| 1st Quarter | | NCST | FSU |
| Florida State at 14:56 | NCST | FSU |
| | Dustin Hopkins kickoff for 70 yards returned by Clem Johnson, tackled by Louis Givens for 13 yards to the NCSt 13, tackled by Louis Givens. | 0 | 0 |
| North Carolina State at 14:49 | NCST | FSU |
| 1st and 10 at NCST 13 | Russell Wilson slant pass incomplete to N/A. | 0 | 0 |
| 2nd and 10 at NCST 13 | Toney Baker rush over right end for 12 yards to the NCSt 25, tackled by Korey Mangum for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at NCST 25 | Toney Baker rush over left end for 4 yards to the NCSt 29, tackled by Nick Moody, NC STATE penalty 0 yard personal foul off-setting accepted, FLORIDA ST penalty 0 yard personal foul off-setting, clock 14:01. accepted. | | |
| 2nd and 6 at NCST 29 | Toney Baker rush over left end for 10 yards to the NCSt 39, tackled by Dekoda Watson and Nick Moody for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at NCST 39 | Toney Baker rush up the middle for 4 yards to the NCSt 43, tackled by Brandon Jenkins. | | |
| 2nd and 6 at NCST 43 | Steven Howard rush right for 2 yards to the NCSt 45, tackled by Korey Mangum out-of-bounds. | | |
| 3rd and 4 at NCST 45 | Russell Wilson sideline pass incomplete to N/A. | | |
| 4th and 4 at NCST 45 | Jeff Ruiz punt for 41 yards, returned by Greg Reid for 6 yards to the FlaSt 10, tackled by Clem Johnson and Taylor Gentry, FLORIDA ST penalty 10 yard holding on N/A accepted. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: NCS drive: 7 plays 32 yards, 02:36 NCS PUNT |
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| Florida State at 12:24 | NCST | FSU |
| 1st and 10 at FSU 10 | Jermaine Thomas rush left for no gain to the FlaSt 10, tackled by Willie Young, FLORIDA ST penalty holding declined. | 0 | 0 |
| 2nd and 10 at FSU 10 | Christian Ponder screen pass complete to Bert Reed for 8 yards to the FlaSt 18, tackled by Clem Johnson. | | |
| 3rd and 2 at FSU 18 | Christian Ponder scramble for 3 yards to the FlaSt 21 for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at FSU 21 | Christian Ponder slant pass incomplete to Willie Haulstead. | | |
| 2nd and 10 at FSU 21 | Christian Ponder post pass incomplete to Bert Reed. | | |
| 3rd and 10 at FSU 21 | NC STATE penalty 0 yard offside defense off-setting accepted, FLORIDA ST penalty 0 yard holding off-setting, NO PLAY. accepted, no play. | | |
| 3rd and 10 at FSU 21 | Christian Ponder deep in pass incomplete to Bert Reed. | | |
| 4th and 10 at FSU 21 | Team punt by Hans Rice II, downed at the NCSt 44. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: FS drive: 6 plays 11 yards, 02:11 FS PUNT |
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| North Carolina State at 10:10 | NCST | FSU |
| 1st and 10 at NCST 44 | Jamelle Eugene rush left for 1 yard to the NCSt 45, tackled by Justin Mincey. | 0 | 0 |
| 2nd and 9 at NCST 45 | Russell Wilson sideline pass complete to Darrell Davis for 21 yards to the FlaSt 34, tackled by Kendall Smith for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at FSU 34 | Jamelle Eugene rush up the middle for 2 yards to the FlaSt 32, tackled by Kendall Smith. | | |
| 2nd and 8 at FSU 32 | Russell Wilson scramble for no gain to the FlaSt 32. | | |
| 3rd and 8 at FSU 32 | Russell Wilson sacked by Everett Dawkins for a loss of 9 yards to the FlaSt 41. | | |
| 4th and 17 at FSU 41 | Jeff Ruiz punt for 39 yards, punt out-of-bounds at the FlaSt 2. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: NCS drive: 5 plays 15 yards, 03:19 NCS PUNT |
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| Florida State at 7:19 | NCST | FSU |
| 1st and 10 at FSU 2 | Christian Ponder deep out pass complete to Jarmon Fortson for 18 yards to the FlaSt 20 out-of-bounds for a 1ST down. | 0 | 0 |
| 1st and 10 at FSU 20 | Jermaine Thomas rush left for 6 yards to the FlaSt 26, tackled by Audie Cole. | | |
| 2nd and 4 at FSU 26 | Christian Ponder rush quarterback draw for 11 yards to the FlaSt 37, tackled by C.J. Wilson and Clem Johnson for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at FSU 37 | Christian Ponder screen pass complete to Taiwan Easterling for 8 yards to the FlaSt 45, tackled by Brandan Bishop out-of-bounds. | | |
| 2nd and 2 at FSU 45 | Jermaine Thomas rush right, fumbled, forced by Terrell Manning, recovered by FlaSt Jermaine Thomas at the FlaSt 45, Jermaine Thomas for 20 yards, to the NCSt 35, tackled by Clem Johnson for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at NCST 35 | Jermaine Thomas rush left for 7 yards to the NCSt 28, tackled by Leroy Burgess. | | |
| 2nd and 3 at NCST 28 | Chris Thompson rush over right guard for 5 yards to the NCSt 23, tackled by Dwayne Maddox for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at NCST 23 | Christian Ponder screen pass complete to Lonnie Pryor for 5 yards to the NCSt 18, tackled by Shea McKeen out-of-bounds. | | |
| 2nd and 5 at NCST 18 | Christian Ponder screen pass complete to Rod Owens for 3 yards to the NCSt 15, tackled by Terrell Manning out-of-bounds. | | |
| 3rd and 2 at NCST 15 | Christian Ponder rush right for 3 yards to the NCSt 12, tackled by Alan-Michael Cash for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at NCST 12 | Christian Ponder screen pass complete to Taiwan Easterling for 8 yards to the NCSt 4, tackled by Audie Cole and DeAndre Morgan. | | |
| 2nd and 2 at NCST 4 | Jermaine Thomas rush left for 4 yards for a TOUCHDOWN, NC STATE penalty offside defense declined. | 0 | 6 |
| | Dustin Hopkins extra point GOOD, NC STATE penalty offside defense declined. | 0 | 7 |
| | Dustin Hopkins kickoff for 70 yards for a touchback. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: FS drive: 12 plays 98 yards, 05:48 FS TD |
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| North Carolina State at 0:54 | NCST | FSU |
| 1st and 10 at NCST 20 | Russell Wilson post pass complete to Owen Spencer for 80 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. | 6 | 7 |
| | Josh Czajkowski extra point GOOD, FLORIDA ST penalty holding declined. | 7 | 7 |
| | Josh Czajkowski kickoff for 62 yards returned by Greg Reid, tackled by Terrell Manning for 24 yards to the FlaSt 32, tackled by Terrell Manning out-of-bounds. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: NCS drive: 1 play 80 yards, 00:14 NCS TD |
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| Florida State at 0:40 | NCST | FSU |
| 1st and 10 at FSU 32 | Christian Ponder deep pass complete to Taiwan Easterling for 39 yards to the NCSt 29, tackled by Clem Johnson for a 1ST down. | 7 | 7 |
| 1st and 10 at NCST 29 | Jermaine Thomas rush left for 14 yards to the NCSt 25, tackled by Dwayne Maddox and Brian Slay out-of-bounds, FLORIDA ST penalty 10 yard holding on Jarmon Fortson accepted. | | |
| | End of 1st Quarter | | |
North Carolina State 42, 
Florida State 45