North Carolina State vs East Carolina — Aug 28, 2025 (24-17) College Football

8/28/25 | Kickoff: 7:00 PM EST

East Carolina

(9-4)

Final

Carter-Finley Stadium

Raleigh, NC

NC State -12.5 · O/U 58.5

73°· Fair

ACC Network

North Carolina State

(8-5)

All-Time Series

Full Matchup Page

WINS

(.424)

WINS

(.576)

Team Box

East Carolina

North Carolina State

413

Total Yards

423

Rushing Yards

105

383

Passing Yards

318

6 / 16

Third Downs

7 / 15

38%

Third Down %

47%

27:53

Time of Possession

32:07

10 for 86

Penalties

7 for 63

Turnovers

Turnover Margin

-1

Win Probability

East Carolina

17%

North Carolina State

83%

Game Leaders

passing

Katin Houser

YDS

366

ATT

COMP

PCT

68.2%

INT

CJ Bailey

YDS

318

ATT

COMP

PCT

70.6%

INT

rushing

London Montgomery

YDS

ATT

YPA

4.0

LONG

FUM

—

Hollywood Smothers

YDS

ATT

YPA

3.5

LONG

FUM

—

receiving

Jayvontay Conner

YDS

REC

YPC

49.0

LONG

FUM

—

Wesley Grimes

YDS

121

REC

YPC

30.3

LONG

FUM

—

defense

Ja'Marley Riddle

STKL

TFL

ATKL

SACK

INT

—

FUM

—

Caden Fordham

STKL

TFL

ATKL

SACK

INT

—

FUM

—

Box

Passing

East Carolina Passing

Katin Houser

Ryan Leavy

YDS

366

ATT

COMP

PCT

0.7

INT

RAT

145.6

242.8

YPA

8.3

YPC

12.2

North Carolina State Passing

CJ Bailey

YDS

318

ATT

COMP

PCT

0.7

INT

RAT

153.0

YPA

9.4

YPC

13.3

Scoring Plays

Field Goal

Nick Konieczynski 29 Yd Field Goal

08:34 1Q

Touchdown

CJ Bailey 11 Yd Run (Nick Konieczynski Kick)

13:33 2Q

Touchdown

Wesley Grimes 48 Yd pass from CJ Bailey (Nick Konieczynski Kick)

11:03 2Q

Touchdown

Katin Houser pass complete to Jayvontay Conner for 79 yds for a TD NC State Penalty, Illegal Substitution (Yards) declined (Nick Mazzie KICK)

02:21 2Q

Touchdown

Hollywood Smothers 2 Yd Run (Nick Konieczynski Kick)

03:43 3Q

Touchdown

Marlon Gunn Jr. run for 4 yds for a TD (Nick Mazzie KICK)

14:56 4Q

Field Goal

Nick Mazzie 34 yd FG GOOD

08:32 4Q

Team Stats

Per Game

Team

East Carolina

North Carolina State

32.69

Points For

30.23

20.08

Points Against

27.15

12.62

Point Diff

3.08

449

Total Yards

392.77

351

Total Yards Allowed

412.54

0.77

Turnover Margin

0.15

27.77

Possession Minutes

29.54

Stat Rankings

East Carolina

Offense

North Carolina State

Defense

Rank

25th of 136

scoring

83rd of 136

19th of 136

total yards

110th of 136

85th of 136

ppa

39th of 136

85th of 136

success rate

39th of 136

85th of 136

explosiveness

39th of 136

Team Ratings

Elo Ratingof 21 ranked

ECU

ECU1435

NCSU

NCSU1501

Talent Ratingof 134 ranked

ECU

ECU611.6

NCSU

NCSU707.5

Season Leaders

passing

Katin Houser

YDS

3300

ATT

408

COMP

269

PCT

0.7%

INT

CJ Bailey

YDS

3105

ATT

397

COMP

273

PCT

0.7%

INT

rushing

London Montgomery

YDS

742

ATT

156

YPA

4.8

LONG

FUM

Hollywood Smothers

YDS

939

ATT

160

YPA

5.9

LONG

FUM

receiving

Anthony Smith

YDS

1053

REC

YPC

16.5

LONG

FUM

Terrell Anderson

YDS

629

REC

YPC

16.1

LONG

FUM

defense

Ja'Marley Riddle

STKL

TFL

ATKL

SACK

INT

FUM

Caden Fordham

STKL

TFL

9.5

ATKL

SACK

3.5

INT

FUM

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