1963 NC State Wolfpack football team
American college football season
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1963 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1963 NCAA University Division football season.[2] The Wolfpack were led by 10th-year head coach Earle Edwards and played their home games at Riddick Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, winning their second ever ACC title with a record of 6–1, a title shared with North Carolina. They were invited to the 1963 Liberty Bowl, the last to be played in Philadelphia before the game moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where they were defeated by Mississippi State.
- Earle Edwards (10th season)
| 1963 NC State Wolfpack football | |
|---|---|
ACC co-champion | |
Liberty Bowl, L 12–16 vs. Mississippi State | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Record | 8–3 (6–1 ACC) |
| Head coach |
|
| Home stadium | Riddick Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The game against Wake Forest took place hours after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It was only of only 7 games that went ahead afterwards while all others were canceled or postponed.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 21 | at Maryland | W 36–14 | 28,500 | [3] | |
| September 28 | at Southern Miss* | W 14–0 | 11,500 | [4] | |
| October 5 | at Clemson | W 7–3 | 28,000 | [5] | |
| October 12 | at South Carolina | W 18–6 | 16,672 | [6] | |
| October 19 | at North Carolina | L 10–31 | 45,500 | [7] | |
| October 26 | Duke | W 21–7 | 21,500 | [8] | |
| November 2 | vs. Virginia | W 15–9 | 7,500 | [9] | |
| November 9 | Virginia Tech* |
| W 13–7 | 20,500 | [10] |
| November 16 | at Florida State* | L 0–14 | 23,851 | [11] | |
| November 22 | Wake Forest |
| W 42–0 | 15,200 | [12] |
| December 21 | vs. Mississippi State* | L 12–16 | 8,309 | [13] | |
| |||||