Shorthanded Pack Falls at Louisville

Saturday, October 18

Louisville, Ky.

3:30 PM

NC State

4-4 , 0-4

Louisville

6-2 , 4-2

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

NC State

Louisville

10/18/2014 12:00:00 AM | Football

Box Score

Oct. 18, 2014

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	F
Louisville	7	10	3	10	30
NC State	6	0	3	9	18

Attendance: 50,227  

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RALEIGH, N.C. - Dealing with injuries and suspensions, NC State fell short at Louisville on Saturday, 30-18. Down eight late in the third quarter, an apparent Wolfpack defensive TD was overturned and Louisville kicked a field goal three plays later to increase their lead.

The Pack kept the score close late in the fourth, when David J. Grinnage caught his second TD of the day with 2:21 left. Down five at 23-18, the Pack went for two but the pass was incomplete. The onside kick was recovered by Louisville, who ran three straight times and scored a 46-yard TD with 44 seconds left.

WOLFPACK DRIVE OF THE GAME
10 plays, 61 yard TD drive in the first quarter.

With 5:28 left in the first quarter, QB Jacoby Brissett found TE David J. Grinnage for a 16-yard touchdown for the Pack's first score of the day. After it appeared the Pack was stopped for a 3 & out, Louisville was called for a roughing the punter giving NC State the first down. The TD was the first offensive TD scored against the Cardinals in 18 quarters - dating back to September 13. The Pack missed the extra point, making the score 7-6 Louisville.

MOMENT OF THE GAME
With 1:37 left in 3rd quarter, freshman linebacker Airius Moore scooped what appeared to be a Louisville fumble and returned it 76-yards into the end zone - which would of closed the Louisville lead to 17-15 with the Pack about to try a two-point conversion. However upon review, the replay officials determined Louisville QB Will Gardner's knee was on the ground prior to him losing control of the ball.

Louisville kept possession and three plays later converted a 38-yard field goal to extend its lead to 20-9.

NOTABLES
• NC State was without the services of 10 players that are normally on the current two-deep - Starters: LB Jerod Fernandez, DTs Monty Nelson and T.Y. McGill, S Josh Jones, WR Johnathan Alston - Reserves: DEs Drew Davis and Pharoah McKever, DT Justin Jones, CB Mike Stevens, WR Jumichael Ramos.

• Four Pack true freshmen earned their first career starts. Three on defense: DT B.J. Hill, LB Airius Moore and S Germaine Pratt and WR Stephen Louis on offense. This season, seven true freshmen have recorded a start.

• After missing the previous four games with an illness, junior Joe Thuney returned to the lineup as the Pack's starting left guard, where he started the first three games of the season.

• With his first quarter touchdown, TE David J. Grinnage has caught a TD pass in back-to-back games for the first time in his career. He later added a second one in the fourth, his first two-TD game of his career.

• Coming into the game, NC State was a perfect 12-of-12 scoring a TD when having 1st & Goal this season. that streak ended in the fourth quarter, when the Pack had to settle for a 25-yard field goal that brought the score to 20-12.

UP NEXT
The Pack will have its long awaited bye week next Saturday. The Pack returns to the field on Nov. 1 with a trip to Syracuse. The ACC will announce the game time on Monday.