North Carolina A&T at Norfolk State

Saturday, September 30, 2023

North Carolina A&T beat Norfolk State 28–⁠26. It was their 16th meeting; North Carolina A&T leads the series 10–⁠6.

AwayNorth Carolina A&T1–⁠10 in 2023
28
HomeNorfolk State3–⁠8 in 2023
26

Final at William Dick”” Price Stadium””, NorfolkTV: ESPN+Attendance 12,894

At kickoff
67°F, overcast, wind 14 mph from the northWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Norfolk International Airport (KORF), 9 km from the stadium
Official
Jason SoistmanGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
North Carolina A&T14014028
Norfolk State5701426

Standouts

Player stats

North Carolina A&T

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Kevin White6/109801
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Kenji Christian15118234
Kevin White11115265
Fredderick Graves843021
Taymon Cooke1606
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Amonte Jones376038
Ger-Cari Caldwell115015
Kenji Christian1404
Nicholai Wilds-Lawing1303

Norfolk State

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Otto Kuhns15/3016530
RushingCarYdsTDLong
X’Zavion Evans1781011
Jaylen White1061016
Otto Kuhns847037
Kevon King1041012
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Andre Pegues558118
Chris Butler129029
Tremayne Talbert324113
Jayden Homuth217022
DefenseTklTFLSacksInt
Jaylen White0001

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

North Carolina A&TNorfolk State
373Total yards395
98Passing yards165
275Rushing yards230
9.8Yards per pass5.5
6.7Yards per rush5.1
15First downs21
2–⁠9Third downs6–⁠17
1–⁠1Fourth downs2–⁠2
2Turnovers1
4–⁠17Penalties5–⁠45
25:36Possession34:24

Efficiency

North Carolina A&TNorfolk State
50%Success rate25%
2.62EPA per play−0.27
6.26Explosiveness1.69
2.62Rushing EPA0.00
0.00Passing EPA−0.27
100%Passing-down success0%

From CollegeFootballData.com: each offense’s efficiency, and the havoc each defense caused. The better side of each line is bold.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

North Carolina A&T 50% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Play by play

1st quarter2 drives, then North Carolina A&T 14, Norfolk State 5
North Carolina A&T Touchdown, 2 plays
15:001st & 10 at own 35
14:551st & 10 at own 35Grandin Willcox kickoff for 60 yds , Rashaud Pernell return for 30 yds to the NCAT 35
14:142nd & 10 at own 35Kevin White 65 Yd Run (Owen Daffer Kick)North Carolina A&T 7, Norfolk State 0
Norfolk State Punt, 4 plays
14:081st & 10 at own 35Owen Daffer kickoff for 55 yds , Jaylen White return for 20 yds to the NORF 30
14:081st & 10 at own 30Otto Kuhns pass complete to Andre Pegues for 18 yds to the NORF 48 for a 1ST down
14:081st & 10 at own 48Otto Kuhns pass incomplete to Tremayne Talbert, broken up by Christopher Allen Jr.
14:082nd & 10 at own 48pass incomplete to Gregory Perkins
14:083rd & 10 at own 48pass incomplete to Tavian Morris
13:074th & 10 at own 48Grandin Willcox punt for 47 yds

Play-by-play from CollegeFootballData.com, as its scorers wrote it. The clock is the time left in the quarter; the spot is from the side of the team with the ball.

North Carolina A&T leads 10–⁠6 in 16 meetings.

Recent meetings
2023North Carolina A&T 28, Norfolk State 26
2022North Carolina A&T 49, Norfolk State 24
2019North Carolina A&T 58, Norfolk State 19
2018North Carolina A&T 37, Norfolk State 20
2017North Carolina A&T 35, Norfolk State 7
2016North Carolina A&T 35, Norfolk State 0

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