#16 Pack Records Sell-Out Win Over Texas Tech - NC State University Athletics - NC State Athletics

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Texas Tech TTU 2-1 , 0-0

NC State NCS 3-0 , 0-0

Texas Tech TTU

2-1 , 0-0

Final

Sep. 17, 2022

NC State NCS

3-0 , 0-0

Score By Quarters
Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	F
TTU Texas Tech	0	7	0	7	14
NCS NC State	6	14	0	7	27

Game Recap: Football | 9/17/2022 11:09:00 PM

RALEIGH, N.C. – The last time NC State and Texas Tech met was 20 years ago in Lubbock, Texas, when the Pack was ranked No. 17. History repeated itself Saturday when the 16th-ranked Wolfpack entered won 27-14 in front of a home sell-out crowd of 56,919 fans.

FIRST QUARTER (6-0)
After the Pack's first series of the game, punter Shane McDonough came out on fourth down. Despite the visitor's attempt to field the punt, the Red Raiders muffed McDonough's punt and long snapper Joe Shimko recovered the ball inside the red zone at Texas Tech's 13-yard line.

The Pack ran a trick play that had the ball snapped to running back Jordan Houston who pitched the ball to wide receiver Thayer Thomas who then passed to quarterback Devin Leary in the end zone. The game's would-be opening touchdown, however, was called back due to an illegal Pack receiver downfield.

Kicker Christopher Dunn converted a 29-yard field goal to turn the muffed punt into three points. Dunn then doubled the Wolfpack's lead with a 47-yard field goal with 3:27 remaining in the first quarter.

SECOND QUARTER (20-7)
With 4:40 left in the half, the Pack recorded its eighth straight game with an interception after cornerback Aydan White intercepted a pass from the Red Raiders and returned it for 84 yards.

The Red Raiders found the end zone for the lone time in the opening half with 50 seconds left after a 24-yard touchdown pass from Donovan Smith to Myles Price.

THIRD QUARTER (20-7)
C.J. Clark recorded his second sack of the evening after taking down Smith on the Texas Tech 38 yard-line.

FOURTH QUARTER (27-14)
Less than 60 seconds into the quarter, NC State executed a trick play when Thomas found Demie Sumo-Karngbaye 38 yards down the field for a touchdown, giving the Pack a 27-7 lead.

Texas Tech found the end zone for the final time with 10:46 left in the game when Smith plunged in from three yards out.

STAT LEADERS
QB Devin Leary
15-of-23 for 121 yards

WR Thayer Thomas
4 catches for 30 yards
1-of-1 for 38 yards, 1 TD

RB Jordan Houston
13 rushes for 57 yards

LB Payton Wilson
8 tackles, 2 solo stops

DL C.J. Clark
2 tackles, 2 sacks

NOTABLES

White's pick-6 was the seventh longest in program history and longest for NC State since 2001 when Marcus Hudson returned an interception for 100 yards against Duke.
Thayer Thomas threw the fourth touchdown pass of his career in the fourth quarter and his first since the 2020 season.
Devin Leary recorded his 6000th-yard passing and is only the sixth quarterback in school history to do so. He finished the game tallying 6,040 yards for his career.
The Pack extended its home winning streak to 12 games.
NC State advances to 5-2 in the series with Texas Tech, having won the last five straight.
The last time the Pack started the season 3-0 was during the 2018 season
NC State has two interceptions in every game this season. The only FBS team who has completed three games this season with two plus interceptions in every game is Wisconsin.