State-Louisville game will be under the lights

It will be the fifth night game and fourth at home this season for the Wolfpack

The NC State football team will be night owls again when it plays ACC Atlantic Division rival Louisville on Saturday, Nov. 16.

The ACC announced Monday that the game between the Wolfpack and Cardinals has been designated for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff with television coverage on the ACC Network. It will mark the fifth time this season -- and fourth time at Carter-Finley Stadium -- that coach Dave Doeren's team will have played under the lights.

State will also play at night again the following week, with its game at Georgia Tech on Nov. 21 scheduled for a Thursday.

The late starting time for the Louisville game means that the Wolfpack's basketball game against St. Francis (N.Y.) that same day will likely get an afternoon starting time. That announcement has yet to be made.

Here is the rest of the starting times and network designations for ACC football games on Nov. 19 (UNC plays at Pittsburgh on Thursday night, Nov. 17):

Alabama State at Florida State, Noon, RSN

Wake Forest at Clemson, 3:30 p.m., ABC or ESPN – network designation after the games of Nov. 9

Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech, 3:30 p.m., RSN

Syracuse at Duke, 4 p.m., ACCN

Louisville at NC State, 7:30 p.m., ACCN

Open Dates: Boston College, Miami, Virginia