The NC State football squad cannot afford losses in its upcoming two-game homestand.
team hosts Stanford at noon ET Saturday . The meeting marks the first in history between State and the first-year member of the conference.
As for the Wolfpack's home outing the following week, the kickoff time and TV network for the revenge opportunity against Duke are now on a six-day hold.Last year, NC State football fell to the then-No. 17 Blue Devils in Durham, 24-3, before reeling off wins in each of its last five regular season games. This go-round, in the first season of Manny Diaz's tenure as the head coach in Durham, Duke is enjoying another promising campaign at 6-2 overall and 2-2 in ACC play.
Confirmed sellouts for the Stanford and Duke games bring State's streak to 20, the longest in program history. The Wolfpack picked up an encouraging 24-23 road win over Cal on Oct. 19, snapping NC State's first two-game losing streak of the season, before enjoying a bye this past weekend. With only four games remaining on State's 2024 slate, Dave Doeren and his Wolfpack must post a 2-2 record or better the rest of the way to avoid what would be the program's first losing record since the 2019 season.Matt Giles is the editor and publisher of NC State Wolfpack on SI, Duke Blue Devils on SI, and North Carolina Tar Heels on SI, making him a key source for comprehensive coverage of these storied college basketball programs.
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