1979 NC State Wolfpack football team

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. Despite the conference championship, the Wolfpack did not receive a bowl invitation, while two teams they defeated, Clemson and Wake Forest, did. As of 2020, the 1979 North Carolina State team is the most recent bowl-eligible Power Five conference champion to not receive an invitation.

1979 NC State Wolfpack football
ACC champion
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1979 record	7–4 (5–1 ACC)
Head coach	Bo Rein (4th season)
Home stadium	Carter–Finley Stadium (Capacity: 47,000)

1979 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
NC State $	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Clemson	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Maryland	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Wake Forest	3	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 15 North Carolina	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	1
Virginia	1	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Duke	0	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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. Ironically, the doomed plane flew over Raleigh and Carter-Finley Stadium shortly before crashing.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 8	East Carolina*		Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (Victory Barrel)	W 34–20
September 15	Virginia	No. 19	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	W 31–27
September 22	at West Virginia*	No. 19	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 38–14
September 29	Wake Forest	No. 16	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	W 17–14
October 6	at Auburn*	No. 14	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	L 31–44
October 13	Maryland	No. 17	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	W 7–0
October 20	No. 19 North Carolina	No. 15	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	L 21–35
October 27	at Clemson		Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (Textile Bowl)	W 16–13
November 3	at South Carolina*		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)	L 28–31
November 10	Penn State*		Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	L 7–9
November 17	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 28–7
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

1. "1979 North Carolina State Wolfpack Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2017-10-09.