1957 NC State Wolfpack football team

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1957 NC State Wolfpack football
ACC champion
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 20
APNo. 15
Record7–1–2 (5–0–1 ACC)
Head coach
Home stadium Riddick Stadium
Seasons
  1956
1958  
1957 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 15 NC State $ 5 0 17 1 2
No. 16 Duke 5 1 16 3 2
Clemson 4 3 07 3 0
North Carolina 4 3 07 3 0
Maryland 4 3 05 5 0
Virginia 2 4 03 6 1
South Carolina 2 5 05 5 0
Wake Forest 0 7 00 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll [1]

The 1957 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season. [2] The Wolfpack were led by fourth-year head coach Earle Edwards and played their home games at Riddick Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina. The team competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, winning the conference title with an undefeated 5–0–1 record. This was NC State's first conference title in the ACC, and the school's first title since 1927, when they were members of the Southern Conference.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at North Carolina W 7–039,000 [3]
September 28at Maryland W 48–1324,000 [4]
October 5at Clemson No. 13W 13–717,000 [5]
October 12at Florida State *No. 13W 7–016,200 [6]
October 18at Miami (FL) *No. 12T 0–040,783 [7]
October 26No. 4 Duke No. 11T 14–1421,000 [8]
November 2 Wake Forest No. 10
  • Riddick Stadium
  • Raleigh, NC (rivalry)
W 19–010,000 [9]
November 9 William & Mary *No. 10
  • Riddick Stadium
  • Raleigh, NC
L 6–711,000 [10]
November 161:30 p.m.vs. VPI *No. 19W 12–06,000 [11]
November 23at South Carolina No. 20W 29–2614,000 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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