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2015 <strong>NC</strong> <strong>STATE</strong> <strong>FOOTBALL</strong> <strong>BOWL</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong> / <strong>BOWL</strong> REVIEWS<br />
The Pack punted on the first possession in the second half, but the Mountaineers<br />
turned the ball right back over when David Akinniyi recovered a botched exchange<br />
between Smith and Tavon Austin. Getting to fourth and inches, O’Brien was prepared<br />
to go for the first down, but the Pack was called for a false start. Czajkowski<br />
came through though and extended the lead to 13-7 with a 38-yard field goal.<br />
West Virginia faced its own fourth down play at the Pack’s 34-yard line on the following<br />
drive, but failed to convert.<br />
Wilson guided the Pack to within field goal range again where Czajkowski connected<br />
on a 40-yarder to make the game 16-7. With his third field goal of the game,<br />
Czajkowski tied Groza Award winner Marc Primanti with 20 field goals in a season.<br />
The next few possessions, both teams had missed opportunities and couldn’t convert<br />
drives into points. However, all of that changed when Jock Sanders muffed a<br />
punt, which Taylor Gentry recovered at West Virginia’s own seven-yard line.<br />
Orlando native Jarvis Williams, who played his high school games at the Citrus Bowl,<br />
capped off the night with a seven-yard touchdown reception.<br />
SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 F<br />
West Virginia 0 7 0 0 7<br />
<strong>NC</strong> State 7 3 6 7 23<br />
<strong>NC</strong>S - Greene 16-yard pass from Wilson (Czajkowski kick), 1:37, 1st<br />
WVU - Bailey 32-yard pass from Smith (Bitancurt kick), 2:10, 2nd<br />
<strong>NC</strong>S - Czajkowski 45-yard field goal, 00:26, 2nd<br />
<strong>NC</strong>S - Czajkowski 38-yard field goal, 06:05, 3rd<br />
<strong>NC</strong>S - Czajkowski 40-yard field goal, 01:50, 3rd<br />
<strong>NC</strong>S - Williams 7-yard pass from Wilson (Czajkowski kick), 3:55, 4th<br />
TEAM STATISTICS WVU <strong>NC</strong>S<br />
First downs 19 21<br />
Rushes-yards 25-130 36-103<br />
Passing yards 196 275<br />
Comp-Att-Int 22-39-1 28-45-0<br />
Total Off. Plays-Yds 64-326 81-378<br />
Fumbles-Lost 5-4 3-1<br />
Penalties-Yards 3-29 4-39<br />
Punts-Avg. 4-43.0 6-39.0<br />
Time of Possession 23:14 36:46<br />
3rd Down Conversions 6-13 8-20<br />
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-1<br />
Red Zone Scores 0-0 3-5<br />
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS<br />
Rushing - (WVU) Smith 12-59-0<br />
(<strong>NC</strong>S) Washington 18-62-0<br />
Passing - (WVU) Smith 22-39-196 1 INT, 1 TD<br />
(<strong>NC</strong>S) Wilson 28-45-275, 2 TD<br />
Receiving - (WVU) Sanders 5-58-0<br />
(<strong>NC</strong>S) Williams 6-77-1<br />
ATTENDA<strong>NC</strong>E: 48,962<br />
2008 PAPAJOHNS.COM <strong>BOWL</strong><br />
DECEMBER 29, 2008<br />
<strong>NC</strong> <strong>STATE</strong> 23 • RUTGERS 29<br />
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA • LEGION FIELD<br />
Just as they had since September, injuries more than likely<br />
were the slim difference between victory and defeat for<br />
the Wolfpack at the Papajohns.com Bowl. Although Tom<br />
O’Brien’s squad led the game until the fourth-quarter and<br />
even pulled ahead once more in the last frame, with the<br />
first-team All-ACC quarterback sitting on the bench, there just wasn’t enough offensive<br />
firepower to pull out the win.<br />
The Scarlet Knights got on the board first after recovering a Jamelle Eugene fumble<br />
in the game’s first-play from scrimmage and then driving 50 yards and scoring<br />
from the six. <strong>NC</strong> State wasted little time in answering with an 81-yard drive and<br />
68<br />
a 44-yard touchdown pass from first-team All-ACC quarterback Russell Wilson to<br />
