California vs. NC State: NC State Leads 31-10 Late in the Fourth Quarter in Raleigh
The country's No. 2 search on Saturday afternoon is a rout in Raleigh: in its first game under an interim coach, NC State has scored in every quarter and leads Cal 31-10 with 5:40 left in the fourth, as read live this afternoon.
Saturday afternoon's No. 2 search in the United States is a football game in Raleigh, and it is nearly over. NC State leads California 31-10 late in the fourth quarter at Carter-Finley Stadium - 5:40 remained when the live listing was read this afternoon - in the Wolfpack's first game under interim head coach Todd Goebbel.
NC State struck on its first possession and never trailed after the opening minutes. Quarterback CJ Bailey hit Deandre Desinor for a 49-yard touchdown less than two minutes into the game, and after Cal answered with its only touchdown - a 30-yard J. Sagapolutele pass to C. Hendricks - and a 38-yard Towns McGough field goal, the Wolfpack ran off 21 unanswered points: a 43-yard Kanoah Vinesett field goal, a 38-yard Bailey touchdown pass to C. Robinson, and a 2-yard D. Johnson rushing touchdown.
The game is the program's first since head coach Dave Doeren was fired on October 24 after 13 and a half seasons in Raleigh, with Goebbel taking over on an interim basis. Both teams came in on two-game losing streaks - Cal at 3-5 and NC State at 3-4 - and both had lost at Stanford in the weeks before this meeting, the second ever between the programs and the first in Raleigh.
The score in this story is the live score as read at mid-afternoon, not a final. The Sports Desk files the final with tonight's game-night roundup.
