The 2023 NC State Wolfpack football team represented

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during the

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. The Wolfpack played their home games at

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, and competed as members of the

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. They were led by head coach Dave Doeren, in his 11th season. The NC State Wolfpack football team drew an average home attendance of 56,919 in 2023.

Coaching staff

Source

Schedule

NC State announced its 2023 football schedule on January 30, 2023. The 2023 season is the first that the Atlantic Coast Conference eliminated divisions, and thus the Wolfpack will face conference opponents on a rotational pod basis. The 2023 schedule consists of seven home games and five away games in the regular season. The Wolfpack will host ACC foes Clemson,

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and

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and will travel to

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, and Wake Forest. The Wolfpack will host three of the four non-conference opponents,

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from the

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, Notre Dame from

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, and VMI from

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, and will travel to

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from

Game summaries

At UConn

No. 10 Notre Dame

VMI

At Virginia

Louisville

Marshall

At No. 17 Duke

Clemson

Miami

At Wake Forest

At Virginia Tech

North Carolina

Vs. Kansas State–Pop-Tarts Bowl

Rankings

Players drafted into the NFL

References

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NC State Wolfpack football seasons

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2020s in Raleigh, North Carolina