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N.C. State let Syracuse beat itself on Saturday afternoon in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Syracuse linebacker Zaire Franklin briefly left the game in the first half but later returned.

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NC State kicker Carson Wise nailed a 26-yarder and 48-yarder in the first quarter before missing one from 31 three seconds before halftime.

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Kicker Cole Murphy hooked a 48-yard kick wide left in the first quarter, making him 8-for-10 on the season.

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The announced attendance of 56,197 is nearly one-third more than the largest crowd the Carrier Dome has seen this season.

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Syracuse allowed 26 points in the first half alone in what appeared to be a blowout before settling in and allowing just one touchdown in the second half.

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Orange linebacker Zaire Franklin (4) finished with 11 total tackles and a quarterback hit.

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An N.C State player was taken to the locker room with a compound fracture.

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NC State's defensive line troubled Syracuse's offensive line all afternoon. The Orange finished with 59 total rushing yards and the Wolfpack sacked Eric Dungey three times.

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Safety Evan Foster (14) finished with eight tackles, highest on the team for players not named Parris Bennett or Franklin.

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Syracuse wide receiver Ervin Philips broke the Atlantic Coast Conference record for single-game receptions with 17. But Philips dropped this pass.

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The Orange allowed 29 first downs on Saturday afternoon, as well as 256 rushing yards.

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Otto the Orange got down on one knee for a baton thrower. No word on what she said.

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Jaylen Samuels (1) totaled 111 yards through the air and on the ground to pair with one rushing touchdown.

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Samuels averaged 8.2 yards per carry on his nine totes.

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The Orange only allowed 206 passing yards but N.C. State quarterback Ryan Finley played a clinical game for the Wolfpack.

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It was mostly sunny in Carter-Finley Stadium on Saturday afternoon for a game that lasted three hours and 40 minutes.

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When asked about NFL players kneeling during the national anthem, Syracuse head coach Dino Babers said he had "no reaction" to it.

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Sophomore Wolfpack back Nyheim Hines gave N.C. State fans plenty to cheer about with his 119-yard, one-touchdown performance.

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North Carolina State received the most Associated Press poll votes without being one of the teams inside the top 25 last week.

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Eric Dungey led the Orange in rushing, again, with 72 yards on 16 carries.

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Parris Bennett (30) recorded 13 tackles, which marks the second-straight week he's led SU in that category.

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Dungey had more rushing attempts (16) than four of his other teammates combined (14).

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Syracuse averaged 12.8 yards per pass completion against the Wolfpack.

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Samuels can do nothing but shrug after scoring his rushing touchdown against the Orange.

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Punter phenom Sterling Hofrichter drilled a 38-yard field goal for the Orange after Babers lifted a struggling Cole Murphy.

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Jordan Martin (2), filling in for injured safety Antwan Cordy, had five tackles.

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The Wolfpack offensive line cleared lots of room on Saturday as no N.C. State rusher with more than five carries averaged less than 3.3 yards per rush.

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Dungey had two rushing touchdowns on an afternoon when no other Syracuse player had one.

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The Orange all took a knee on the field after the game.