NC State 87 – Wake Forest 76 Boxscore GAME RECAP NC State used a red hot Scott Wood (23 points) and solid performances from the rest of their starting five to out-gun the Demon Deacons 87.76. It was a true game of runs with Wake striking first thanks to Chase Fischer and Travis McKie doing damage early , but NC State stormed back using Woods hot hand. That had the Pack in it midway through the second half, but it wasn’t until late in the first that State really made their move and it wasn’t until midway through the second that they really got out to a sizable lead. State managed just 2 points off their bench and finished with a close rebounding margain but got very solid play from all 5 of their starters, limited the turnovers and got out on the break where they can be devastating. KEY STATS Wake played well tonight. They shot 50% from the field, 58% from 3 was only out-rebounded by three, but it wasn’t enough as State racked up 19 assists to only 9 turnovers as a team and turned that into 19 fast break points (to Wake’s 4). Player wise you have to look…
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1973 was the year of the running back at NC State. Senior Willie Burden, Junior Stan Fritts, and senior Charley Young, otherwise known as “The Stallions”, ran through the NC State record books, and led the Wolfpack to their 6th ACC championship (4th outright). Burden and Fritts combined to rush for 1,698 yards and 21 touchdowns. The ACC had no answer for Willie Burden in particular. He set the single season record for rushing yards in a season at NC State, accumulating 1,014 yards on the ground (6.8 ypc). After leading his team to an undefeated ACC record, Burden was...
In 1968 NC State head coach Earle Edwards led the Wolfpack to their 4th ACC championship under his watch. In a year in which the starting quarterback nearly threw three times as many interceptions as touchdowns, NC State was forced to rely heavily on the running game, featuring Charlie Bowers and Bobby Hall. These two backs, amongst other players that rushed the ball, tallied the 10th most rushing attempts in a single season by any NC State team. The insufficient passing game was also countered by one of the most successful seasons in the return game that NC State has...
In Carter-Finley Stadium eight jerseys honored and revered, representing eight players that changed the record books, the history and the prestige of the NC State football program. Dick Christy was the first of the eight players represented, to don the red and white and leave his lasting stamp on the field of Carter-Finley Stadium and in the memories of Wolfpack fans. Christy, an undersized running back (5’10″, 161 lbs), made his way down to Raleigh from the city of “Brotherly Love” (Philadelphia). After being the feature stud on the Freshman squad in 1954, Christy quickly made a delightful impression on...
Third place was enough for an ACC Championship back in 1965… After starting off the season with a 1-4 record in 1965, it is doubtful that even NC State coach Earle Edwards saw an ACC championship in the dismal future. In the first 5 games of the season, the Wolfpack couldn’t get their offensive motors running, averaging a measly 8 points per contest. Edwards earned his ACC Coach of the Year award in ’65, turning an impoverished offense around, and guiding his team on a 5-game winning streak to close out the season. At the end of the 1965 season, the...
Our first installment of “Wolfpack Greats of the Gridiron”, this feature will highlight the the players throughout NC State history whose jerseys have been retired or honored and tell their story. Roman Gabriel came to NC State with high expectations surrounding him. The Wilmington, N.C., native was tabbed the National Sophomore Back of the Year by The Saturday Evening Post and Playboy prior to his sophomore campaign. The 6’4″, 200 pound signal caller, who also was a star in the defensive secondary at the beginning of his collegiate career, didn’t take long to live up to his hype. In his...
The 1964 football season was a strange one for the ACC, failing to produce a single team with a winning record. There has never been another season in the history of the conference in which this occurred. Five teams finished with an overall record of 5-5 (NC State, Virginia, Maryland, UNC and Wake Forest), and not a single team represented the ACC in a bowl game. NC State took advantage of the ACC down year and handled their business in conference play, posting a conference best 5-2 record, giving them their second straight ACC championship, and their third overall. NC...
A lot of things can change in one year’s time. In 1962, Earle Edwards NC State Wolfpack struggled mightily, finishing the season with a 3-6-1 overall record. Edwards went back to the drawing board after the ’62 campaign. After winning a measly 3 games in ’62, NC State did more than double that number in ’63, finishing the season with an 8-3 record. The Wolfpack’s 6-1 conference record was enough for a share of the ACC title with UNC. NC State clinched a share of the title when they defeated Wake Forest 42-0 in Riddick Stadium on Friday, November 22...
NC State’s 7 ACC Championships rank 4th in ACC history. The Wolfpack’s first title came back in 1957 with Running Back Dick Christy leading the charge. NC State finished the season with a 7-1-2 (5-0-1) record and they ended the season ranked 15th in the AP poll. The Pack’s only loss of the season came at the hands of William and Mary and they tied both Miami (0-0) and Duke (14-14). Unfortunately NC State was not allowed to play in a bowl game, due to a recruiting infraction in basketball with Louisiana high school star Jackie Moreland. 1957 was the...
ACC Coach of the Year 1. Clemson – 8 1. Virginia – 8 1. Wake Forest – 8 4. Maryland – 7 5. Duke – 6 5. NC State – 6 7. Georgia Tech – 5 8. UNC – 4 9. FSU – 2 10. Virginia Tech – 2 Earl Edwards brought home 4 out of the 6 Coach of the Year awards. In 1957 Edwards led the Pack to a 7-1-2 record (5-0-1 Conference Record). The Pack finished a half-game ahead of Duke, claiming their first ACC Championship. With that being said, the Pack was held out of post...
If you polled NC State fans and asked them how many ACC Championships the Pack has tallied in Football throughout the schools history, I would put a pretty nice wager down that most fans wouldn’t place us within the Top-5 in ACC History. Well, the history books don’t lie, and the Pack’s 7 ACC Titles rank them 4th in ACC History behind Clemson, FSU and Maryland. I am clearly aware that we live in a culture that screams “What Have You Done For Me Lately?”. Sure our last ACC Championship was back in 1979, which makes for a 30 year...
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