2024-08-30 17:55:02
RALEIGH, NC – Another exciting year of NC State Football kicks off as the Wolfpack begins their 2024 campaign against Western Carolina on Aug 29th at 7 p.m. from Carter Finley Stadium.
The Wolfpack will look to remain perfect against the Catamounts as they enter the matchup 7-0 all-time. This will mark the fifth time the game vs. WCU has been the Wolfpack’s season opener. In the series, NC State has averaged 47 points per game, compared to just 9.1 for WCU. The Pack has shut the Catamounts out twice – including the last meeting in 2019.
Fans unable to attend Carter-Finley can catch the action on the ACC Network HERE. Live Stats are available HERE.
Wolfpack Notes
• NC State enters the 2024 campaign as one of just five programs in the Power 4 that has won eight or more games in each of the last four seasons.
• Head coach Dave Doeren is entering his 12th season at NC State – tied for the sixth-longest tenure among current FBS coaches.
• The Wolfpack has sold out 14 straight games (including the season opener vs. Western Carolina) – the longest sellout streak in school history. The LaTech and Northern Illinois contests are also sold out, which will run that streak to 16 straight.
• Ten Wolfpack players are on the preseason watch lists for 15 national awards.
• QB Grayson McCall has thrown 88 career touchdowns with just 14 interceptions. He’s also rushed for 18 scores.
• Each of the Wolfpack’s position coaches returned for the 2024 season. The defensive staff is now entering its fifth season together.
• Four players on the Wolfpack offense who will be playing their first game for the Wolfpack against Western Carolina have all played against NC State in their careers.
• In the past three seasons, no other P4 school has picked off more passes than the Wolfpack. NC State has tallied 51 interceptions in the 2021, ’22 and ’23 seasons combined, three more than any other P4 school and the second-best mark in the entire FBS (WKU had 55).
• NC State has won 23 of its last 27 games in Carter-Finley Stadium.
The Wolfpack will look to remain perfect against the Catamounts as they enter the matchup 7-0 all-time. This will mark the fifth time the game vs. WCU has been the Wolfpack’s season opener. In the series, NC State has averaged 47 points per game, compared to just 9.1 for WCU. The Pack has shut the Catamounts out twice – including the last meeting in 2019.
Fans unable to attend Carter-Finley can catch the action on the ACC Network HERE. Live Stats are available HERE.
Wolfpack Notes
• NC State enters the 2024 campaign as one of just five programs in the Power 4 that has won eight or more games in each of the last four seasons.
• Head coach Dave Doeren is entering his 12th season at NC State – tied for the sixth-longest tenure among current FBS coaches.
• The Wolfpack has sold out 14 straight games (including the season opener vs. Western Carolina) – the longest sellout streak in school history. The LaTech and Northern Illinois contests are also sold out, which will run that streak to 16 straight.
• Ten Wolfpack players are on the preseason watch lists for 15 national awards.
• QB Grayson McCall has thrown 88 career touchdowns with just 14 interceptions. He’s also rushed for 18 scores.
• Each of the Wolfpack’s position coaches returned for the 2024 season. The defensive staff is now entering its fifth season together.
• Four players on the Wolfpack offense who will be playing their first game for the Wolfpack against Western Carolina have all played against NC State in their careers.
• In the past three seasons, no other P4 school has picked off more passes than the Wolfpack. NC State has tallied 51 interceptions in the 2021, ’22 and ’23 seasons combined, three more than any other P4 school and the second-best mark in the entire FBS (WKU had 55).
• NC State has won 23 of its last 27 games in Carter-Finley Stadium.
