2001 NC State Wolfpack football team
American college football season
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The 2001 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Chuck Amato. 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 2001 at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966.
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record7–5 (4–4 ACC)
Headcoach
- Chuck Amato (2nd season)
OffensivecoordinatorMarty Galbraith (1st season)
| 2001 NC State Wolfpack football | |
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Tangerine Bowl, L 19–34 vs. Pittsburgh | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Record | 7–5 (4–4 ACC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Marty Galbraith (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Buddy Green (6th season) |
| Home stadium | Carter–Finley Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Maryland $ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Florida State | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 Georgia Tech | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The originally scheduled home game on September 13, 2001 against Ohio was rescheduled to November 24, 2001 in the wake of the September 11 attacks.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 6 | 7:30 pm | Indiana* | ESPN | W 35–14 | 51,500 | |
| September 22 | 6:30 pm | at SMU* | FSN | W 26–17 | 19,522 | |
| September 29 | 12:00 pm | North Carolina |
| JPS | L 9–17 | 51,500 |
| October 6 | 6:30 pm | at Wake Forest | W 17–14 | 27,401 | ||
| October 13 | 12:00 pm | No. 16 Clemson |
| JPS | L 37–45 | 51,500 |
| October 20 | 3:30 pm | at No. 23 Georgia Tech | ABC | L 17–27 | 41,942 | |
| October 27 | 1:30 pm | Virginia |
| W 24–0 | 51,500 | |
| November 3 | 1:00 pm | at Duke | W 55–31 | 35,206 | ||
| November 10 | 3:30 pm | at No. 10 Florida State | ABC | W 34–28 | 82,425 | |
| November 17 | 7:45 pm | No. 10 Maryland |
| ESPN | L 19–23 | 51,500 |
| November 24 | 1:00 pm | Ohio* |
| W 27–7 | 38,025 | |
| December 20 | 7:30 pm | vs. Pittsburgh* | ESPN | L 19–34 | 28,562 | |
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Roster
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Special teams
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Game summaries
Indiana
SMU
North Carolina
Wake Forest
Clemson
Georgia Tech
Virginia
Duke
Florida State
NC State at Florida State
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • Wolfpack | 7 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 34 |
| No. 10 Seminoles | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
- Date: November 10
- Location: Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, FL
- Game start: 3:35 pm EDT
- Elapsed time: 3:17
- Game attendance: 82,425
- Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C), Mostly sunny, Wind SE 4 mph (6.4 km/h)
- Referee: C. Mauzy
- TV announcers (ABC): Terry Gannon, Mike Mayock
| 1 | 12:50 | NCST | D. Green fumble recovery in end zone (Kiker kick) | NCST 7–0 |
| 1 | 9:26 | FSU | T. Gardner 33-yard pass from C. Rix (Beitia kick) | Tied 7–7 |
| 1 | 0:59 | FSU | J. Walker 63-yard pass from C. Rix (Beitia kick) | FSU 14–7 |
| 2 | 14:14 | NCST | J. Cotchery 12-yard run (Kiker kick) | Tied 14–14 |
| 2 | 9:04 | NCST | R. Robinson 3-yard run (Kiker kick) | NCST 21–14 |
| 2 | 0:12 | NCST | A. Kiker 20-yard field goal | NCST 24–14 |
| 3 | 7:31 | FSU | T. Gardner 22-yard pass from C. Rix (Beitia kick) | NCST 24–21 |
| 4 | 11:37 | NCST | R. Robinson 24-yard run (Kiker kick) | NCST 31–21 |
| 4 | 10:05 | FSU | C. Rix 3-yard run (Beitia kick) | NCST 31–28 |
| 4 | 2:11 | NCST | A. Kiker 32-yard field goal | NCST 34–28 |
Maryland
Maryland at NC State
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • No. 10 Terrapins | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 |
| Wolfpack | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 |
- Date: November 17
- Location: Carter–Finley Stadium, Raleigh, NC
- Game start: 7:45 pm EDT
- Elapsed time: 3:25
- Game attendance: 51,500
- Game weather: 60 °F (16 °C), Clear
- Referee: Joseph Rider
- TV announcers (ESPN): Ron Franklin, Mike Gottfried, Adrian Karsten
| 1 | 3:50 | NCST | A. Kiker 33-yard field goal | NCST 3–0 |
| 2 | 10:40 | NCST | A. Kiker 23-yard field goal | NCST 6–0 |
| 2 | 1:38 | NCST | A. Kiker 41-yard field goal | NCST 9–0 |
| 2 | 0:05 | MD | Nick Novak 25-yard field goal | NCST 9–3 |
| 3 | 8:51 | MD | Guilian Gary 5-yard pass from Shaun Hill (Novak kick) | MD 10–9 |
| 3 | 3:45 | NCST | A. Kiker 27-yard field goal | NCST 12–10 |
| 4 | 9:32 | MD | Shaun Hill 6-yard run (pass failed) | MD 16–12 |
| 4 | 3:59 | NCST | C. Jackson 1-yard pass from Philip Rivers (Kiker kick) | NCST 19–16 |
| 4 | 0:41 | MD | Guilian Gary 8-yard pass from Shaun Hill (Novak kick) | MD 23–19 |