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Earle Edwards was the football head coach from 1954 to 1970. Edwards stepped down as head football coach after leading the Wolfpack for 17 seasons, making him the university's longest serving football coach. During his tenure, the football team won 5 ACC championships and played its first games in Carter-Finley Stadium. In the 1967 season, Edwards coached NC State to its first bowl victory at the Liberty Bowl and its highest ever football ranking as No. 2. He was a four-time ACC "Coach of the Year." In 2013, he was inducted into the NC State Hall of Fame.
Clyde Chesney was the first African American to receive a football scholarship.
Football player John Ripple became the first All-American athlete at State College.
Marcus Martin was the first African American player to join the football team.
Four new intramural sports began at NC State: football, volleyball, boxing, and tennis.
The football, basketball, and baseball teams had bulldog mascots named "Togo" and "Tige."
The last football game was played in Riddick Stadium. Members of the football team mobbed Harold Deters after he kicked the winning field goal against Florida State which resulted in a final score of 3-0.
The 1967 Freshman Football team finishes the season with a perfect 5-0 record.
The NC State football team beat West Virginia in the Peach Bowl, 49-13.
The football team defeated the University of South Carolina to win their first ACC championship.
A State College football game against the University of Maryland was televised for the first time.
Baseball was the second varsity sport (after football) added to the school by the athletics council.
The first evening football game was played on campus with a 37-0 victory over High Point.
The first official football game was played against Raleigh Academy, a local prep school, in what was later known as Pullen Park. A&M won 12-6.
The NC State football team record during the 1972 season was 8 wins, 3 losses, 1 tie, and a victory at the Peach Bowl.
O.M. Gardner was team captain of the A&M football team. He later became governor of North Carolina.
Willie Burden and Charley Young became the first African American students to receive full football scholarships as incoming freshmen. After their college careers, Burden and Young were recruited into the NFL.
First-year head football coach Monte Kiffin arrived at the first pep rally of the season in a helicopter.
A football game against Duke was the first appearance of the marching band following the conclusion of World War II.
The NC State football team made their first bowl game appearance against the University of Oklahoma in the Gator Bowl.