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Florida State vs. NC State

Florida State and NC State have 44 meetings on file, the first in 1952; officially, Florida State leads 26–⁠17; as played, 27–⁠17 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s NC State 6–⁠4, and NC State has won the last 4. The NCAA vacated Florida State’s win (2007); it doesn’t count officially. This page counts every game as it was played.

Scheduled 2029 at Florida State. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Official series
Florida State leads 26–⁠17
Florida State wins on file
27
NC State wins on file
17
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1952
Longest streak
8 Florida State
Current streak
4 NC State
Last 10 meetings
NC State 6–⁠4
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s4–⁠2
1960s4–⁠2
1990s7–⁠1
2000s6–⁠4
2010s6–⁠4
2020s0–⁠4
Both ranked
4 meetings: Florida State 4, NC State 0
Average margin
16.4 points; 16 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Florida State
16–⁠6 Florida State’s record at home
At NC State
11–⁠11 NC State’s record at home
Shutouts
6

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Florida State’s biggest win1995: Florida State 77, NC State 17by 60 points
  2. NC State’s biggest win2018: NC State 47, Florida State 28by 19 points
  3. Upset2005: NC State 20, Florida State 15NC State had a 17% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2001: NC State 34, Florida State 28NC State had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1998: NC State 24, Florida State 7NC State had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  6. Ranked showdown1992: Florida State 34, NC State 13No. 3 Florida State at No. 16 NC State
  7. Ranked showdown1999: Florida State 42, NC State 11No. 20 NC State at No. 1 Florida State
  8. Ranked showdown2000: Florida State 58, NC State 14No. 6 Florida State at No. 21 NC State

Coach against coach

YearsFlorida StateSeriesNC State
1954–⁠1957Thomas Nugent3–⁠1Earle Edwards
1963–⁠1969Bill Peterson4–⁠2Earle Edwards
1993–⁠1999Bobby Bowden6–⁠1Mike O’Cain
2000–⁠2006Bobby Bowden3–⁠4Chuck Amato
2007–⁠2009Bobby Bowden3–⁠0Tom O’Brien
2010–⁠2012Jimbo Fisher1–⁠2Tom O’Brien
2013–⁠2017Jimbo Fisher4–⁠1Dave Doeren
2020–⁠2025Mike Norvell0–⁠4Dave Doeren

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Florida State’s side (Nugent 3–⁠1 against Edwards). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Florida State and NC State, 1952 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Larrell Murchison NC State6 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 3.5 for loss2019 Defense

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

On television

2025ESPN2.1 million viewers

Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Every game

Nov 21, 2026NC State at Florida State upcomingat Florida State
Nov 21, 2025NC State 21, Florida State 11at NC State
Oct 8, 202214NC State 19, Florida State 17at NC State
Nov 6, 2021NC State 28, Florida State 14at Florida State
Nov 14, 2020NC State 38, Florida State 22at NC State
Sep 28, 2019Florida State 31, NC State 13at Florida State
Nov 3, 2018NC State 47, Florida State 28at NC State
Sep 23, 2017NC State 27, 12Florida State 21at Florida State
Nov 5, 201619Florida State 24, NC State 20at NC State
Nov 14, 201519Florida State 34, NC State 17at Florida State
Sep 27, 20141Florida State 56, NC State 41at NC State
Oct 26, 20133Florida State 49, NC State 17at Florida State
Oct 6, 2012NC State 17, 3Florida State 16at NC State
Oct 29, 2011Florida State 34, NC State 0at Florida State
Oct 28, 2010NC State 28, 16Florida State 24at NC State
Oct 31, 2009Florida State 45, NC State 42at Florida State
Oct 16, 2008Florida State 26, NC State 17at NC State
Oct 6, 2007Florida State 27, NC State 10vacatedat Florida State
Oct 5, 2006NC State 24, 17Florida State 20at NC State
Nov 5, 2005NC State 20, 9Florida State 15at Florida State
Nov 11, 200411Florida State 17, NC State 10at NC State
Nov 15, 200313Florida State 50, NC State 44at Florida State
Nov 23, 2002NC State 17, 14Florida State 7at NC State
Nov 10, 2001NC State 34, 10Florida State 28at Florida State
Oct 28, 20006Florida State 58, 21NC State 14at NC State
Sep 18, 19991Florida State 42, 20NC State 11at Florida State
Sep 12, 1998NC State 24, 2Florida State 7at NC State
Nov 1, 19973Florida State 48, NC State 35at Florida State
Sep 19, 19963Florida State 51, NC State 17at NC State
Sep 16, 19951Florida State 77, NC State 17at Florida State
Nov 19, 19948Florida State 34, 25NC State 3at NC State
Nov 20, 19932Florida State 62, NC State 3at Florida State
Sep 19, 19923Florida State 34, 16NC State 13at NC State
Nov 22, 1969Florida State 33, NC State 22at Florida State
Nov 16, 1968Florida State 48, NC State 7at NC State
Sep 30, 1967NC State 20, Florida State 10at Florida State
Nov 13, 1965NC State 3, Florida State 0at NC State
Nov 14, 1964Florida State 28, NC State 6at Florida State
Nov 16, 1963Florida State 14, NC State 0at Florida State
Oct 12, 195713NC State 7, Florida State 0at Florida State
Oct 13, 1956Florida State 14, NC State 0at NC State
Sep 17, 1955Florida State 7, NC State 0at Florida State
Oct 16, 1954Florida State 13, NC State 7at NC State
Nov 28, 1953Florida State 23, NC State 13at Florida State
Oct 25, 1952NC State 13, Florida State 7at NC State

Every game is listed as played on the field; a win the NCAA later vacated is marked “vacated”; the official series above counts them the NCAA’s way.