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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 />
RUSHING: <strong>NC</strong>SU – Barbour 23-90, Downs 10-63, Manior 15-54, Williams 1-(-3),<br />
Davenport 1-(-9), Jordan 6-(-9); ECU – Van Buren 11-65, Daniels 2-3, Johnson<br />
1-(-13), Blake 10-(-13).<br />
PASSING: <strong>NC</strong>SU – Jordan 23-15-1, 145 yards; George 1-1-0, 52 yards; ECU – Blake,<br />
51-31-3, 378 yards.<br />
RECEIVING: <strong>NC</strong>SU – Davenport 6-118, Williams 4-30, Hinton 2-37, Shaw 2-6,<br />
Harrison 1-4, George 1-2; ECU – Fisher 12-144, Johnson 6-56, Gallimore 5-113,<br />
Van Buren 5-30, Driver 2-37, Daniels1-(-2).<br />
ATTENDA<strong>NC</strong>E: 59,322<br />
1990 ALL-AMERICAN <strong>BOWL</strong><br />
DECEMBER 28, 1990<br />
<strong>NC</strong> <strong>STATE</strong> 31 • SOUTHERN MISS 27<br />
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA • LEGION STADIUM<br />
In terms of excitement, the 1990 All American Bowl<br />
was second to none during the bowl season. Playing at<br />
fabled Legion Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama, <strong>NC</strong> State<br />
claimed its second bowl win in three years by beating<br />
Southern Mississippi 31-27.<br />
While the pre-game was dominated by talk of the two highly-touted defenses, the<br />
game itself was an offensive shootout. The Pack ruined the coaching debut of Jeff<br />
Bower, who took over at Southern Mississippi (8-4) when Curley Hallman left after<br />
the regular season to accept the LSU job.<br />
USM took the early lead after all-star quarterback Brett Favre spotted receiver Mark<br />
Montgomery in the end zone for a 10-yard touchdown strike, climaxing a 66-yard<br />
drive following a Pack punt. The PAT attempt failed.<br />
<strong>NC</strong> State came right back with a scoring drive, covering 65 yards in seven plays.<br />
Quarterback Terry Jordan completed passes of six, 12 and 20 yards on the way to<br />
his 10-yard option keeper for the Pack’s first score. Kicker Mark Fowble was successful,<br />
giving the Pack a 7-6 lead.<br />
Southern Mississippi’s Tony Smith fumbled the ensuing kickoff, and the Pack’s<br />
Gregg Giannamore recovered for the Pack at the USM 25. Seven plays later, freshman<br />
Gary Downs went over the top from the two for the touchdown.<br />
The Golden Eagles tied the score with 13:42 to go in the first half when Favre hit<br />
Montgomery again for a 13-yard score. Favre whipped a pass to Michael Welch on<br />
the two-point conversion to tie it at 14.<br />
Then with 1:56 left in the half, Smith again fumbled, this time trying to make a diving<br />
catch of a Wolfpack punt. Giannamore was again in the right place, recovering<br />
at the USM 23. The Pack, with the aid of a USM pass interference call, got to the two<br />
yard line, but had to settle for a 22-yard Fowble field goal and a 17-14 intermission<br />
lead.<br />
Southern Miss retook the lead midway through the third quarter. The Eagles’ Pat<br />
Wynn blocked a Preston Poag punt and the ball went out of bounds at the <strong>NC</strong>SU<br />
one. On the next play, Smith barreled over.<br />
But State went ahead for good shortly after that. Jordan led the Pack downfield<br />
on an 11-play, 68-yard drive, ending in a Jordan to Bobby Jurgens 12-yard scoring<br />
strike with 1:02 left in the third. That put the Pack up 24-21.<br />
Behind Favre, who passed for 341 yards on the evening, the Golden Eagles mounted<br />
a serious comeback only to be thwarted by two key Wolfpack defensive plays.<br />
Reserve linebacker David Merritt picked off a Favre pass with 6:33 to go. On State’s<br />
first play following the interception fullback Greg Manior dashed 41 yards for a<br />
touchdown and a 31-21 State lead.<br />
But the Wolfpack, which had led in the fourth quarter in three of its five losses and<br />
been tied in the fourth quarter in another, had to hang on at the end. Favre quickly<br />
took USM downfield and Welch got the touchdown on a 5-yard run with 3:09 to<br />
play. USM’s attempt for two points failed, making it 31-27 in State’s favor.<br />
SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 F<br />
<strong>NC</strong> State 14 3 7 7 31<br />
S. Miss 6 8 7 6 27<br />
USM Montgomery 10 pass from Favre (kick failed)<br />
<strong>NC</strong>SU Jordan 10 run (Fowble kick)<br />
