2015 NC State Wolfpack Football GAME 3: OLD DOMINION MONARCHS Sept
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2015 NC State Wolfpack Football GAME 3: OLD DOMINION MONARCHS Sept. 19 • Norfolk, Va. • Foreman Field at Ballard Stadium (20,118) • ASN • 7 p.m. GAME NOTES HIT THE ROAD, PACK THE MATCHUP After opening the season with two resounding home victories, the Wolfpack will be on the road for the next two Saturdays - travelling to Norfolk to face Old Dominion on Saturday and then heading NC STATE OLD DOMINION south to Mobile to play South Alabama on Sept. 26. WOLFPACK vs. MONARCHS The Wolfpack has won its last three games away from Carter-Finley Stadium, defeating Central THE TEAMS Florida (34-27) in the Bitcoin Bowl, stomping UNC (35-7) in Chapel Hill and winning at Syracuse 2-0 .......... Record ............2-0 (24-17). Atlantic Coast ...... Conference ........Conference USA Multiple ..........Offense ............Spread BRILLIANT BRISSETT 4-2-5 ......... Defense ...........4-3 Senior quarterback Jacoby Brissett has been exceptional in the first two games of 2015. He’s THE COACHES currently leading the nation in completion per- Dave Doeren ......Head Coach ........Bobby Wilder centage with a blazing .844 mark (a mark that Drake ‘93 .......Alma Mater .........Maine ‘87 would stand at .911 if not for three drops last 13-14 (3rd year) ....Rec. at School ......54-20 (10th season) week). 36-18 (5th year) ......Overall Rec. ........54-20 (10th season) In his 14 career games, Brissett has posted a OFFENSIVE STATS 62.4 completion mark, the second best career 417.0 .....Total Off/Gm. .......436.5 mark in school history. His 2015 passing effi- 225.0 ..Rushing Yds/Gm ....283.5 ciency mark of 183.4 ranks 12th in the FBS and 221.5 ..Passing Yds/Gm ....153.0 his career mark of 141.72 is also the second best mark ever for a Wolfpack QB. DEFENSIVE STATS 208.5 ......Total Off/Gm ........355.0 Brissett, a preseason candidate for the 78.0 ....Rush Yds./Gm ......177.5 Manning, O’Brien and Unitas Awards, opened 130.5 ..Passing Yds/Gm ....177.5 his senior campaign against Troy by completing 12 straight passes before an incompletion and GETTING IN TOUCH posted a .913 completion mark. The last time a Wolfpack player posted a percentage as high was GoPack.com ..........Website............ODUSports.com Terry Jordan vs. UNC in 1992 (23-25, .920). @PackFootball ...........Twitter .............@ODUFootball Annabelle Myers ...Comm. Contact .....Eric Bohannon BALANCING ACT, SEASON 2 919.819.8302 ...........Phone .............757.375.0244 NC State field the most balance offense in the FBS last season, rushing for 204.5 yards per game [email protected] ...........email [email protected] and gaining 204.0 passing yards per contest. With 5,311 yards of total offense, the difference between the rush and the pass was just seven yards (2,659 rushing, 2,652 passing). SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME INFO Date Opp. (TV) Time/Res. The Wolfpack has picked right up where it left off in 2015, with just seven yards differences be- SEPTEMBER SERIES RECORD tween the two modes of moving the ball. 5 TROY W, 49-21 NC State leads: 1-0 Wolfpack Club Day Year Rush Avg Pass Avg. Diff Rush Yds Pass Yds Diff 12 E. KENTUCKY W, 35-0 NC STATE FOOTBALL 2014 204.5 204.0 0.5 2,659 2,652 7 Parents & Families HISTORY 2015 225.0 221.5 3.5 450 443 7 19 @ Old Dominion 7 pm/ASN Overall (since 1892): 26 @ S. Alabama 8 pm/ESPNews 571-556-55 THREE & OUT In Carter-Finley Stadium: One reason that the Wolfpack’s time of possession has been so high in the first two games is that OCTOBER 192-105-6 the defense is not allowing first downs. The Wolfpack is tied for second nationally in first downs 3 LOUISVILLE TBA BROADCAST INFO allowed (20), has forced three & outs on 14 of 23 opponents drives and has forced 17 punts in Ag Day ASN two games. 9 @ Virginia Tech 8 pm/ESPN 24 @ Wake Forest TBA Jeff McCarragher, PXP Ken Dunek, Analyst Opponents 3 & outs Opp. Drives 31 CLEMSON TBA Homecoming Troy 6 13 NOVEMBER WOLFPACK SPORTS NET- Eastern Kentucky 8 *10 7 @ Boston College TBA WORK (RADIO) *doesn’t count clock running out at end 14 @ Florida State TBA Gary Hahn, PxP 21 Syracuse TBA Johnny Evans, Analyst TIME IS ON OUR SIDE Military Appreciation Day Tony Haynes, Sideline reporter The Wolfpack offense is currently the most greedy in the FBS, with a division best 40 minute time 28 UNC TBA of possession average per game. SIRIUS/XM All times Eastern Channels 158/198 NC State held the ball for 41:34 in the season opener - the highest time of possession in 93 games NC State vs. Old Dominion 2015 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date St W-L Score Opponent Att./Time TV Rusher (Att-Yds-TD) Passer (C-A-Yds-TD-I) Receiver (Rec-Yds-TD) Tackler (Tkl) 9/5 H W 49-21 TROY 57,451 ESPN3 Dayes (24-126-2) Brissett (21-23-196-2-0) Dayes (5-65-0) Jo. Jones (6) 9/12 H W 35-0 E. KENTUCKY 57,600 ESPN3 Dayes (24-116-3) Brissett (17-22-216-1-0) Ramos (7-95-0) H. Jones (5) 9/19 A @ Old Dominion 7 p.m. ASN 9/26 A @ South Alabama 8 p.m. ESPNews 10/3 H LOUISVILLE TBA TBA 10/9 A @ Virginia Tech 8 p.m. ESPN 10/24 A @ Wake Forest TBA TBA 10/31 H CLEMSON TBA TBA 11/7 A @ Boston College TBA TBA 11/14 A @ Florida State TBA TBA 11/21 H SYRACUSE TBA TBA 11/28 H UNC-CHAPEL HILL TBA TBA ASSISTANT COACHES Position Name (Alma Mater) Where? Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks: Matt Canada (Indiana ‘93) up Offensive Line: Mike Uremovich (Purdue ‘00) down Running Backs/Recruiting Coor: Des Kitchings (Furman ‘00) down Wide Receivers: George McDonald (Illinois-UC ‘99) down TE/Fullbacks/Special Teams Coor.. Eddie Faulkner (Wisconsin ‘00) down PRONUNCIATIONS Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers: Dave Huxtable (E. Illinois ‘79) up COACHES Airius Moore ............................. AIR ee us Cornerbacks: George Barlow (Marshall ‘90) down Dave Doeren ............................. DOOR in Dakwa Nichols ......................... duh QUAY Defensive Line/Def. Run Game Coor: Ryan Nielsen (USC’02) down Mike Uremovich ................ yur EM oo vich Emmanuel Olenga .................oh LING uh Safeties/Co-Special Teams Coor: Clayton White (NC State ‘01) down Terrone Prescod ........................ tehr AHN PLAYERS Jumichael Ramos .. joo MIKE uhl RAY moes Support Staff Jacoby Brissett ..jah KOE bee briss ETTE Artemis Robinson ................. ahr TEEM is Director of Strength/Cond: Jason Veltkamp (Carroll College ‘94) Naquan Brown ........................NAY kwahn M.J. Salahuddin ..........sah LAH who deen Eurndraus Bryant ................ahn DRAY us Quinton Schooley ...QUIN tuhn SCOO lee Asst. Head Strength/Cond Coach: Dantonio Burnette (NC State ‘02) Bra’Lon Cherry ........................BRAY luhn Maxx Stoffer ........................... STOFF ehr Director of FB Operations: Joe McKillip (Wisconsin ‘11) Coult Culler ......................................COLT Kentavius Street .............. ken TAY vee us Assoc. Director of FB Ops: Pete Roley (W. Illinois ‘08) Jerod Fernandez ......................JERE uhd Shadrach Thornton ....SHAD rack THORN tuhn Asst. Director of FB Ops: Nick Kray (E. Illinois ‘08) Reggie Gallaspy ................gah LASS bee Joe Thuney ................................ TOO nee David J. Grinnage ................ GRINN edge Jack Tocho ...............................TOE choe GENERAL INFORMATION 2015 LEADERSHIP COUNCIL Nyheim Hines ..........................nah HEEM Maurice Trowell ........................TROU uhl Stephen Louis ...............steff AHN LOO is John Tu’uta ............................. tuh EW tuh Jalen McClendon ........................JAY lehn Dravious Wright ...................DRAY vee us NC State University Cornerback: Juston Burris, Jack Tocho Pharoah McKever .. FAIR row mac KEE vuhr Location Raleigh, NC 27695 Safety: Shawn Boone, Hakim Jones Founded 1887 Linebacker: Airius Moore, M.J. Salahuddin 2015 GAME CAPTAINS Enrollment 34,009 Defensve Line: B.J. Hill, Mike Rose Nickname Wolfpack Special Teams: Will Stephenson Troy: ............................. Jacoby Brissett, Hakim Jones, Mike Rose, Quinton Schooley Colors Red (PMS-186), White Running Back: Matt Dayes, ShadThornton Eastern Kentucky: .........Benson Browne, Juston Burris, Mike Rose, Joe Thuney Conference Atlantic Coast (ACC) TE/Fullback: Benson Browne, Cole Cook @ Old Dominion ............Jacoby Brissett, Cole Cook, B.J. Hill, M.J. Salahuddin President Dr. Randy Woodson Wide Rec: Gavin Locklear, Jumichael @ S. Alabama ............... Athletics Dir. Deborah A. Yow Ramos Louisville ........................ QB: Jacoby Brissett, Jalan McClendon @ Virginia Tech ............. Carter-Finley Stadium Off. Line: Tony Adams, Quinton Schooley, @ Wake Forest ............. Clemson ........................ Field Wayne Day Family Fld. Joe Thuney @ Boston College ......... Surface Natural Grass Freshmen: Kyle Bambard, A.J. Cole, Reg- @ Florida State ............. Capacity 57,600 gie Gallaspy II, Riley Nicholson, Nyheim Syracuse ........................ Press Box Vaughn Towers Hines, Jakobi Meyers UNC-Chapel Hill ............ This Week in NC State Football MONDAY, Sept. 14 TUESDAY, Sept. 15 WEDNESDAY, Sept. 16 THURSDAY, Sept. 17 FRIDAY, Sept. 18 11:30 a.m. - Weekly press 11:30 a.m. - Post-practice 11:30 a.m. -Post-practice conference (Murphy Center) interviews with student-athletes, interviews with student-athletes, 11:30 a.m. - Post-practice inter- Travel to Old Dominion assistant coaches assistant coaches views with HC DAVE DOEREN No media availability No Practice 12:40 p.m. - Doeren on ACC Players’ Day Off Teleconference. 7 p.m. - Dave Doeren Radio Show @ Backyard Bistro p. 2 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................