Syracuse’s video games in opposition to N.C. State have been traditionally shut (7 issues to know)

Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse football and N.C. State have performed one another 15 occasions relationship again to 1972.

The 2 applications have met yearly since SU joined the ACC in 2013, they usually beforehand performed two home-and-home sequence within the Nineteen Seventies and one within the ‘90s.

Saturday, although, is the primary time the 2 applications will meet when each are ranked.

The No. 18 Orange hosts the No. 15 Wolfpack at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, with Syracuse on the lookout for its third win all-time over N.C. State. NCSU leads the sequence, 13-2.

The sequence is traditionally shut. 5 of the video games have been determined by a landing or much less, and the typical rating differential for all 13 conferences is 15.5 factors.

The closest sport between the 2 applications was a 1997 upset by N.C. State of No. 13 Syracuse. The Wolfpack, coming off a 3-8 season the 12 months prior, surprised the Orange with a two-point conversion in additional time to win the sport 32-31.

N.C. State would once more upset a ranked SU group the next 12 months, 38-17.

Syracuse earned its upset in opposition to the Wolfpack 20 years after that when it beat a No. 22-ranked group, 51-41 in 2018.

Listed below are six different issues to know main as much as the matchup:

Related defenses on paper

The Orange and Wolfpack defenses have fairly a number of similarities that time towards a low-scoring slugfest.

For one, every group has a prime ACC linebacker. Mikel Jones leads Syracuse’s protection in tackles with 35 and is No. 17 within the convention. Drake Thomas has 46 tackles for the Wolfpack and is No. 10 within the ACC. Each have been All-ACC first-team alternatives in 2021.

Each defenses additionally returned nearly all of their starters from 2021. SU stored its total eight-man secondary unit round, and N.C. State misplaced only one first-string defender.

Listed below are a pair extra stats that present simply how alike SU’s and NCSU’s defenses are, not less than on paper.

TOTAL DEFENSE

SU: 1,358 yards allowed; 271.6 common yards allowed per sport

N.C. State: 1787 yards allowed; 297.8 common yards allowed per sport

RUSHING DEFENSE

SU: 475 speeding yards allowed; 95.0 common speeding yards allowed per sport

N.C. State: 678 speeding yards allowed; 113.0 common speeding yards allowed per sport

PASSING DEFENSE

SU: 883 passing yards allowed; 176.6 common passing yards allowed per sport

N.C. State: 1,109 passing yards allowed; 184.8 common passing yards allowed per sport

Teaching connections

A number of Syracuse and N.C. State coaches have crossed paths with one another through the years.

SU offensive coordinator Robert Anae and NCSU particular assistant to the top coach Ruffin McNeil go method again. The pair first coached with one another at College of Nevada-Las Vegas from 1997-98. Anae was the offensive line coach and run-game coordinator; McNeill was the defensive coordinator and an assistant head coach.

They coached collectively once more from 2000-04 at Texas Tech, the place Anae additionally coached O-line and McNeill led the linebackers. Lastly, McNeill spent the 2016 season on employees at Virginia with Anae and SU quarterbacks coach Jason Beck.

Anae has additionally coached with Wolfpack defensive coordinator Tony Gibson. The 2 have been on employees collectively at Arizona in 2012. Anae coached O-line and Gibson was an assistant to the top coach coordinating safeties and particular groups.

Orange large receivers coach Michael Johnson was on employees with N.C. State energy and conditioning coach Joey Carnes at Oregon in 2017.

Trio of No. 44 wearers might be honored

Members of the family of Ernie Davis, Jim Brown and Floyd Little might be on the JMA Wi-fi Dome on Saturday for a halftime ceremony honoring the three SU legendary working backs.

The trio cemented the legacy of No. 44, which was retired in 2005, and are among the most extremely regarded working backs of all time in school soccer.

Davis, Brown and Little have been members of Syracuse’s inaugural Ring of Honor class in 2020. That is the primary time their induction is being celebrated in entrance of an viewers on the Dome.

Syracuse and N.C. State will kick off at 3:30 p.m. ET Saturday.

Listed below are the native channel numbers for ACC Community in Central New York:

• Spectrum: Channel 388 (SD & HD)
• Verizon Fios: Channel 571 (HD) and 71 (SD)
• DirecTV: Channel 612 (SD & HD)
• Dish Community: 402 (SD & HD)
• New Visions: Channel 780 (HD) and 80 (SD)

For those who don’t have cable, ACCN can also be accessible on fuboTV, DirecTV Stream and YouTube TV, all of which provide a free trial.

Cable subscribers can log in on ESPN.com, or related apps, to stream the sport at no cost.

For radio listeners, the sport will air regionally on TK99/105 and nationally on SiriusXM.

The Orange is favored over the Wolfpack by 3 factors.

BRENT AXE

Syracuse 26, N.C. State 23

EMILY LEIKER

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