NC State
4-7 , 1-6
Georgia Tech
3-8 , 2-6
Pack’s Second Half Comeback Falls Short at Georgia Tech
11/21/2019 11:25:00 PM | Football
The Wolfpack scored its third TD of the second half with 5:17 remaining to pull within two, but a the ensuing two-point conversion was no good and the Yellow Jackets ran out the clock.
Georgia Tech took the opening kick 70 yards in three plays to grab a quick 7-0 score just 1:16 into the contest.
The Yellow Jackets doubled the lead to 14-0 1:12 into the second quarter, capping off a 6-play, 50-yard drive.
The Pack put together its longest drive of the season (18 plays) and covered 93 yards, when Christopher Dunn kicked a 20-yard field goal late in the second quarter.
But the Yellow Jackets recovered a muffed punt and went 31 yards in three plays to make the halftime score 21-3.
NC State opened the second half with a 12-play, 71-yard drive capped off by a Zonovan Knight 7-yard TD to cut the score to 21-10.
Georgia Tech answered on the ensuing drive to push the score back up to 28-10 after a 26-yard TD run on third-and-9.
A second Dunn field goal (29 yards) made the score 28-13 with 1:15 left in the third quarter.
After a second GT turnover on the day, the Pack drove 64 yards and Devin Leary found TE Cary Angeline fro four yards out to cut the lead to 28-20 with 11:53 to play.
NC State scored its third touchdown of the second half when Ricky Person, Jr., carried it in from one yard out, but the two-point conversion was no good and the score was 28-26 with 5:17 to play.
Georgia Tech ran out the clock with eight straight running plays, picking up a pair of first downs.
STAT LEADERS
QB Devin Leary
19-of-31 for 227 yards, 1 TD
RB Zonovan Knight
18 carriers for 100 yards, 1 TD
RB Jordan Houston
16 carries for 89 yards
WR Tabari Hines
4 catches for 88 yards
NOTABLES
• NC State forced its first turnover in ACC play in the first quarter, as DE Ibrahim Kante forced a fumble, recovered by Larrell Murchison. That was the first forced turnover since the Ball State game on Sept. 21. Murchison added a second fumble recovery in the fourth quarter.
UP NEXT
The Wolfpack will conclude its regular season next weekend, as NC State will host North Carolina on Sat., Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. The game will be televised on the ACC Network.
Team Stats
ST 0, GT 7
GT - Brown, Ah. 17 yd pass from Graham, J. (King, B. kick) 3 plays, 70 yards, TOP 1:07
ST 0, GT 14
GT - Oliver, T. 13 yd pass from Graham, J. (King, B. kick) 6 plays, 50 yards, TOP 1:30
ST 3, GT 14
ST - Dunn, C. 20 yd field goal 18 plays, 93 yards, TOP 8:23
ST 3, GT 21
GT - Brown, Ah. 11 yd pass from Graham, J. (King, B. kick) 3 plays, 31 yards, TOP 0:31
ST 10, GT 21
ST - Knight, Z. 7 yd run (Dunn, C. kick), 12 plays, 71 yards, TOP 4:36
ST 10, GT 28
GT - Graham, J. 26 yd run (King, B. kick), 11 plays, 67 yards, TOP 4:58
ST 13, GT 28
ST - Dunn, C. 29 yd field goal 11 plays, 63 yards, TOP 3:53
ST 20, GT 28
ST - Angeline, C. 4 yd pass from Leary, D. (Dunn, C. kick) 5 plays, 64 yards, TOP 1:31
ST 26, GT 28
ST - Person, R. 1 yd run (Leary, D. passfailed), 12 plays, 80 yards, TOP 5:22
