts-late-field-goal-l/139719502/|work=Daily Press|title=Menhardt's late field goal lifts Penn State by 'Pack|date=November 11, 1979|accessdate=January 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 17

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Duke

| site_stadium = Wallace Wade Stadium

| site_cityst = Durham, NC

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 28–7

| attend = 24,100

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-chapel-hill-news-wolfpack-pounds-duk/139719574/|work=The Chapel Hill News|title=Wolfpack pounds Duke, wins title|date=November 18, 1979|accessdate=January 27, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

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{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/north-carolina-state/1979-schedule.html|title=1979 North Carolina State Wolfpack Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com|website=sports-reference.com|access-date=October 9, 2017}}

Roster

{{American football roster/Header

| year = 1979

| team = NC State Wolfpack

| teamcolors = f

| offensive_players=

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{{American football roster/Player|num=48|class=Fr|first=Chris|last=Brown|pos=RB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=36|class=So|first=Chuckie|last=Canady|pos=RB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=62|class=So|first=Chris|last=Carr|pos=T}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=80|class=So|first=Lin|last=Dawson|pos=TE|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=76|class=Sr|first=Chris|last=Dieterich|pos=T|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=4|class=Fr|first=Eddie|last=Jackson|pos=WR}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=66|class=Fr|first=Sam|last=Jackson|pos=G}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=12|class=Fr|first=Darnell|last=Johnson|pos=QB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=65|class=So|first=Joe|last=Jones|pos=G}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=25|class=Jr|first=Lee|last=Jukes|pos=WR}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=39|class=Fr|first=Andre|last=Marks|pos=RB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=21|class=So|first=Wayne|last=McClean|pos=RB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=22|class=So|first=Mike|last=Quick|pos=WR|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=6|class=So|first=Curtis|last=Rein|pos=WR}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=51|class=Sr|first=Jim|last=Ritcher|pos=C|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=11|class=Sr|first=Scott|last=Smith|pos=QB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=72|class=Sr|first=Chuck|last=Stone|pos=G}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=46|class=Jr|first=Dwight|last=Sullivan|pos=RB|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=28|class=Sr|first=Billy Ray|last=Vickers|pos=RB}}

| defensive_players=

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{{American football roster/Player|num=14|class=Jr|first=Jeff|last=Culler|pos=DB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=32|class=Sr|first=Marion|last=Gale|pos=LB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=91|class=Jr|first=Bubba|last=Green|pos=DT}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=90|class=Sr|first=Simon|last=Gupton|pos=DT}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=59|class=Sr|first=Joe|last=Hannah|pos=LB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=96|class=Jr|first=David|last=Horning|pos=LB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=26|class=Jr|first=Ronnie|last=Lee|pos=DB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=42|class=Jr|first=Donnie|last=LeGrande|pos=DB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=43|class=So|first=Dann|last=Lute|pos=LB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=16|class=Sr|first=Mike|last=Nell|pos=DB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=95|class=Sr|first=Brian|last=O'Doherty|pos=DT}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=93|class=So|first=Dennis|last=Owens|pos=DT|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=73|class=Sr|first=John|last=Stanton|pos=DL}}

| special_teams_players=

{{American football roster/Player|num=17|class=Sr|first=John|last=Isley|pos=P}}

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| head_coach = *Bo Rein

| asst_coach =

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References

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{{Atlantic Coast Conference football champions}}

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