2010 Champs Sports Bowl
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The 2010 Champs Sports Bowl was a college football
College football
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bowl game
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that was played on December 28, 2010. The game matched up the NC State Wolfpack
2010 NC State Wolfpack football team
The 2010 NC State Wolfpack Football Team represented North Carolina State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wolfpack, led by head coach Tom O'Brien, played their home games at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina and were members of the Atlantic division...
from the Atlantic Coast Conference
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versus the West Virginia Mountaineers
2010 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 2010 West Virginia Mountaineer football team represented West Virginia University in the college football season of 2010. The Mountaineers were led by head coach Bill Stewart and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They were members of the Big East...
from the Big East Conference
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. The game was scheduled for a 6:30 p.m. ET kickoff at Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium
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, Orlando, Fla.
West Virginia
West Virginia enters the game with a 9-3 record and are Co-Champions of the Big East Conference. The Mountaineers were hurt in their quest for the Big East's BCS bid with October losses to UConn and Syracuse2010 Syracuse Orange football team
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. WVU's strength lies in their defense, which ranks 2nd nationally in points allowed and 3rd in yards allowed. The Mountaineers have appeared in eight straight bowl games and were defeated in last year's Gator Bowl
2010 Gator Bowl
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by Florida State 33-21. West Virginia has played in the bowl on one previous occasion, in 1995, when it was known as the Carquest Bowl and was played in Miami.
NC State
NC State enters the bowl with an overall record of 8-4. The Wolfpack will attempt to win a bowl game for the first time in coach Tom O’Brien’s four seasons in Raleigh. NC State played in the Papajohns.com Bowl in his second season but lost to RutgersRutgers Scarlet Knights football
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, 29-23. The strength of the Wolfpack is in their passing game, which is ranked number 19 in the country. NC State has appeared in the bowl three previous times, first in 1998 when the game was known as the MicornPC Bowl and was played in Miami, Florida
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, and then in 2001 and 2003 when it was played in Orlando but was called the Tangerine Bowl.
Scoring
| Scoring Play | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter | |||
| NCSU – Russell Wilson Russell Wilson Russell Wilson is a quarterback for the Wisconsin Badgers football team. Wilson formerly played for the NC State Wolfpack football and baseball teams before transferring for his final season of eligibility in 2011... 16 yard pass to Mustafa Greene (Josh Czajkowski kick), 1:37 |
NCSU 7–0 | ||
| 2nd Quarter | |||
| WVU – Geno Smith Geno Smith Eugene "Geno" Smith is an American football quarterback. He currently plays for the West Virginia Mountaineers in his junior year... 32 yard pass to Stedman Bailey (Tyler Bitancurt kick), 2:10 |
TIE 7–7 | ||
| NCSU – Josh Czajkowski 45 yard kick, 0:26 | NCSU 10–7 | ||
| 3rd Quarter | |||
| NCSU – Josh Czajkowski 38 yard kick, 6:05 | NCSU 13–7 | ||
| NCSU – Josh Czajkowski 40 yard kick, 1:50 | NCSU 16–7 | ||
| 4th Quarter | |||
| NCSU – Russell Wilson 7 yard pass to Jarvis Williams (Josh Czajkowski kick), 3:55 | NCSU 23–7 | ||
Statistics
| Statistics | West Virginia | NC State |
|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 18 | 21 |
| Total offense, plays-yards | 64-324 | 81-377 |
| Rushes-yards (net) | 25-128 | 36-101 |
| Passes, Comp-Att-Yds | 22-39-196 | 28-45-276 |
| Fumbles-Interceptions | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| Time of Possession | 23:14 | 36:46 |