Pack Leads from Start to Finish for 27-21 Win at #12 Florida State

Saturday, September 23

Tallahassee, Fla.

12 p.m.

NC State

3-1 , 1-0

Florida State

0-2 , 0-1

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final F
NC State	10	7	3	7	27
Florida State	0	10	3	8	21

Pack Leads from Start to Finish for 27-21 Win at #12 Florida State

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TALLAHASSEE, FLA. – Leading from start to finish, NC State opened the ACC portion of its schedule with a 27-21 win at No. 12 Florida State in Tallahassee. The Wolfpack (3-1, 1-0 ACC) jumped out to a 10-0 lead after the first quarter, and a fourth quarter touchdown with 9:16 left gave the Pack its first road win over a ranked foe since 2008.

NC State opened the scoring with a 10-0 lead after a pair of scores on its first two possessions of the game – a 24-yard Carson Wise field goal then a two-yard Jaylen Samuels TD run. Florida State answered with a touchdown early in the second quarter, only to be answered by Jacoby Meyers' 71-yard catch and run with 1:34 left. FSU added a field goal seconds before the half, as NC State had a 17-10 halftime lead.

The two teams traded field goals in the third quarter, as the Pack held a 20-13 lead going into the fourth. FSU cut the lead to 20-16 with a field goal to start the fourth, but Samuels scored his second TD of the game on the next possession to increase the lead. Florida State added a safety and another field goal to cut the lead to 27-21 with 3:01 left, but NC State got a first down and kept possession the rest of the game.

WOLFPACK SPOTLIGHT DRIVE – 1^st half
10 plays, 76 yards in 4:28 – Jaylen Samuels 2-yard TD run

After taking its opening possession down for a field goal, the Pack tacked on a TD on its second drive to open up a 10-0 lead. The drive started with Jaylen Samuels completing a 25-yard pass to TE Dylan Parham on the first play to move the ball to midfield. Samuels then capped the drive with a two-yard TD run on fourth & goal for the Pack's first TD.

WOLFPACK SPOTLIGHT DRIVE – 2nd half
10 plays, 75 yards in 4:52 – Ryan Finley to Jaylen Samuels 14-yard TD pass

After a Florida State field goal cut the Pack's lead to 20-16, NC State went 75 yards in 10 plays for the game-clinching TD. At the FSU 14, QB Ryan Finley threw a shovel pass to Jaylen Samuels who went untouched into the end zone for his second score of the game.

STAT LEADERS
• QB Ryan Finley
22-of-32 for 230 yards, 2 TDs

• H-Back Jaylen Samuels
12 catches for 64 yards, 1 TD
5 rushes for 11 yards, 1 TD
1-of-1 for 25 yards

• WR Jakobi Meyers
5 catches for 112 yards, 1 TD

• RB Nyheim Hines
24 rushes for 94 yards

• DE Bradley Chubb
7 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 forced fumble

NOTABLES
• Today's win was the Pack's first over a ranked foe since defeating No. 3 Florida State in Raleigh in 2012, 17-16. The win was the first road win over a ranked opponent since winning at No. 25 North Carolina 41-10 in 2008, and the last time the Pack defeated an opponent ranked as high as No. 12 Florida State today was a 2005 road win also at No. 9 Florida State.

• Over the last four years, NC State has held the lead over Florida State each year after the first quarter, outscoring the Seminoles 58-14 total in the first quarter.

• NC State has scored on its opening offensive possession in every game this season – 2 field goals, 2 touchdowns.

• WR Jakobi Meyers' 71-yard TD reception in the second quarter was the Pack's longest play this year.

• Meyers set a new career-high with his xxx receiving yards on the day – he had 158 all of last season. Meyers recorded the Pack's third 100 receiving yard game of the season (Kelvin Harmon – 2).

• For the second time this season – and the second time in his career – H-Back Jaylen Samuels had double digit catches, today finishing with xx for xx yards.

Up Next
The Wolfpack will host its first ACC home contest of the season next week, as NC State faces Syracuse at 12:20 p.m. for Military Appreciation Day. The game will be televised on the ACC Network.