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2015 NC STATE FOOTBALL BOWL GUIDE / SEASON NOTES
those, Brissett, Prescott, Memphis’ Paxton Lynch and Miami’s Brad Kaaya are
the only ones to have thrown four or fewer INTS.
For his NC State career, Brissett has thrown just nine interceptions in his 737
attempts - a rate of just 1 INT for every 82 pass attempts. He has posted two
of the top-8 interception-free streaks in ACC history.
Here’s a look at FBS QBs with 350+ attempts and four or fews INTS:
Player School Attempts INTs
Paxton Lynch Memphis 407 3
Dak Prescott Mississippi St. 435 4
Jacoby Brissett NC State 367 4
Brad Kaaya Miami 358 4
TURNING THE TASSEL
ROAD WARRIORS
The Wolfpack played six road games for only fifth time in the last 45 years
this season. State posted a 4-2 in games played away from home. No other
Wolfpack squad has had more road wins since 1957 (5-0-1).
Here’s a look at the Wolfpack’s best road records in school history.
Rk Road Rec. Year
1. 5-0-1 1957
2. 4-1 2001
4. 4-2 2015
4-2 2002
4-2 1974
4-2 1967
4-2 1963
WOLFPACK TIES
Two members of the Mississippi State coaching staff have NC State ties:
defensive coordinator Manny Diaz and defensive line coach David Turner.
Diaz’ first full-time coaching job was at NC State, when he coached the
linebackers from 2002-03 and the safeties from 2004-05. He was on the
staff when the Pack played in the 2005 Meineke Car Care Bowl in Bank of
America Stadium. As a graduate assistant working with linebackers in 2000
and 2001, he coached current Wolfpack safeties coach Clayton White and
assistant head strength and conditioning coach Dantonio Burnette.
Turner was on the staff at NC State as the DT/LBs coach from 1995-96 and
was a GA from 1988-89.
Hakim Jones
There are nine scholarship seniors on the 2015 NC State roster. Six of those
seniors graduated prior to their final season. Joe Thuney and Benson
Browne graduated prior to their junior campaigns, while Alex Barr, Justin
Burris, Hakim Jones and Mike Rose graduated last May.
Transfer quarterback Jacoby Brissett and wide receiver Maurice Morgan
will graduated in December while the final senior, transfer center Quinton
Schooley, is on target to graduate in May.
VS. RANKED TEAMS
The Wolfpack faced three teams in 2016 that are currently ranked in the top
10 of the Associated Press poll: No. 1 Clemson, No. 9 Florida State and No.
10 UNC.
FAITHFUL FANS
NC State’s fans, (better known as Wolfpack Nation or WPN) are among the
most passionate in the nation. That support was evident more than ever in
2015, as season tickets and mini-packs sold out prior to the season. Three of
the Pack’s six home games were sellouts in 2015.
#WPN purchased the second-highest number of season tickets in school
history in 2015 and attendance at Carter-Finley Stadium was at 98.9% capacity
for the season. That mark ranks second in the ACC only to top-ranked
Clemson.
It marks the first time since 1981 that the Wolfpack faced that many teams
ranked in the top 10 of the final AP regular season poll. That year, NC State
faced four teams that finished in the regular season top 10: Clemson, North
Carolina, Penn State and Miami.
The five teams that defeated the Wolfpack in 2015 boast a combined record
of 47-15.
TOUGH NEIGHBORHOOD
The Wolfpack faced some of the nation’s top defenses during the 2015
regular season. Four of the Wolfpack’s ACC opponents finished the regular
season ranked in the top 20 of the FBS in total defense (the Wolfpack
finished 19th).
The Wolfpack still managed to finish the season with 411.9 yards per game -
the 5th-best total offense mark in the ACC.
DOING IT DEFENSIVELY
NC State’s defense has improved in every statistical category this season
from last year. Here’s a look at a comparison to last year and the improvement
in the ACC standings:
2015 2015 ACC 2014 2014 ACC
Category Mark Rank Mark Rank Diff
Scoring Defense 23.8 5th 27.0 13th +5.2
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