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Pack Falls in Season Finale to North Carolina
11/30/2019 10:17:00 PM | Football
RALEIGH, N.C. – NC State held a 10-6 halftime lead, but North Carolina scored 28 unanswered points in the third quarter and won 41-10 at Carter-Finley Stadium.
After a trio of field goals between the two teams going into the final two minutes of the first half, NC State found the end zone first on a 39-yard Devin Leary to Tabari Hines TD pass to give the Pack the 10-6 halftime lead.
UNC jumped ahead 13-10 early in the fourth quarter, after they took a NC State INT and went 47 yards for their first TD of the game.
Three more UNC TDs in the third quarter extended the lead to 34-10 going into the final 15 minutes.
On their first possession of the fourth quarter, the The Tar Heels made it five straight TD drives for the final margin.
WOLFPACK SPOTLIGHT DRIVE
5 plays, 50 yards in 1:20 – Tabari Hines 39-TD pass from Devin Leary
Capitalizing off a Payton Wilson INT, NC State scored the game's first TD on a 5-play, 50-yard drive 1:25 before halftime. After picking up a first down on 4th-and-1, NC State's Leary found Hines wide open down the sideline for a 39-yard score on the very next play.
NOTABLES
• PK Christopher Dunn's 30-yard field goal on the Pack's opening drive was the first time NC State has scored on its first possession since the Syracuse game- a span of six games.
• WR Tabari Hines scored two touchdowns in his lone season with the Wolfpack this year – in the Pack's first game and the Pack's final game.
• LB Payton Wilson's INT in the second quarter was the Pack's first in an ACC game this season.
Team Stats
NC 0, ST 3
ST - Dunn, C. 30 yd field goal 10 plays, 80 yards, TOP 5:06
NC 3, ST 3
NC - Ruggles, N 20 yd field goal 8 plays, 47 yards, TOP 3:59
NC 6, ST 3
NC - Ruggles, N 32 yd field goal 10 plays, 80 yards, TOP 3:58
NC 6, ST 10
ST - Hines, T. 39 yd pass from Leary, D. (Dunn, C. kick) 5 plays, 50 yards, TOP 1:20
NC 13, ST 10
NC - Williams, J 26 yd run (Ruggles, N kick), 2 plays, 47 yards, TOP 0:35
NC 20, ST 10
NC - Williams, J 11 yd pass from Howell, S (Ruggles, N kick) 11 plays, 71 yards, TOP 3:44
NC 27, ST 10
NC - Williams, J 6 yd run (Ruggles, N kick), 6 plays, 43 yards, TOP 2:35
NC 34, ST 10
NC - Brown, D 52 yd pass from Howell, S (Ruggles, N kick) 2 plays, 58 yards, TOP 0:37
NC 41, ST 10
NC - Newsome, D 13 yd pass from Howell, S (Ruggles, N kick) 6 plays, 87 yards, TOP 3:56
