North Carolina State 24, Cal 23

N.C. State 3 7 0 14 — 24 California 7 6 10 0 — 23

First quarter

CAL — J.Thomas 49 run (Morris kick), 13:47.

NCST — FG Vinesett 27, :23.

Second quarter

NCST — Concepcion 2 run (Vinesett kick), 3:20.

CAL — FG Morris 41, 1:12.

CAL — FG Morris 26, :07.

Third quarter

CAL — FG Morris 24, 9:10.

CAL — J.Thomas 7 run (Morris kick), :24.

Fourth quarter

NCST — Collins 1 pass from Bailey (Vinesett kick), 11:33.

NCST — Smothers 41 pass from Bailey (Vinesett kick), 6:32.

NCST CAL

First downs 15 23

Total net yards 363 399

Rushes-yards 30-29 29-117

Passing 334 282

Punt returns 2-8 1-3

Kickoff returns 1-22 1-40

Interceptions ret 0-0 0-0

Comp-att-int 26-37-0 30-43-0

Sacked yds lost 6-33 4-32

Punts 5-40.6 4-45.0

Fumbles-lost 2-2 2-1

Penalties-yards 4-47 7-32

Time of poss 32:37 27:23

INDIVIDUAL Stats

Rushing — N.C. State, Smothers 7-25, K.Raphael 6-10, Concepcion 1-2, (team) 1-(minus 1), Bailey 15-(minus 7). Cal, J.Thomas 9-78, Cardwell 10-34, Matthews 1-6, Wiley 2-6, Mendoza 7-(minus 7).

Passing — N.C. State, Bailey 25-36-0-306, Concepcion 1-1-0-28. Cal, Mendoza 30-42-0-282, (team) 0-1-0-0.

Receiving — N.C. State, Smothers 6-87, Joly 4-95, Concepcion 4-53, Collins 4-32, Rogers 4-25, Grimes 1-27, Anderson 1-18, K.Raphael 1-3, Bailey 1-(minus 6). Cal, Endries 9-101, Brady 5-39, Martin 5-34, Hunter 3-30, Cardwell 2-31, Grizzell 2-20, J.Thomas 2-11, Jef.Johnson 1-12, Matthews 1-4.

Missed field goals — N.C. State, Vinesett 52. Cal, Morris 28.