<strong>NC</strong>SU Downs 2 run (Fowble kick)<br />
USM Montgomery 13 pass from Favre (Favre pass to Welch)<br />
<strong>NC</strong>SU Fowble 22 FG<br />
USM Smith 1 run (Taylor kick)<br />
<strong>NC</strong>SU Jurgens 12 pass from Jordan (Fowble kick)<br />
<strong>NC</strong>SU Manior 41 run (Fowble kick)<br />
USM Welch 5 run (pass failed)<br />
Team Statistics: <strong>NC</strong>SU USM Team Statistics: <strong>NC</strong>SU USM<br />
First Downs 23 19 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 4-2<br />
Rushes-Yards 49-193 24-44 Penalties-Yards 7-67 9-73<br />
Comp.-Att.-Int. 15-25-1 28-39-1 Punting 7-26.0 5-34.6<br />
Passing Yardage 166 341 Possession Time 32:36 27:24<br />
Individual Leaders:<br />
RUSHING: <strong>NC</strong>SU: Manior 10-71, Downs 9-53. George 4-28, Shaw 7-18, Jordan<br />
16-17; USM: T. Smith 9-35, Welch 2-11, Nelson 1-6.<br />
PASSING: <strong>NC</strong>SU: Jordan 25-15-1, 166 yards; USM: Favre 39-28-1, 341 yards.<br />
RECEIVING: <strong>NC</strong>SU: Davenport 5-37, Harrison 2-29, Shaw 2-28, Jurgens 2-27,<br />
W. Turner 1-16, George 1-12, Manior 1-10, Byrd 1-7; USM: M. Jackson 4-116,<br />
Montgomery 5-85, Pope 7-58, E. Jackson 6-39.<br />
ATTENDA<strong>NC</strong>E: 44,000<br />
1989 COPPER <strong>BOWL</strong><br />
DECEMBER 31, 1989<br />
ARIZONA 17 • <strong>NC</strong> <strong>STATE</strong> 10<br />
TUCSON, ARIZONA • ARIZONA STADIUM<br />
The inaugural Copper Bowl saw the Arizona Wildcats<br />
survive a defensive struggle, with the Cats posting a 17-10<br />
victory at Arizona Stadium.<br />
In the opening quarter, <strong>NC</strong> State had a pair of scoring<br />
opportunities go awry. On <strong>NC</strong>SU’s first possession, the Wolfpack drove to the<br />
Arizona 33-yard line, but the march stalled and Damon Hartman’s 50-yard field<br />
goal attempt was off the mark. Later in the quarter, State’s Ray Agnew recovered<br />
a Wildcat fumble at the UA 33. The Pack moved inside the 10-yard line, but<br />
an Anthony Barbour fumble ended the threat at the four-yard line.<br />
The scoreless tie was finally broken with 2:00 remaining in the period when Arizona<br />
quarterback Ronald Veal connected with Olatide Ogunfiditimi on a 37-yard touchdown<br />
pass play.<br />
Midway through the second quarter State was once again bitten by a key turnover.<br />
The Pack had the ball at the Arizona 17, but Shane Montgomery’s third-down pass<br />
was intercepted by Scott Geyer, and the Wildcat defender raced 85 yards for a<br />
touchdown and 14-0 Arizona lead.<br />
State finally scored following a Wildcat fumble, which Fernandus Vinson recovered<br />
at the Arizona 44-yard line. Montgomery used nine plays to move the Pack into the<br />
end zone, with the senior signal-caller hitting fullback Todd Varn with a four-yard<br />
scoring pass to cap the drive.<br />
Arizona took the ensuing kickoff with just 1:55 remaining in the half, but the Cats<br />
made the most of the time. Veal directed his unit downfield with the clock winding<br />
down, and Gary Coston booted a 34-yard field goal with l4 seconds left for a 17-7<br />
Arizona halftime advantage.<br />
The 2nd half was dominated by the <strong>NC</strong>SU defense, with Arizona gaining just 36<br />
yards in the half. However, State was unable to generate enough offense to catch<br />
the Cats. The Pack put together an impressive surge in the third quarter, when<br />
Montgomery guided the Pack on a 62-yard march that concluded with a 43-yard<br />
field goal by Hartman. <strong>NC</strong>SU would carry the ball into Wildcat territory three more<br />
times in the final minutes of the game, but State failed to produce points and<br />
Arizona held on for the win.<br />
SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 F<br />
<strong>NC</strong> State 0 7 3 0 10<br />
Arizona 7 10 0 0 17<br />
UA Ogunfiditimi 37 pass from Veal (Coston kick)<br />
UA Geyer 85 interception return (Coston kick)<br />
<strong>NC</strong>SU Varn 4 pass from Montgomery (Hartman kick)<br />
UA Coston 34 FG<br />
<strong>NC</strong>SU Hartman 43 FG<br />
Team Statistics: <strong>NC</strong>SU UA Team Statistics: <strong>NC</strong>SU UA<br />
First Downs 23 8 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 3-2<br />
Rushes-Yards 49-83 37-50 Penalties-Yards 6-49 5-47<br />
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