The 1952 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1952 college football season. The Wolfpack were led by first-year head coach Horace Hendrickson and played their home games at Riddick Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina. They competed as members of the Southern Conference for the final year before joining six other larger SoCon schools in creating the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1953.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	George Washington	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC	L 0–39	7,500	[1]
October 4	at Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 0–49	22,000	[2]
October 11	Davidson	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC	W 28–6	5,500	[3]
October 18	No. 5 Duke	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	L 0–57	11,500	[4]
October 25	Florida State*	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC	W 13–7	6,000	[5]
November 1	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Wake Forest, NC (rivalry)	L 6–21	12,000	[6]
November 8	at Washington and Lee	Wilson Field Lexington, VA	W 25–14		[7]
November 15	at No. 14 Pittsburgh*	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 6–48	12,000	[8]
November 22	at William & Mary	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	L 6–41	3,000	[9]
December 6	at Texas Tech*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	L 7–54	10,000–11,000	[10][11][12][13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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