Owen Spencer.<br />
The Pack defense forced a punt and then Wilson and company launched another<br />
drive, this time a 65-yarder capped off by a 33-yard Josh Czajkowski field goal.<br />
The teams traded a pair of punts in the second quarter before Rutgers drove down<br />
to the State 13 and San San Te lined up for the 30-yard field goal attempt. Senior<br />
defensive lineman Antoine Holmes blocked the kick, giving the ball back to the Pack.<br />
Wilson moved the team down the field one more time before the half, rushing for 39<br />
yards himself on the 80-yard drive. But two plays before Andre Brown scored from<br />
the five, Wilson was tackled from behind and got up limping. He threw an incomplete<br />
pass and handed off to Brown for the score, but the game, as well as the 2008<br />
season, was over for the redshirt freshman.<br />
Team doctors diagnosed Wilson with a knee sprain at halftime and he was unable to<br />
return. He had finished the season by throwing 249 consecutive passes with out an<br />
interception, a school record.<br />
Daniel Evans and Harrison Beck both took turns behind center in the second half,<br />
combining for three interceptions in just two quarters. Rutgers kicked a field goal<br />
on its first possession of the half, recovered a blocked punt at the Wolfpack 16<br />
yardline and went in for the score three plays later on the second posssesion. But<br />
heading into the fourth quarter, <strong>NC</strong> State still held a one-point advantage. However,<br />
just a minute-and-a-half into the quarter, the Scarlet Knights jumped ahead with a<br />
28-yard field goal.<br />
Evans led the team down the field 64 yards on the Pack’s next possession, hitting<br />
Anthony Hill for 21 yards, Jarvis Williams for 20 and then Hill again for a 16-yard<br />
touchdown to put <strong>NC</strong> State back on top, 23-19. But Rutgers returned the ensuing<br />
kickoff 27 yards and then had passes of 23 and 42-yards to score two plays later.<br />
<strong>NC</strong> State turned the ball over four times, including one lost fumble and the three<br />
second-half interceptions, more than in its previous seven games combined.<br />
SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 F<br />
<strong>NC</strong> State 10 7 0 6 23<br />
Rutgers 6 0 10 13 29<br />
RUT - Cervini 6-yard run (Te kick blocked), 11:47, 1st<br />
<strong>NC</strong>S - Spencer 44-yard pass from Wilson (Czajkowski kick), 7:56, 1st<br />
<strong>NC</strong>S - Czajkowski 33-yard field goal, 1:00, 1st<br />
<strong>NC</strong>S - Brown 5-yard run (Czajkowski kick), 00:38, 2nd<br />
RUT - Te 31-yard field goal, 10:14, 3rd<br />
RUT - Underwood 11-yard pass from Teel (Te kick), 6:50, 3rd<br />
RUT - Te 28-yard field goal, 13:31, 4th<br />
<strong>NC</strong>S - Hill 16-yard pass from Evans, 9:21, 4th<br />
RUT - Britt 42-yard pass from Teel (Te kick), 8:30, 4th<br />
RUT - Te 24-yard field goal, 00:47, 4th<br />
TEAM STATISTICS <strong>NC</strong>S RUT<br />
First downs 19 21<br />
Rushes-yards 27-95 33-118<br />
Passing yards 268 319<br />
Comp-Att-Int 16-39-3 22-38-1<br />
Total Off. Plays-Yds 66-363 71-437<br />
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 0-0<br />
Penalties-Yards 2-3 2-15<br />
Punts-Avg. 4-22.0 3-37.3<br />
Time of Possession 25:44 34:16<br />
3rd Down Conversions 7-14 5-15<br />
4th Down Conversions 0-0 2-2<br />
Red Zone Scores 3-3 5-6<br />
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS<br />
Rushing - (<strong>NC</strong>S) Wilson 8-46-0<br />
(RUT) Martinek 9-58-0<br />
Passing - (<strong>NC</strong>S) Wilson 11-23-186, 0 INT, 1 TD<br />
(RUT) Teel 22-37-319, 1 INT, 2 TD<br />
Receiving - (<strong>NC</strong>S) Williams, Jarvis 7-126-0<br />
(RUT) Britt 6-119-1<br />
ATTENDA<strong>NC</strong>E: 38,582
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