2014 NC STATE FOOTBALL BOWL GUIDE / XXXX 1

2015 NC STATE FOOTBALL BOWL GUIDE / GAME REVIEWS
GAME 4
NC State 63, South Alabama 13
Sept. 26, 2015 • Mobile, Ala. • Ladd Peebles Stadium • ESPNews
MOBILE, Ala. - NC State tied a school record with seven rushing
touchdowns as it crushed South Alabama, 63-13, to improve to 4-0.
Jacoby Brissett led the Wolfpack with 218 passing yards and a pair
of passing touchdowns as the team racked up 586 yards of total offense.
NC State ran its streak of wins away from Raleigh to five - the
longest non-home winning streak since the 1973-74 season.
South Alabama opened the scoring on a 75-yard touchdown drive
early in the game, but the Wolfpack’s multi-threat offense struck early
and often. The Wolfpack produced four sub-three minute drives
in the first quarter. Matt Dayes torched the Jaguar defense for three
scores, including a 77-yard rush that was the longest for the ‘Pack
since 2001. Shadrach Thornton added a 39-yard scoring rush, as
the Wolfpack closed the first quarter with a 28-7 lead. Dayes’ three
touchdowns gave him nine rushing scores on the season -- the highest
in the NCAA.
In the second quarter, Jaylen Samuels took over the scoring duties,
catching a pair of touchdown passes from Brissett. Samuels caught
the ball and ran through South Alabama’s defense for a 33-yard score
to put NC State up, 35-10 with 12:10 remaining in the second quarter.
After the Jaguars fumbled on its second consecutive punt return,
Brissett found Samuels alone in the end zone to put the Pack up, 42-
10, heading into halftime.
After trading punts during the opening drives of the third quarter, the
Wolfpack opened the scoring in the second half as Thornton found
the end zone for the second time of the night to put NC State up 49-
10. Late in the third, Jalen McClendon and Reggie Gallaspy entered
the contest. Gallaspy picked up his first career touchdown on a 12-
yard run early in the fourth quarter. On the following drive, NC State
switched to its slow-down offense to finish off the game. Dakwa
Nichols helped power the Wolfpack down the field before Gallaspy
found the end zone for his second score of the game. The Wolfpack’s
63 points were the most in an away contest since scoring 65 points
at Navy in 2002.
Scoring Summary 1 2 3 4 F
South Alabama 7 3 3 0 13
NC State 28 14 7 14 63
1st Quarter
13:07 USA - G. Everett 11 yd pass from C. Clements (A. Sunanon kick)
11:26 ST - M. Dayes 77 yd run (K. Bambard kick)
7:27 ST - S. Thornton 39 yd run (K. Bambard kick)
5:02 ST - M. Dayes 2 yd run (K. Bambard kick)
3:41 ST - M. Dayes 8 yd (K. Bambard kick)
2nd Quarter run
14:40 USA - A. Sunanon 33 yd field goal
12:10 ST - J. Samuels 33 yd pass from J. Brissett (K. Bambard kick)
4:21 ST - J. Samuels 2 yd pass from J. Brissett (K. Bambard
kick)
3rd Quarter
6:47 ST - S. Thornton 4 yd run (K. Bambard kick)
3:40 USA - A. Sunanon 49 yd field goal
4th Quarter
14:51 ST - R. Gallaspy 12 yd run (K. Bambard kick)
2:32 ST - R. Gallaspy 10 yd run (K. Bambard kick)
Running back Matt Dayes scored three TDs against South Alabama and his 77-yard rush was the
ninth-longest in school history.
Team Statistics USA ST
First Downs 14 26
Rush Att. –Net Yards 26-45 41-330
Passing-C-A-Int. 16-35-2 21-27-0
Net Passing Yards 213 256
Offensive Plays 61 68
Total Offense 258 586
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-0
Penalties-Yards 2-25 4-44
Punts-Average 7-45.7 4-43.5
3rd Down Conversion 9-of-16 3-of-12
Time of Possession 24:48 35:12
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS:
Rushing
USA- T. Thomas 5-38, X. Johnson 11-29
NCSU – S. Thornton 12-111, M. Dayes 8-104, R. Gallaspy 6-35, J. Samuels 2-28
Passing
USA – C. Clements 14-33-2 201 1TD
NCSU – J. Brissett 18-23-0-218-2TD J. McClendon 3-4-0 38 0 TD
Receiving
USA – D. Vinson 3-57, G. Everett 3-27 1TD, C. Lewis 2-55 M. Shinn 2-44
NCSU – J. Samuels 5-84 2TD, M. Dayes 6-46, C. Cook 3-34 B. Cherry 1-33
Tackles
USA – J. Reaves 12
NCSU – Jo. Jones 6
Interceptions
EKU – N/A
NCSU -- J. Fernandnez 1-27, G. Pratt 1-4
Attendance: 21,314
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