Tale Of The Tape: Virginia Will Be Facing ACC’s No. 1 Passing Offense

Well, it’s another Friday, game day is tomorrow, so it’s time to look at the tale of the tape between Virginia and N.C. State.

Weather should be close to perfect again (partly cloudy and 79 degrees at game time) and the key stat seems to be the Wolfpack’s explosive passing attack. Defensively, Virginia has better team statistics, but the Wahoos have not faced a quarterback like Ryan Finley, as the Wollfpack passing game is ranked No. 1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

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Saturday, September 29, 2018 Carter-Finley Stadium, 12:20 p.m.
TV- Raycom Sports
Game Time Weather Forecast:
Partly Cloudy, 79 Degress

VIRGINIA
Lost last meeting, 38-21 (2017)

VS NC ST
Leads all-time series 4-2
3-1 OVERALL W-L 3-0
1-0 CONFERENCE W-L 0-0
W 27-3 vs Louisville, 9/22 LAST GAME W 37-20 at Marshall, 9/22
OFFENSE
434.8 (8th) TOTAL YDS 478.3 (6th)
218.3 (10th) PASS YDS 370.7 (1st)
216.5 (8th) RUSH YDS 107.7 (13th)
17 TOUCHDOWNS 11
8-4 FUMBLES-LOST 5-2
32.5 POINTS PER GAME 34.0
83 TOTAL 1ST DOWNS 73
38 1ST DOWN BY PASS 54
41 1ST DOWN BY RUSH 15
4 1ST DOWN BY FLAG 4
3RD DOWN CONVOS
32/58, 55% (2nd) CONVERTED/TOTAL (%) 24/41, 59% (1st)
4TH DOWN CONVOS
2/2, 100% (1st) CONVERTED/TOTAL (%) 2/3, 67% (4th)
RED ZONE SCORING
12/17 (71%) SCORES/TRIPS (%) 15/17 (88%)
RED ZONE TOUCHDOWNS
7/11 (64%) TDs/TRIPS (%) 6/9 (67%)
TIME OF POSSESSION
33:03 (2nd) AVG PER GAME 31:10 (5th)
DEFENSE
297.5 (3rd) TOTAL YDS ALLOWED 346.0 (5th)
183.8 (4th) PASS YDS ALLOWED 238.0 (10th)
113.8 (6th) RUSH YDS ALLOWED 108.0 (5th)
16.8 POINTS ALLOWED 13.3
5 INTERCEPTIONS 2
9 SACKS 6
26 PTS. OFF TURNOVERS 24
223/27 TACKLES/FOR LOSS 226/16
PENALTIES
15/129/32.3 #/YDS/PER GAME 15/127/42.3
SPECIAL TEAMS
PUNTING
40.3 (5th) NET PUNT AVG 37.4 (9th)
3/61 50-PLUS/LONG 1/55
5 INSIDE 20 1
KICKOFFS
40.1 (7th) NET KICK AVG 39.2 (9th)
13 (7th) TOUCHBACKS 7 (T-10th)
FIELD GOALS
3/6 (50%) MADE/ATT (%) 6/8 (75%)
32 LONG 32
0 BLOCKED 0
EXTRA POINTS
17/17 (100%) MADE/ATT (%) 12/12 (100%)
PUNT RETURNS
11/52/4.7 (12th) #/YDS/PER GAME 2/46/23.0 (2nd)
KICKOFF RETURNS
8/135/16.9 (14th) #/YDS/PER GAME 6/132/22.0 (7th)
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Bryce Perkins PASSING Ryan Finley
67-102-2, 867 yds, 9 TD (62-317 run, 3TD) 83-121, 1056 yds, 5 TD, 1 INT
Jordan Ellis RUSHING Reggie Galaspy
71-448 (6.3), 5 TD 50-173 (3.5) 4 TD
Olamide Zaccheaus RECEIVING Kelvin Harmon
24-392 (16.3), 4 TD 18-312 (17.3), 0 TD
Juan Thornhill, 24 TACKLES Germaine Pratt, 30
Chris Peace, Zane Zandier, 1.5 each SACKS Alim McNeill, 1.5
Five Tied with 1 INTERCEPTIONS Two tied with 1
Hunter Pearson, 2/2 FG (3/3 PAT) KICKING Christopher Dunn, 6/8 FG (12/12 PAT)
Tavares Kelly, 3-43 (14.3) PUNT RETURNS Thayer Thomas, 2-46 (23.0)
Joe Reed, 6-104 (17.3) KICK RETURNS Maurice Trowell, 5-110 (22.0)