NC State, Syracuse Are Looking To Bounce Back As They Oppose One Another Today In Raleigh Because They Lost Their Previous Games To Wake Forest, Louisville!
NC State, Syracuse are looking to bounce back as they oppose one another today in North Carolina’s state capital because they lost their previous games to Wake Forest, Louisville!
Where?
Winston-Salem North Carolina, Louisville Kentucky on the gridiron!
NC State lost to Wake Forest 45-42!
Syracuse lost Lousville 41-3!
When?
A week ago today!
NC State, Syracuse are both members of the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference!
This week NC State is ranked 20th in this weeks AP Top 25 poll while Syracuse isn’t ranked!
NC State comes into the game with a record of 7-3 while they’re 4-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, third in the standings!
Why?
Because as NC State lost to Wake Forest 45-42 in Winston -Salem!
In NC State’s loss to Wake Forest who like them is a member of the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference Devin Leary threw for a career-high 408 yards with four TD passes, while WRs Emeka Emezie (133) and Devin Carter (132) both went over 100 yards and both had a pair of TD grabs. After the Pack defense forced a Wake three-and-out on the opening possession, the Pack went 67 yards and Christopher Dunn's 28-yard field goal was the first score of the game. The highlight of the drive was a Leary to Carter 54-yard pass down the sideline. Wake struck with the first TD of the game, from 24 yards out midway through the first quarter. A 47-yard field goal made the score 7-6 after the first quarter. On the second play of the second quarter, Wake added a 1-yard TD rush. The Demon Deacons struck again after taking over at the Pack five-yard line after a fumble recovery to push the lead to 21-6. On the ensuing kickoff, Zonovan Knight returned the kickoff 72 yards to set up the Pack deep in Wake territory. On the very next play, Leary found Emezie from 28 yards out. Just 1:19 later, the Pack struck again with a late drive. With no timeouts, the Pack went 58 yards in five plays as Leary found Devin Carter from 21 yards out. A 45-yard Wake field goal as the half expired gave the Demon Deacons a 24-20 halftime lead. On the opening kickoff of the second half, Knight took the ball out from his own end zone and went 100 yards for a special teams score to give the Pack its first lead since its opening drive, 27-24. The lead didn't last long, as Wake had a five yard TD run to retake the lead. The 31-27 score line led the teams into the fourth quarter. Wake added another score early in the fourth with a four-yard TD pass. The Pack made it a one-score game midway through the fourth quarter, as Leary found Emezie from 13 yards out. After a two-point conversion, the lead was trimmed to 38-35 with 8:07 left. A 4-yard Wake TD pushed the game back to a two-score game, but NC State once again answered with a second Leary to Carter TD to make it 45-42 with 45 seconds left, but the Pack could not recover the onside kick.
“according to an article on gopack.com”
Syracuse lost Louisville 41-3 in Louisville Kentucky!
In Syracuse’s 41-3 loss to Louisville Syracuse (5-5, 2-4 ACC) was held without a touchdown for the first time this season while host Louisville (5-5, 3-4 ACC) found the end zone on each of its first four possession in an eventual, 41-3 victory, for the Cards on Saturday.
Louisville quarterback Malik Cunningham completed 13-of-18 passes for 209 yards and four touchdowns and ran seven times for 19 yards and another touchdown to lead the Cardinals past 'Cuse.Orange running back Sean Tucker surpassed 1,300 yards rushing on the season after carrying 19 times for 95 yards. Tucker passed Walter Reyes (1,347) on the Syracuse season rushing yards list and now trails only school record-holder Joe Morris (1,372). Tucker finished the afternoon with 1,362 yards on the campaign.Cunningham got the Cards on the board first with a six-yard scamper into the end zone to cap the host's first possession. Syracuse retaliated on its next drive, advancing 50 yards to the Louisville 25 before settling for a 43-yard field goal by Andre Szmyt. The 3-pointer was the 64th of Szmyt's career and extended his school standard.Cunningham went right to work, engineering three consecutive drives that ended with touchdown passes. He connected with Tyrell Harrell for 33 yards, Ahmari Huggins-Bruce for six yards and with Jordan Watkins for 41 yards on scoring throws that upped the Cardinal advantage to 28-3 with 8:19 to go in the first half.After the Orange and the Cardinals traded scoreless possessions, Cunningham threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Huggins-Bruce that put Louisville ahead 35-3 heading into the intermission.Louisville padded its lead on the first drive of the second half. The Syracuse halted a Cardinal advance that reached the Orange 16 and James Turner kicked a 33-yard field goal. Syracuse put together its longest march of the contest when it had its first chance of the second half. Quarterback Garrett Shrader had a 20 yard run and Tucker had back-to-back rushes of four and 10 yards that provided Syracuse with a first-and-goal from the Louisville nine. Shrader completed a six-yard pass to Devaughn Cooper and then kept for one yard. Facing third-and-two at the Cardinal two, Shrader tried back-to-back keepers that were thwarted.Turner finished off the game scoring with a 27-yard field goal with 2:25 left in the contest.Shrader completed 10-of-18 passes for 46 yards and ran 20 times for 43 yards. Cooper led the team with four receptions for 19 yards.Syracuse's defense was led by linebacker Stefon Thomas and cornerback Garrett Williams, who each finished with five tackles.
“according to an article on cuse.com”
Kickoff is set for 4:00pm from Carter Finley Stadium!
The game is going to be televised on ACC Network!