Pack Closes Out Regular Season with 23-13 Win Over Georgia Tech

Saturday, December 5

Raleigh, N.C.

4 p.m.

NC State

8-3 , 7-3

Georgia Tech

3-6 , 3-5

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final F
Georgia Tech	0	7	3	3	13
NC State	3	17	0	3	23

Pack Closes Out Regular Season with 23-13 Win Over Georgia Tech

12/5/2020 8:04:00 PM | Football

Box Score

NC State notches a program record seventh ACC win on the season

RALEIGH, N.C. – NC State led from start to finish, and concluded its regular season with a 23-13 win over visiting Georgia Tech at Carter-Finley Stadium.

NC State notched its seventh ACC of the season, the most for a Pack team in school history. The Pack also closed the season with four consecutive wins.

The lone points in the first quarter came from a 41-yard field goal from Christopher Dunn.

Both offenses got it in gear in the second quarter, as three straight drives resulted in TDs.

On the first play of the second quarter, RB Ricky Person, Jr., ran it in from 20 yards out to cap a 4-play, 45-yard drive.

The Yellow Jackets answered on the ensuing drive, capped with a 34-yard rushing TD.

NC State answered their answer, going 88 yards in six plays with RB Zonovan Knight getting a rushing TD for his fifth straight game, this from five yards out.

Dunn added his second field goal of the game, a 20-yarder with 3:53 left in the second quarter to make the halftime score 20-7 in favor of NC State.

A Georgia Tech 26-yard field goal in the third quarter, and a 22-yarder on the second play of the fourth quarter made the score 20-13.

The Pack added an insurance field goal late, a 39-yarder from Dunn with 3:31 left for the final points.

STAT LEADERS
• QB Bailey Hockman
23-of-36 for 309 yards

• RB Ricky Person, Jr.
15 rushes for 59 yards, 1 TD

• WR Emeka Emezie
6 catches for 91 yards

• LB Payton Wilson
11 tackles, 2.5 TFLs, 1 sack

NOTABLES
• PK Christopher Dunn kicked three field goals, and moved into first place in the NC State record books for career field goals – now with 56 for his career.

• The Pack closed the regular season with four straight wins, the most consecutive wins to end a season since the Pack won its last four in 2008 before playing in a bowl game.

• The Pack offense held Georgia Tech to just 26 yards of total offense in the first quarter, just one competition for 12 yards.

UP NEXT
The Pack concludes its regular season, and awaits its bowl destination, to be announced on Sunday, Dec. 20.