NC State vs. Virginia Live Game Thread
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RALEIGH, NC -- North Carolina State will face off against Virginia in a rare non-conference matchup between the two ACC teams. The Wolfpack are coming off a mini-bye after beating East Carolina on Aug. 28 with a score of 24-17. The Cavaliers are fresh off a throttling of Coastal Carolina 48-7.
NC State's record against Virginia is 36-21-1 all time. In the Dave Doeren era the team is 3-0 against the Cavaliers with the most recent matchup coming in the 2023 season. The Wolfpack won the matchup 24-21 in Charlottesville.
The game is set to kick off at 12 P.M. EST in front of another sold out crowd at Carter-Finely Stadium and can be watched on ESPN2.
Make sure to follow along for updates throughout the game.
Game Thread
START OF THE FIRST QUARTER:
NC State won the toss and deferred; UVA will receive.
PENALTY: UVA False Start on Dakota Twitty (5). Five yard penalty UVA now on it's on 34
SCORING UPDATE: J'mari Taylor runs up the middle for a 39-yard touchdown. UVA leads 7-0.
SCORING UPDATE: CJ Bailey rushes down the sideline for a 30-yard touchdown. NC State ties it up at 7-7.
SCORING UPDATE: J'Mari Tayler runs left for a 9-yard touchdown. It's his second touchdown of the day, and UVA retakes the lead 14-7
END OF FIRST QUARTER: UVA leads 14-7. NC State has the ball on the UVA 28.
SCORING UPDATE: CJ Bailey finds Noah Rogers down the seam for a 27-yard touchdown. NC State ties it up at 14
PUNT: Chandler Morris was pressured on third down and it resulted in an incompletion. UVA punts to the NC State 20
PUNT: Bailey pressured on a boot rollout, made two guys miss, dbut was still short of the line to gain. NC State punts to the UVA 29
PENALTY: Morris found Twitty for a 36-yard gain, but holding on UVA (Drake Metcalf). Ball now on the UVA 19
PENALTY: Xavier Brown ran for a 10-yard gain during the play NC State's Ronnie Royal III called for a face mask. Ball now on the NC State 43
SCORING UPDATE: Will Bettridge drills a 29-yard field goal giving UVA the lead 17-14
PUNT: Bailey's pass to Wesley Grimes is incomplete. NC State punts and Cam Ross takes it 48-yards to the NC State 27
TWO-MINUTE TIMEOUT
SCORING UPDATE: Morris finds Sage Ennis on a crosser for a 3-yard touchdown. UVA extends it's lead 24-14.
END OF FIRST HALF: UVA leads NC State 24-14
START OF SECOND HALF
SCORING UPDATE: Hollywood Smothers rushes up the middle for a 14-yard touchdown. NC State cuts the UVA lead down to 24-21
PUNT: Morris incompletion on third down. UVA punts to the NC State 20
SCORING UPDATE: CJ Bailey runs it in for a second time, this time from 12-yards out. NC State takes the lead 28-24
SCORING UPDATE: J'Mari Tayler runs for a 66-yard touchdown down the left sideline. His third touchdown of the day, and UVA takes back the lead 31-28
SCORING UPDATE: Smothers finds the endzone for a second time with a nine-yard rushing touchdown. It's a shootout in Raleigh with NC State taking the lead back 35-31
END OF THIRD QUARTER: NC State leads 35-31. UVA has the ball on the NC State 31
PENALTY: False start on UVA offense. Ball now on NC State 36
MISSED FIELD GOAL: Will Bettridge misses from 47-yards out
INJURY: NC State guard Kamen Smith shaken up on the play after third-down
PUNT: NC State punts to the UVA 42, Cam Ross returned it 19-yards
TURNOVER ON DOWNS: J'Mari Taylor stopped for no gain on fourth-and-1. NC State takes over on it's own eight yard line
PUNT: Bailey's pass on third down is incomplete and the Wolfpack opt to punt. NC State punts to the UVA 19
TWO-MINUTE TIMEOUT
INTERCEPTION: Cian Slone intercepts Morris' pass and NC State takes over on it's own 20
FINAL: NC State beats Virginia 35-31.
Daniel Rios graduated from the esteemed Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. His deep passion for sports has taken him to positions at ESPN and Cronkite News. Currently, he serves as the Assistant Beat Writer for the North Carolina State Wolfpack On SI.
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