Data: Stanford 2-6, 1-4 in ACC; N.C. State 4-4, 1-3 in ACC
Kickoff: 9 a.m. Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium, Raleigh, N.C.
TV: ACC Community
Radio: KNBR 1050 AM
Collection historical past: First-ever assembly.
Stanford storylines: The Cardinal look to interrupt a five-game shedding streak however want to beat a fourth journey to the Jap Time Zone in seven weeks and a 9 a.m. physique clock kickoff. They should get off to a greater begin – in Stanford’s final 4 ACC video games, it has trailed 17-0 at No. 17 Clemson, 21-0 towards Virginia Tech and No. 21 SMU, and 14-0 towards Wake Forest. The quarterback place remains to be unsettled: Junior Ashton Daniels began two weeks in the past and was pulled after the primary quarter for freshman Elijah Brown. Then Brown was pulled within the first quarter final week and Daniels performed the remainder of the sport. Each gamers took snaps with the primary staff this week. Whoever begins might use some assist from the run sport – short-yardage QB Justin Lamson is the one Cardinal participant with a speeding TD this season, and he has 4.
N.C. State storylines: The Wolfpack is coming off a 24-23 win at Cal – its fourth straight one-score sport. True freshman CJ Bailey might be making his fifth straight begin after a career-ending damage to Grayson McCall. Within the final two video games, he turned the primary N.C. State freshman since Philip Rivers in 2000 to throw for greater than 300 yards in consecutive video games. The Wolfpack wants a win to remain in line for a tenth bowl sport in 11 years below coach Dave Doeren, this system’s winningest coast (84-62).
Stats that matter: Stanford has a number of defensive touchdowns for the primary time since 2019 and has pressured 12 turnovers, already exceeding final 12 months’s whole (11). … N.C. State is 22-1 when it wins the turnover battle. … 80.7% of Stanford’s receiving yards are from underclassmen, the best mark in faculty soccer. … The Wolfpack has allowed only one kickoff return this 12 months.
