1989 NC State Wolfpack football team

The 1989 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Dick Sheridan. 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 1989 at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966.

1989 NC State Wolfpack football
Copper Bowl, L 10–17 vs. Arizona
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	7–5 (4–3 ACC)
Head coach	Dick Sheridan (4th season)
Home stadium	Carter Stadium
Seasons ← 1988 1990 →

1989 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 18 Virginia +	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	3	–	0
Duke +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 12 Clemson	5	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
NC State	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Maryland	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	1
Wake Forest	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	1
North Carolina	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2		Maryland	No. 24	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC		W 10–6	41,780	[1]
September 9		Georgia Tech	No. 25	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	Raycom	W 38–28	40,800	[2]
September 16		at Wake Forest	No. 19	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)		W 27–17	25,250	[3]
September 23		North Carolina	No. 18	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)		W 40–6	57,200	[4]
September 30		Kent State*	No. 15	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC		W 42–22	35,400	[5]
October 7		Middle Tennessee*	No. 14	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC		W 35–14	41,200	[6]
October 21	4:00 p.m.	at Clemson	No. 12	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (Textile Bowl)	ESPN	L 10–30	81,569	[7]
October 28	1:00 p.m.	at No. 25 South Carolina*	No. 20	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC		W 20–10	74,248	[8]
November 4		No. 24 Virginia	No. 18	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC		L 9–20	53,000	[9]
November 11		at Duke	No. 22	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)		L 26–35	41,200	[10]
November 18	1:00 p.m.	Virginia Tech*		Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC		L 23–25	43,100	[11]
December 31		vs. Arizona*		Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ (Copper Bowl)	TBS	L 10–17	37,237	[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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