NC State
5-2 , 2-2
Syracuse
6-2 , 3-2
Pack Falls in Shootout at Syracuse, 51-41
10/27/2018 11:08:00 PM | Football
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Syracuse opened the scoring with a field goal on their first possession. The two squads then traded deep touchdown passes. First NC State's Ryan Finley found Emeka Emezie for a 67-yard score, quickly to be answered by a Syracuse 82-yard TD catch-and-run.
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The Orange added another pair of short TD drives, four and three plays, to take a 24-7 lead after the first quarter.
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Christopher Dunn opened the second quarter with a 25-yard field goal.
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After a roughing the punter penalty gave NC State the ball back, the Pack then went deep once again, as Finley found Kelvin Harmon for a 74-yard score to cut the lead to 24-17 midway through the second quarter.
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The teams traded field goals and went into the half with Syracuse leading 27-20.
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Syracuse took the opening kick of the second half 75 yards in 14 plays for a TD that pushed the lead to 34-20.
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The Pack answered back on the next possession, Brady Bodine scored from one-yard out to complete a 7-play, 75-yard drive. The key play was a Finley to Cary Angeline 49-yard pass play on a flee-flicker.
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The Orange answered on their next drive, taking just five plays to retake the 14-point lead, and the score was 41-27 after three quarters.
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The lead was once again cut in half, just 32 seconds into the fourth quarter, with a Reggie Gallaspy, Jr., one-yard score, his ninth of the season.
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A Syracuse 44-yard field goal made it 44-34, and the Pack answered with Finley finding Harmon from 12 yards out to make it 44-41 with 7:23 left.
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NC State got the ball back with 3:19 left at its own 15-yard line, but a Ryan Finley interception gave the ball back to Syracuse, which scored the final touchdown with 1:05 left.
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WOLFPACK SPOTLIGHT DRIVE – 1st half
2 plays, 75 yards in 0:36 – Ryan Finley to Emeka Emezie 67-yd TD pass
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After falling behind 3-0, NC State scored its first TD of the game just two plays later. Ryan Finley found Emeka Emezie over the middle for a 67-yard TD catch-and-run, to cap a two-play, 75-yard drive.
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WOLFPACK SPOTLIGHT DRIVE – 2nd half
6 plays, 75 yards in 2:16 – Ryan Finley to Kelvin Harmon 12-yd TD pass
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The Pack got within a field goal with their final score of the day, a Finley to Harmon 12-yard TD pass midway through the fourth quarter. Down 10, the Pack drove 75 yards in six plays. Harmon had two catches for 63 on the drive.
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STAT LEADERS
• QB Ryan Finley
26-of-44 for 473 yards, 3 TDs
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• RB Reggie Gallaspy, Jr.
19 carries for 65 yards, 1 TD
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• WR Kelvin Harmon
11 catches for 247 yards, 2 TDs
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• WR Emeka Emezie
4 catches for 89 yards, 1 TD
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• LB Germaine Pratt
16 tackles, 2 sacks
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NOTABLES
• Kelvin Harmon's 247 yards receiving are the second-most in a single-game in NC State history (Torry Holt, 255 in 1998).
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• QB Ryan Finley threw for a career-best 473 yards, the fourth-highest total in school history and the most for a Pack player since 2012.
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• A pair of Pack players made their first career starts, filling in for injured regular starters. OT Tyrone Riley started at RT and true freshman Teshaun Smith started at CB.
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• NC State's opening TD (Ryan Finley to Emeka Emezie for 67-yard) was the longest pass reception of Emezie's career.
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• Kelvin Harmon's 74-yard TD catch was the Pack's longest pass play of the season.
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• After being -164 in total offense in the first quarter, NC State was +132 in the second.
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• With his fourth quarter rushing score, Reggie Gallaspy, Jr., has now scored at least one TD in every game this season. His scoring a rushing TD in seven straight games is the second longest such streak in school history, behind only Ted Brown's eight straight in 1976.
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UP NEXT
The Pack returns to home action next weekend, as the Wolfpack will host Florida State at 3:30 p.m.
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Team Stats
ST 0, SU 3
SU - Szmyt, A. 29 yd field goal 10 plays, 55 yards, TOP 3:31
ST 7, SU 3
ST - Emezie, E. 67 yd pass from Finley, R. (Dunn, C. kick) 2 plays, 75 yards, TOP 0:36
ST 7, SU 10
SU - Johnson, N. 82 yd pass from Dungey, E. (Szmyt, A. kick) 2 plays, 88 yards, TOP 0:36
ST 7, SU 17
SU - Howard, J. 2 yd run (Szmyt, A. kick), 4 plays, 60 yards, TOP 1:23
ST 7, SU 24
SU - Custis, J. 20 yd pass from Dungey, E. (Szmyt, A. kick) 3 plays, 68 yards, TOP 0:30
ST 10, SU 24
ST - Dunn, C. 25 yd field goal 14 plays, 68 yards, TOP 6:54
ST 17, SU 24
ST - Harmon, K. 74 yd pass from Finley, R. (Dunn, C. kick) 4 plays, 91 yards, TOP 1:11
ST 20, SU 24
ST - Dunn, C. 29 yd field goal 8 plays, 62 yards, TOP 2:25
ST 20, SU 27
SU - Szmyt, A. 45 yd field goal 4 plays, 43 yards, TOP 0:36
ST 20, SU 34
SU - Dungey, E. 1 yd run (Szmyt, A. kick), 14 plays, 75 yards, TOP 5:45
ST 27, SU 34
ST - Bodine, B. 1 yd run (Dunn, C. kick), 7 plays, 75 yards, TOP 3:05
ST 27, SU 41
SU - Harris, T. 31 yd pass from Dungey, E. (Szmyt, A. kick) 5 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:59
ST 34, SU 41
ST - Gallaspy, R. 1 yd run (Dunn, C. kick), 10 plays, 75 yards, TOP 4:43
ST 34, SU 44
SU - Szmyt, A. 41 yd field goal 11 plays, 51 yards, TOP 4:49
ST 41, SU 44
ST - Harmon, K. 12 yd pass from Finley, R. (Dunn, C. kick) 6 plays, 75 yards, TOP 2:16
ST 41, SU 51
SU - Strickland, D. 5 yd run (Szmyt, A. kick), 5 plays, 21 yards, TOP 1:13
