North Carolina State University Athletics
Rivers Grabs Weekly ACC Honor
11/3/2003 12:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 3, 2003
ACC OFFENSIVE BACK OF THE WEEK...
NC State's Philip Rivers (Athens, Ala.) completed 29 of 34 passes, including his first 17 straight, for 410 passing yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions to lead NC State over Virginia 51-37. The 6-5, 236-pound quarterback now ranks fifth in NCAA history with 12,311 career passing yards and became the first quarterback in ACC history to throw for over 3,000 yards in three different seasons and only the seventh QB in NCAA history to do so. The senior also tied the ACC record with his fifth career 400-yard passing game. Rivers rushed for 20 yards against the Cavaliers, moving him up to third place in NCAA history with 12,352 career yards of total offense. He used nine different receivers throughout the game and Rivers' four TD passes propelled him to tenth place in NCAA history with 86 career touchdown passes.
