2001 NC State Wolfpack football team

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.

2001 NC State Wolfpack football
Tangerine Bowl, L 19–34 vs. Pittsburgh
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	7–5 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach	Chuck Amato (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Marty Galbraith (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Buddy Green (6th season)
Home stadium	Carter–Finley Stadium
Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

2001 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
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
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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
September 6	7:30 pm	Indiana*	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina	ESPN	W 35–14	51,500
September 22	6:30 pm	at SMU*	Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas	FSN	W 26–17	19,522
September 29	12:00 pm	North Carolina	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina (rivalry)	JPS	L 9–17	51,500
October 6	6:30 pm	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, North Carolina (rivalry)		W 17–14	27,401
October 13	12:00 pm	No. 16 Clemson	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina (Textile Bowl)	JPS	L 37–45	51,500
October 20	3:30 pm	at No. 23 Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta	ABC	L 17–27	41,942
October 27	1:30 pm	Virginia	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina		W 24–0	51,500
November 3	1:00 pm	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, North Carolina (rivalry)		W 55–31	35,206
November 10	3:30 pm	at No. 10 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	ABC	W 34–28	82,425
November 17	7:45 pm	No. 10 Maryland	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina	ESPN	L 19–23	51,500
November 24	1:00 pm	Ohio*	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina		W 27–7	38,025
December 20	7:30 pm	vs. Pittsburgh*	Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida (Tangerine Bowl)	ESPN	L 19–34	28,562
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

2001 NC State Wolfpack football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 17 Philip Rivers So G 54 Sean Locklear So WR 82 Jerricho Cotchery So	Defense Pos. # Name Class SS 9 Terrence Holt Jr DB 36 Andre Maddox Fr LB 44 Levar Fisher Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 21 Adam Kiker So	Head coach Chuck Amato Coordinators/assistant coaches Doc Holliday – Asst. Head coach/Wide receivers Todd Stroud – Strength and conditioning Manny Diaz – Graduate assistant Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2019-08-04

Game summaries

Indiana

See also: 2001 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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SMU

See also: 2001 SMU Mustangs football team

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North Carolina

See also: 2001 North Carolina Tar Heels football team and North Carolina–NC State football rivalry

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Wake Forest

See also: 2001 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team and NC State–Wake Forest rivalry

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Clemson

See also: 2001 Clemson Tigers football team and Textile Bowl

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Georgia Tech

See also: 2001 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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Virginia

See also: 2001 Virginia Cavaliers football team

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Duke

See also: 2001 Duke Blue Devils football team

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Florida State

NC State at Florida State

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• 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

Scoring summary

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

See also: 2001 Florida State Seminoles football team

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Maryland

Maryland at NC State

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• 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

Scoring summary

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

See also: 2001 Maryland Terrapins football team

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Ohio

See also: 2001 Ohio Bobcats football team

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Tangerine Bowl

Main article: 2001 Tangerine Bowl

See also: 2001 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

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