The 2018 season's largest margin: NC State 58, East Carolina 3. A 55-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2018 — The Winning Chapter
NC State's 2018 season (9-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Ryan FinleyQB3,612 passing yards
- Reggie GallaspyRB1,018 rushing yards
- Ricky Person Jr.RB427 rushing yards
- Kelvin HarmonWR1,086 receiving yards
- Jakobi MeyersWR951 receiving yards
- Emeka EmezieWR544 receiving yards
- Germaine PrattLB104 tackles
- Jarius MoreheadS77 tackles
- Isaiah MooreLB69 tackles
- James Smith-WilliamsDE6 sacks
- Larrell MurchisonDT4 sacks
- Alim McNeillDT3.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2018.
The season's deepest loss: NC State 13, Texas A&M 52. A 39-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: NC State fell to Texas A&M 13-52 in the postseason.
"Go Pack"
2018 is a middle chapter for NC State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.