NC State Football Finally Set for Break From Noon Battles
Dave Doeren's 12th NC State football team will host Syracuse under the lights in Carter-Finley Stadium on Oct. 12.
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As of Monday morning's reveal, kickoff between the Wolfpack (3-2, 0-1 ACC) and Orange (3-1, 1-1 ACC) is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET, and it will air on the ACC Network.
Under the lights against the Orange.
— NC State Football (@PackFootball) September 30, 2024
📅: Oct. 12
🏟️: Carter-Finley
🆚: Syracuse
📺: ACC Network#1Pack1Goal pic.twitter.com/OH8IDaV5xU
First, NC State football, looking to record back-to-back wins for the first time this season, welcomes Wake Forest (1-3, 0-1 ACC) to Raleigh for a noon bout on Saturday (The CW Network). The time and network match those for the Wolfpack's 24-17 home victory over Northern Illinois, in which Doeren's bunch overcame struggles on offense by tallying 12 tackles for a loss, four sacks, two recovered fumbles, and two interceptions.
It'll be the Pack's fourth straight noon game.
Following the three-game home stretch capped off by the meeting with Syracuse, NC State will head to Berkeley, Calif., to face first-year ACC member Cal (3-1, 0-1 ACC) on Oct. 19 (time and network not yet set).
State will then see its first of two byes the last weekend of October.
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