NC State and East Carolina square off in Annapolis, MD, in the 2024 Military Bowl at 5:45pm EST on Saturday afternoon.
Series notes per gopack.com:
NC State has faced East Carolina, a team located just 83 miles down Highway 264, 32 times in a series that dates back to 1970 and holds the overall series lead, 19-13. The two squads have met once before in a bowl game, losing the 1992 Peach Bowl 34-37 to the Pirates. The Wolfpack has won the last three meetings between the two squads, winning, in Carter-Finley Stadium in 2018 and ‘19 (outscoring the Pirates 92-9 in those two contests) and eking out a one-point win to open the 2022 season in Greenville.
The Pirates are down four starters thanks to defections via the transfer portal, with three of those coming on the defensive side of the ball. The Wolfpack will be down one (WR K.C. Concepcion).
With both offenses being at equal strength relative to the availability of starters, the edge pushes in the Wolfpack’s favor with State’s defense having its full allotment of defensive starters available.
Let’s see how this shakes out.