On a clear evening in Raleigh, North Carolina, the rout was on from the very first play as UConn football lost at North Carolina State, 41-10.
The first play from scrimmage was a 75-yard touchdown pass from NC State’s Devin Leary to Thomas Thayer, who shrugged off a pair of UConn defensive backs before beating a few more tacklers into the end zone.
The first half was a mirror image of the Michigan or Syracuse loss. NC State scored on every possession except for its final one and had eight plays of 15 yards or more. A Brandon Bouyer-Randle interception was the only stop; it set up a 28-yard field goal by Noel Ruelas for the Huskies’ only points of the first half, which ended with the Wolfpack up 31-3.