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NC State, Northern Illinois Are Looking To Return To Win Column Saturday When They Oppose Each Other In Raleigh Following 59-35 Loss At Clemson 23-20 Loss To Buffalo In Overtime

NC State, Northern Illinois are looking to return to win column Saturday when they oppose each other Saturday in North Carolina’s state capital following 59-35 losses at Clemson 23-20 loss to Buffalo in overtime.

Where?

DeKalb Illinois!

NC State is a member of Atlantic Coast Conference comes into the game with record of defense surrendered 59 points to Clemson in 59-35 loss last Saturday in Clemson South Carolina.

Where?

On the gridiron!

As NC State lost 59-35 to Clemson last Saturday in Clemson South Carolina NC State surrendered 59 points to Clemson who for passing was 21-34 254 yards averaging 7.5 yards for three touchdowns between quarterbacks Cade Klubnik , Christopher Vazzina , Trent Pearman. For rushing Clemson had 33 carries for 269 yards averaging 8.2 yards Phil Mafah had 7 carries for 107 yards , 15.3 yards per carry with 1 touchdown Cade Klubnick had 4 carries for 70 yards averaging 17.5 yards per carry, 1 touchdown. Jay Haynes had 8 carries for 42 yards averaging 42 yards averaging 5.3 yards per carry, 1 touchdown Cole Turner had 1 carry for 18 yards, 1 touchdown. Trent Pearman had two carries for 15 yards averaging 7.5 yards per carry. Jarvis Green had 2 carries for 7.5 yards. David Eziomume had 2 carries for 2 yards. For receiving Adam Randall had 5 receptions for 69 yards averaging 13.8 yards 1 touchdown. TJ Moore had 1 catch for for 40 yards. . Antonio Williams had three catches for 39 yards averaging 13.0 per carry and 2 touchdowns. Troy Stellato had receptions for 38 yards averaging 19 yards. Jake Briningstool had 2 receptions for 29 yards averaging 14.5 yards per carry. Jay Haynes had two receptions for 17 yards averaging 8.5 yards with no touchdowns. Phil Mafah had three receptions for 15 yards averaging 5.0 yards with 0 touchdowns. Jackson Crosby had 1 reception for 4 yards averaging 4.0 yards. Josh Sapp had 1 reception for 4 yards ,0 touchdowns. Bryan Watsco Jr. had 1 reception for -1 yard 0 touchdowns.

Following NC State defense surrendering 59 points to Clemson in 59-35 loss Saturday in North Carolina’s state capital NC State Head Coach Dave Doeren had this to say!

“It looked like we were on our heels. I’m not sure why,”

“Obviously, they had a bye week. They had some new things, but we didn’t use the rules of our system well. We’ve got to be better than that. That’s not who we are on defense. I know Coach (Tony) Gibson is sick to his stomach right now about it, and you know the film’s going to tell us a lot.”

Give Clemson credit, they outplayed us today, you know?“When that happens, they out-coached us. Like I’ve always said, it starts and ends with me, and we’ve got to get better. No, we’re not going to panic. We’re 2-2. There’s a lot of football left in the season. We do have some good players, and we need to get back to playing better.”

According to Jadyn Watson -Fisher News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/nc-state/article292527709.html

Northern Illinois is a member of Mid American Athletic Conference like NC State lost last Saturday to Buffalo 23-20 though they lost in overtime to Buffalo in Dekalb Illinois!

As Northern Illinois lost 23-20 to Buffalo in overtime as Upton Bellenfont kicked, made 37 yard field goal to win the game for Buffalo.

Following Northern Illinois 23-20 loss to Buffalo Head Coach Thomas Hammock had this to say about his team!

We didn't play well enough to win this game,"That falls squarely on me. We were prepared to play, but we didn't make the plays necessary to put ourselves in position to win."
 "All credit to Buffalo, they were the better team today,""They outplayed us, we didn't make enough plays to win it. I talked to our guys, the only way we can not win the game is if we turn the ball over, and that's what we did."

According to article https://niuhuskies.com/news/2024/9/21/football-huskies-fall-to-buffalo-in-overtime-23-20.aspx

Kickoff is set for 12:00pm Eastern Time 11:00am Central Time from Carter Finely Stadium!

The game is going to be televised on CW Network with Thom Brennaman, Max Browne, Carla Gebhart are commentating!