![]() ![]() However, only the football team was called the Wolfpack. That victory, played in front of the largest crowd that had ever gathered at Riddick Field, secured the mythical state championship for the newly nicknamed squad. That unruly bunch of football players, by the way, finished with a 3-3-3 record for head coach Harry Hartsell, a season highlighted primarily by a 7-0 victory over North Carolina during the State Fair. Three years later, the school was ready for a more consistent nickname, and the anonymous letter-writer provided the perfect opportunity. In 1918, as the school changed its name to North Carolina State College, the AMC logo was replaced by a new N SC monogram that eventually morphed into the Block S logo that is still in use today. The school sold a few pennants, letterman sweaters and red ribbons to fans who gathered at Riddick Field for games, but other school merchandise was limited. Other than the interlocking AMC monogram used for athletes who won varsity letters, there were no official logos, no marketing campaigns, no official branding of any sort. Local wags often referred to the football, baseball, basketball, track and tennis teams as the "Techs," "Farmers," "Aggies" - anything that might represent the school's agrarian and technical roots. In the first three decades of athletics at the North Carolina School for Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, from 1892-1920, there was no formal nickname for the varsity teams that represented the school in intercollegiate athletics. In 1921, an anonymous alum was upset that the behavior of some players on the football team was "as unruly as a pack of wolves." Within weeks, both the NC State Alumni News and the new student newspaper, Technician, began referring to the football team as "The Wolfpack." NC State was tagged with the nickname "Wolfpack" out of anger. ![]()
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