| Year: | 1996 |
| Team: | NC State Wolfpack |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | ACC |
| Record: | 3–8 |
| Conf Record: | 3–5 |
| Head Coach: | Mike O'Cain |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Off Coach: | Ted Cain |
| Oc Year: | 11th |
| Codef Coach1: | Ken Pettus |
| Codc1 Year: | 3rd |
| Codef Coach2: | Kent Briggs |
| Codc2 Year: | 1st |
| Stadium: | Carter–Finley Stadium |
The 1996 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Mike O'Cain. NC State has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) since the league's inception in 1953. The Wolfpack played its home games in 1996 at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966.