NC State’s fall camp schedule is winding down as the Wolfpack is less than two weeks away from its season opener against East Carolina inside Carter-Finley Stadium. And when the Pack and Pirates meet for the 33rd time in program history, NC State will debut a special-edition uniform.
In collaboration with Adidas, NC State released a Raleigh-inspired “City of Oaks” jersey Friday morning. Currently, the new addition to the Wolfpack’s threads lineup is only slated to be worn against ECU to open the 2025 campaign on Aug. 28 (7 p.m., ACC Network).
The jersey was created through NC State’s desire to blend its culture, legacy and tradition with several nods to the city it calls home.
Most prominent on the home red jersey with a new trademarked script NC State logo on the chest, just above the Wolfpack’s normal numbers. Just to the right of the new script font is an acorn, a direct homage to Raleigh’s nickname, “The City of Oaks,” which is derived from the significant number of that species of trees in the region.
The sleeves, meanwhile, feature a Fibonacci sequence, which is the spiral arrangement of the branches on an oak tree. Each sleeve also has an acorn-inspired print to tie the theme of the jersey all together. Additionally, thick white stripes returned to the Wolfpack’s uniform on each shoulder.
To go with the new jersey, NC State will don red pants and a new white helmet, which features a red stripe down the middle and the same script logo on either side. The back of the Pack’s new helmet says “City of Oaks” in the same cursive font.
NC State’s uniform history against ECU
This season’s meeting between NC State and ECU will mark the 12th tilt between the two programs since the turn of the century. The Wolfpack holds a 6-5 mark over the Pirates in that span — and a 19-14 record against the Pirates all-time, dating back to the first encounter in 1970.
While these two teams have met 11 times in the last 24 years, this year’s bout is believed to be the first to feature a specialty NC State jersey.
Within those 11 meetings, the Wolfpack’s most common uniform combination was its white helmet with its red home jersey and white pants, which is donned four times. The Pack has worn white helmets with its road white jersey and red pants three times, while it used the white helmet, red jersey and red pants, and all white uniform twice each since 2000.
2024: ECU 26, Wolfpack 21 (Military Bowl) – white helmet, red jersey, white pants2022: Wolfpack 21, ECU 20 (Greenville) – white helmet, white jersey, red pants2019: Wolfpack 34, ECU 6 (Raleigh) – white helmet, red jersey, white pants2018: Wolfpack 58, ECU 3 (Raleigh) – white helmet, red jersey, red pants2016: ECU 33, Wolfpack 30 (Greenville) – white helmet, white jersey, white pants2013: ECU 42, Wolfpack 28 (Raleigh) – white helmet, red jersey, white pants2010: ECU 33, Wolfpack 27 (OT, Greenville) – white helmet, white jersey, red pants2008: Wolfpack 30, ECU 24 (OT, Raleigh) – white helmet, red jersey, white pants2007: Wolfpack 34, NC State 20 (Greenville) – white helmet, white jersey, red pants2006: ECU 21, Wolfpack 16 (Raleigh) – white helmet, red jersey, red pants2004: Wolfpack 52, ECU 14 (Charlotte) – white helmet, white jersey, white pants
A closer look at the new jerseys