Long Fourth Quarter TD Rush Propels Wolfpack Over BC Eagles

Saturday, November 11

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

12:00 p.m.

NC State

7-3 , 5-1

Boston College

5-5 , 3-4

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final F
NC State	0	10	0	7	17
Boston College	0	7	7	0	14

Long Fourth Quarter TD Rush Propels Wolfpack Over BC Eagles

11/11/2017 3:34:00 PM | Football

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Chestnut Hill, Mass. – Down 14-10 midway through the fourth quarter, NC State broke off a 50-yard TD run to come away with a 17-14 win at Boston College on Saturday. The Wolfpack (7-3, 5-1 ACC) now has five ACC wins on the season, the most for the Pack since the 2010 season.

After BC opened the scoring with a 66-yard TD rush in the second quarter, NC State answered with 10 unanswered points to go up 10-7 at the break.

Jaylen Samuels rushed in from eight yards out late in the second quarter, and Kyle Bambard connected on a 41-yard field goal at the end of the half.

The Eagles would capitalize off a NC State turnover and score from 12 yards out at the end of the third quarter to take a 14-10 lead.

NC State retook the lead with eight minutes to go, as Nyheim Hines scored from 50-yards out to give NC State the 17-14 lead.

BC lined up to attempt a 39-yard field goal with just over four minutes left, but a bad snap led to an incomplete pass and the Pack took over at its own 22-yard line. The Eagles forced a 3-and-out and got the ball back at their own 29-yard line with 3:09 left after a 49-yard A.J. Cole III punt.

After four straight BC incompletions, the Pack took over with 2:50 left and ran the clock down to 0:28, but BC could not get a final score.

WOLFPACK SPOTLIGHT DRIVE – 1^st half
11 plays, 87 yards in 3:44 – Jaylen Samuels 8-yard TD rush

The Pack got on the scoreboard for the first time with 2:26 left in the first half. NC State covered 87 yards in 11 plays to tie the contest at 7-7 in Jaylen Samuels' 8-yard TD rush. On the drive, the Pack rushed seven times for 64 yards, with the last six plays of the drive all rushes.

WOLFPACK SPOTLIGHT DRIVE – 2nd half
5 plays, 83 yards in 1:51 – Nyheim Hines 50-yard TD rush

With the Pack down 14-10 in the fourth quarter, NC State went 83 yards in only five plays in 1:51 to grab a 17-14 lead with 8:22 left. RB Nyheim Hines capped the drive with a 50-yard rushing score.

STAT LEADERS
• QB Ryan Finley
13-of-32 for 146 yards
6 rushes for 39 yards

• RB Nyheim Hines
19 rushes for 110 yards, 1 TD
3 kickoff returns for 77 yards
203 all-purpose yards

• WR Kelvin Harmon
5 catches for 68 yards

• LB Jerod Fernandez
11 tackles, 1.5 TFLS, 0.5 sacks

• DE Bradley Chubb
8 tackles, 4 TFLs, 2.5 sacks

NOTABLES
• With 2.5 sacks in the game, DE Bradley Chubb has become NC State's all-time leader in career sacks, he passed Mario Williams' previous mark of 25.5. Chubb now has 26 for his career. Also with four tackles for loss today, Chubb ties the school record for most in a career with 55.5 (Williams).

• NIK Shawn Boone recorded his second interception of the season, and second of his career, to stop BC in the end zone om their first drive of the game.

• NC State played the second half without a pair of offense starters; WR Stephen Louis and OG Terronne Prescod – both were injured in the second quarter.

• RB Nyheim Hines went over 100 yards rushing for the fourth time this season (110).

UP NEXT
NC State will be in road action for the final time this season, as the Wolfpack heads to Wake Forest next Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPNU.