Wolfpack Downs Terps, 34-8
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Jose Laureno passed for two touchdowns in a 17-point third
quarter and Carlos King ran for two more scores as North
Carolina State won for the first time this season with a 34-8
Atlantic Coast Conference victory over Maryland on Saturday (Oct. 5).
Laureno threw scoring passes of 22 yards to Jimmy Grissett and
44 yards to Torry Holt for the Wolfpack (1-3, 1-2 ACC), who
solved a Maryland team that entered the game ranked ninth
nationally in total defense.
Coach Mark Duffner described Saturday's loss his "most disappointing loss since I've been here. This was a
game I thought we should have won."
King opened the scoring with a one-yard run early in the second
quarter and went into the end zone from seven yards out midway
through the fourth quarter for a 34-7 lead.
Marc Primanti added field goals of 20 and 43 for the Wolfpack
and has made his last 15 attempts dating back to Oct. 7,
1995. His second kick increased the lead to 27-0 after three
quarters.
"We can't
really explain it," said quarterback Ken Mastrole, who started in place of
the injured Brian Cummings. "We've just got to get back to executing."
"Any
time you hear a thousand people booing you, that's self-explanatory how you
feel," safety Lamont Gore said. "But I kind of understand how they feel.
They pay their money, so they have the right."
Brian Underwood scored the only touchdown for Maryland (2-3,
0-2) with 10:48 left in the game, but the Wolfpack responded
two minutes later with the second touchdown by King.
The game might have changed on one play in
the first quarter. Laureano threw a backward lateral pass
to tight end Mark Thomas, who dropped it. Lineman Jamie Wu picked it up and
when he reached the State 40, he handed it
off to Chad Scott who ran for an apparent touchdown.
But the officials ruled the original fumble couldn't be advanced because it was a lateral pass.
"I don't think that got us down, but it
might have taken some out of the crowd," said linebacker Ratcliff Thomas,
who had nine tackles, one fumble recovery and one sack.
Duffner says a bowl bid is the farthest thing from his mind.
"We just need to win a football game right now."
Game Statistics
At: Byrd Stadium
Date: Oct. 5, 1996
Att: 32,550
N. Carolina St 0 - 10 - 17 - 7 -- 34
Maryland 0 - 0 - 0 - 8 -- 8
First Quarter
No scoring
Second Quarter
NCST - TD, Carlos King, 1 yard run (Marc Primanti kick), 09:33
NCST - FG, Marc Primanti, 20 yards, :22
Third Quarter
NCST - TD, Jimmy Grissett, 22 yard Pass From Jose Laureno (Marc Primanti kick), 11:56
NCST - TD, Torry Holt, 44 yard pass from Jose Laureno (Marc Primanti kick), 05:10
NCST - FG, Marc Primanti, 43 yards, 02:06
Fourth Quarter
MD - TD, Brian Underwood, 1 yard run (Tim Brown reception for two-point conversion), 10:48
NCST -TD, Carlos King, 7 yard run (Chris Hensler kick), 08:58
Maryland NC St
Score 8 34
First Downs 12 19
Rushing 5 10
Passing 7 9
Penalty 0 0
Rushing Att 40 56
Yds Gained 119 227
Yds Lost 63 32
Net Yds Rush 56 195
Net Yds Pass 140 188
Pass Att 29 22
Pass Comp 15 14
Had Int 1 0
Tot Off Plays 69 78
Tot Net Yds 196 383
Ave Gain 2.8 4.9
Ret Yds 2 3
Fumbles/Lost 1-1 4-2
Pen/Yds 8-86 7-53
Int/Yds 0-0 1-0
Punts/Yds 7-214 5-176
Ave Punt 30.6 35.2
Punt Ret/Yds 1-2 2-3
Kick Ret/Yds 6-110 1-22
Poss Time 26:49 33:11
Third-Down Conv 3-15 4-16
Sacks By 1-7 5-47
4th-Down Conv 1-4 3-3
RUSHING
MD - Buddy Rodgers 1-4, Brian Underwood 11-48-1, Harold Westley 16-37, Geroy Simon 1-/-3, Ken Mastrole 5-/-47, Clifton Crosby 2-8, Russell Edwards 1-/-3, Mario Chavez 2-12, Kendall Ogle 1-0.
NCST - Tremayne Stephens 3-13, Rod Brown 7-19, Rahshon Spikes 15-34, Carlos King 10-34-2, Jose Laureano 11-18, Jamie Barnette 2-14, Jamie Barnette 2-14, Kevin Hubbard 1-6, Theodore Chavis 2-37, Cordell Smith 5-20.
PASSING
MD - Ken Masstrole 28-15-1-140-0, Geroy Simon 1-0-0-0-0.
NCST - Jose Laureano 19-12-0-175-2, Jamie Barnette 3-2-0-13-0.
RECEIVING
MD - Geroy Simoon 3-66, Bruce James 3-21, Mancel Johnson 3-18, Clifton Crosby 1-0, Brian Underwood 3-28, Mario Chavez, 1-6, Harold Westley 1-1.
NCST - Carlos King 2-24, Chris Coleman 2-21, Mark Thomas 2-18, Theodore Chavis 2-15, Alvis Whitted 1-11, Torry Holt 3-65-1, Jimmy Grissett 2-34-1.
