1981 NC State Wolfpack football team

1981 NC State Wolfpack football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1981 record	4–7 (2–4 ACC)
Head coach	Monte Kiffin
Home stadium	Carter–Finley Stadium (Capacity: 47,000)

1981 ACC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#1 Clemson $	6	–	0	–	0			12	–	0	–	0
#9 North Carolina	5	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Maryland	4	–	2	–	0			4	–	6	–	1
Duke	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
NC State	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Virginia	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Monte Kiffin. 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 1981 at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result
September 5	Richmond*		Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 27–21
September 12	at Wake Forest		Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	W 28–23
September 19	East Carolina*		Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC (Victory Barrel)	W 31–10
September 26	Maryland		Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	L 9–34
October 3	Virginia		Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	W 30–24
October 17	#4 North Carolina		Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC (Rivalry)	L 10–21
October 24	at #4 Clemson		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Textile Bowl)	L 7–17
October 31	at South Carolina*		Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC (Rivalry)	L 12–20
November 7	#6 Penn State*		Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	L 15–22
November 14	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	L 7–17
November 21	#11 Miami*		Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	L 6–14
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.