NC State Beats Marshall For Their First Road Win Of The Season
After opening the season at home with two straight home games and having a game that was postponed because of Hurricane Florence hitting North Carolina, NC State had their first road game on Saturday as they visited Marshall.
NC State jumped out to a 23-7 lead at the half, and a third quarter interception return sealed the game, as the Wolfpack (3-0) came away with a 37-20 road win at Marshall. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2018/9/22/football-wolfpack-picks-up-37-20-road-win-at-marshall.aspx
QB Ryan Finley completed 23-of-40 passes for 377 yards and a score, while RB Reggie Gallaspy, Jr. scored a pair of one-yard TD rushes. On defense, Jarius Morehead recorded the Pack's first INT of the season, and returned it 57 yards for the game's final score. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2018/9/22/football-wolfpack-picks-up-37-20-road-win-at-marshall.aspx
NC State jumped out to a 10-0 lead. Freshman PK Christopher Dunn hit a 30-yard field goal in the first quarter, his first of three in the first half, and Gallaspy scored from a yard out on the first play of the second quarter. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2018/9/22/football-wolfpack-picks-up-37-20-road-win-at-marshall.aspx
Just 51 seconds later, Marshall got on the scoreboard with an 82-yard TD pass to cut the lead to 10-7. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2018/9/22/football-wolfpack-picks-up-37-20-road-win-at-marshall.aspx
NC State closed the first half with 13 unanswered points to take a 23-7 lead into the break. Dunn scored from 32 and 26 yards out, and sandwiched in between was Gallaspy's second one-yard score of the first half. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2018/9/22/football-wolfpack-picks-up-37-20-road-win-at-marshall.aspx
Marshall cut the lead to 23-17 in the third quarter, with a 32-yard field goal and then a 22-yard fumble return for a TD just nine seconds apart. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2018/9/22/football-wolfpack-picks-up-37-20-road-win-at-marshall.aspx
NC State responded with a 30-yard Emeka Emezie TD catch on the next drive. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2018/9/22/football-wolfpack-picks-up-37-20-road-win-at-marshall.aspx
After another Marshall field goal, Morehead sealed the win with his INT return at the end of the third quarter. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2018/9/22/football-wolfpack-picks-up-37-20-road-win-at-marshall.aspx
WOLFPACK SPOTLIGHT DRIVE – 1st half
8 plays, 80 yards in 3:48 – Reggie Gallaspy 1-yd TD run
Holding a 3-0 lead, NC State scored the game's first touchdown on the first play of the second quarter. On third-and-goal, RB Reggie Gallaspy Jr. scored on a 1-yard TD to cap an 8 play, 8- yard drive. On the drive, QB Ryan Finley was 3-of-3 for 66 yards, including a 46-yard completion to Kelvin Harmon. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2018/9/22/football-wolfpack-picks-up-37-20-road-win-at-marshall.aspx
WOLFPACK SPOTLIGHT DRIVE – 2nd half
6 plays, 75 yards in 1:47 – Ryan Finley to Emeka Emezie 30-yd TD pass “according to https://gopack.com/news/2018/9/22/football-wolfpack-picks-up-37-20-road-win-at-marshall.aspx
After Marshall scored the first 10 points of the second half to cut the Pack's lead to 23-17, NC State took the ensuing drive 75 yards in just six plays to increase the lead to 30-17 with a Ryan Finley to Emeka Emezie 30-yard TD pass. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2018/9/22/football-wolfpack-picks-up-37-20-road-win-at-marshall.aspx
STAT LEADERS
• QB Ryan Finley
23-of-40 for 377 yards, 1 TD
• RB Reggie Gallaspy, Jr.
22 rushes for 81 yards, 2 TDs
• WR Kelvin Harmon
7 catches for 150 yards
• WR Emeka Emezie
6 catches for 69 yards, 1 TD
• LB Germaine Pratt
11 tackles, 1 TFL
• S Jarius Morehead
6 tackles, 1 INT, 1 TD
“according to https://gopack.com/news/2018/9/22/football-wolfpack-picks-up-37-20-road-win-at-marshall.aspx
NOTABLES
• Jarius Morehead's 57-yard INT return for a TD in the third quarter was the Pack's first INT of the season. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2018/9/22/football-wolfpack-picks-up-37-20-road-win-at-marshall.aspx
• QB Ryan Finley threw for the second-most yards in his career with 377. Over the first three games of the season, Finley has 1,056 passing yards. Only Philip Rivers (1,068 in 2003 and 1,069 in 2000) has thrown for more in the first three games of the season. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2018/9/22/football-wolfpack-picks-up-37-20-road-win-at-marshall.aspx
• Finley also becomes only the third ACC QB since 2000 to start a season with three straight games of 300-plus passing yards. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2018/9/22/football-wolfpack-picks-up-37-20-road-win-at-marshall.aspx
• RB Reggie Gallaspy, Jr., had two rushing scores, scoring a rushing TD in all three games this season. This marks the first time in his career he has scored in three straight games. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2018/9/22/football-wolfpack-picks-up-37-20-road-win-at-marshall.aspx
• NC State had four players make their Wolfpack debuts: R-So. TE Cary Angeline was eligible after transferring from Southern Cal and true freshmen C.J. Hart, Malik Dunlap, and Derrick Eason all saw action for the first time on special teams. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2018/9/22/football-wolfpack-picks-up-37-20-road-win-at-marshall.aspx
UP NEXT
NC State opens ACC play next weekend, hosting Virginia for a 12:20 p.m. contest. The game will be televised by Raycom. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2018/9/22/football-wolfpack-picks-up-37-20-road-win-at-marshall.aspx