College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
NC State 35, Virginia 31
When: 12:00 PM   ET ,  Saturday, September 6, 2025
Where: Carter-Finley Stadium, Raleigh, North Carolina
Attendance: 56919
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Virginia 14 10 7 0 31
NC State 7 7 21 0 35
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:37
Virginia   TD  NC State 0 - Virginia 7
J'Mari Taylor 39 yd. run (Will Bettridge kick)
1st Quarter - 8:26
NC State   TD  NC State 7 - Virginia 7
CJ Bailey 30 yd. run (Kanoah Vinesett kick)
1st Quarter - 3:41
Virginia   TD  NC State 7 - Virginia 14
J'Mari Taylor 9 yd. run (Will Bettridge kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:23
NC State   TD  NC State 14 - Virginia 14
Noah Rogers 27 yd. pass from CJ Bailey (Kanoah Vinesett kick)
2nd Quarter - 4:08
Virginia   FG  NC State 14 - Virginia 17
Will Bettridge 29 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:17
Virginia   TD  NC State 14 - Virginia 24
Sage Ennis 3 yd. pass from Chandler Morris (Will Bettridge kick)
3rd Quarter - 10:46
NC State   TD  NC State 21 - Virginia 24
Hollywood Smothers 14 yd. run (Kanoah Vinesett kick)
3rd Quarter - 6:39
NC State   TD  NC State 28 - Virginia 24
CJ Bailey 12 yd. run (Kanoah Vinesett kick)
3rd Quarter - 5:11
Virginia   TD  NC State 28 - Virginia 31
J'Mari Taylor 66 yd. run (Will Bettridge kick)
3rd Quarter - 0:45
NC State   TD  NC State 35 - Virginia 31
Hollywood Smothers 9 yd. run (Kanoah Vinesett kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Virginia NC State
W‑L 1 - 1 - 0 2 - 0 - 0
Conference 0 - 1 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Virginia NC State
Score 31 35
1st Downs 24 22
3rd Down Efficiency 13-for-19
68%		 1-for-7
14%
4th Down Efficiency 1-for-2
50%		 2-for-2
100%
Total Yards 514 420
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 32-257 33-220
Average/Rush 8.0 6.7
Passing
Comp-Att 30-43 16-23
Passing Yards 257 200
Average/Pass Play 6.0 8.7
Penalties-Yards 3-20 1-15
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Interceptions Thrown 1 0
Time of Possession 32:25 27:35
PLAYER STATS
Virginia (1 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Morris 30/43 257 1 1
NC State (2 - 0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Bailey 16/23 200 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
J. Taylor 17 150 8.8 3
C. Morris 3 56 18.7 0
X. Brown 8 27 3.4 0
N. Vaughn 4 24 6.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
H. Smothers 17 140 8.2 2
C. Bailey 6 44 7.3 2
J. Scott 8 30 3.8 0
W. Wilson 2 6 3.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
J. Edrine 6 68 11.3 0
T. Harris 7 52 7.4 0
C. Ross 5 40 8.0 0
K. Courtney 3 27 9.0 0
D. Newton-Short 1 16 16.0 0
J. Taylor 2 13 6.5 0
D. Twitty 1 12 12.0 0
E. Wood 1 10 10.0 0
S. Ennis 2 10 5.0 1
X. Brown 2 9 4.5 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
T. Anderson 3 44 14.7 0
J. Joly 4 41 10.2 0
N. Rogers 2 38 19.0 1
W. Grimes 2 33 16.5 0
K. Jackson 2 25 12.5 0
H. Smothers 2 13 6.5 0
T. Hoffmann 1 6 6.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
C. Slone 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  Tk Ast
C. Charles 3 0
E. Minter 3 1
D. Neal 3 3
L. Danley 3 3
D. Platt 2 1
J. Jackson 2 6
M. Boley 1 0
E. Wood 1 0
J. Prevard 1 1
C. Costner 1 1
F. Camac 1 1
J. Hammond 1 1
C. Moore 1 2
M. Melton 1 2
A. Britton 1 3
J. Carter 1 5
H. Osborne 0 1
J. Holmes 0 1
J. Robinson 0 2
M. Marcellus 0 2
Tackles
  Tk Ast
C. Fordham 4 5
D. Marshall 3 1
A. Richardson 3 2
B. Nelson II 3 2
B. Barnhardt 3 3
S. Brown 3 6
S. Harsh 2 3
R. Royal III 2 3
J. Vick 2 5
Z. Myers 1 0
J. Johnson 1 1
J. Johnson 1 2
T. Thomas 1 2
C. Bond 1 2
C. Slone 1 3
T. Price 0 1
B. Cleveland 0 1
K. Soares Jr. 0 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
M. Melton 1.5 2.0
D. Neal 1.0 3.0
E. Minter 1.0 1.0
A. Britton 0.5 1.0
J. Hammond 0.5 0.0
H. Osborne 0.5 0.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
S. Harsh 1.0 3.0
S. Brown 1.0 2.0
C. Bond 1.0 1.0
T. Thomas 0.5 1.0
T. Price 0.5 1.0
B. Cleveland 0.5 1.0
B. Barnhardt 0.5 0.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles