N.C. State 34, East Carolina 20

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	21	21
Total Yards	384	326
Passing	335	254
Rushing	49	72
Penalties	7-54	4-49
3rd Down Conversions	7-17	6-19
4th Down Conversions	0-2	2-4
Turnovers	2	2
Possession	28:54	31:06

Air/Ground Leaders
North Carolina State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Evans 29/44 335 3 1	East Carolina Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Kass 28/50 254 1 1 Pinkney 0/2 0 0 0
North Carolina State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Eugene 22 63 0 25 Hauschka 1 -3 0 0	East Carolina Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Johnson 19 63 1 11 Dodge 1 9 0 9
North Carolina State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Bowens 5 93 0 32 Stone 2 74 0 38	East Carolina Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Henry 7 64 0 20 Bryant 4 54 1 18

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				NCST	ECU
	TD	01:20	Darrell Davis 37 Yd Pass From Daniel Evans (Steven Hauschka Kick) Drive: 8 plays, 71 yds, 2:48	7	0
	TD	01:09	John Dunlap 21 Yd Pass From Daniel Evans (Steven Hauschka Kick) Drive: 1 plays, 21 yds, :06	14	0
SECOND QUARTER				NCST	ECU
	TD	12:54	J.C. Neal 20 Yd Return Of Blocked Punt (Steven Hauschka Kick)	21	0
	TD	08:02	Chris Johnson 1 Yd Run (Ben Hartman Kick) Drive: 7 plays, 23 yds, 2:41	21	7
	TD	00:23	Jamar Bryant 18 Yd Pass From Rob Kass (Ben Hartman Kick) Drive: 7 plays, 72 yds, :49	21	14
	FG	00:00	Ben Hartman 47 Yd Drive: 3 plays, 11 yds, :23	21	17
THIRD QUARTER				NCST	ECU
	FG	05:13	Ben Hartman 29 Yd Drive: 9 plays, 47 yds, 4:42	21	20
FOURTH QUARTER				NCST	ECU
	FG	12:42	Steven Hauschka 41 Yd Drive: 10 plays, 58 yds, 3:50	24	20
	TD	08:32	Jamelle Eugene 15 Yd Pass From Daniel Evans (Steven Hauschka Kick) Drive: 6 plays, 32 yds, 3:11	31	20
	FG	02:47	Steven Hauschka 21 Yd Drive: 6 plays, 49 yds, 2:28	34	20

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Daniel Evans threw for 335 yards and three touchdowns while North Carolina State built a 21-point first-half lead before holding on to beat East Carolina 34-20 on Saturday night.

Jamelle Eugene, John Dunlap and Darrell Davis had scoring catches for the Wolfpack (2-5), who beat a Football Bowl Subdivision team for the first time in more than a year. J.C. Neal also returned a blocked punt for a touchdown as N.C. State got a rare taste of success in its first year under coach Tom O'Brien.

Still, it wasn't easy. The Wolfpack nearly blew a 21-0 lead amid a familiar array of miscues before getting Eugene's fourth-quarter score to finally get some breathing room.

It was a disappointing loss for the Pirates (4-4), a program that lives in the shadows of the headline-grabbing Atlantic Coast Conference schools to the west. East Carolina had already taken down one of those schools here this season, beating North Carolina on a last-play field goal in September.

And while Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium was full of respect-starved fans eager to beat another ACC school, N.C. State wouldn't let it happen.

Evans completed 29 of 44 passes to lead the offense, while Eugene rushed for 63 yards as the Wolfpack stopped a 12-game losing streak to former Division I-A programs. N.C. State's last Football Bowl Subdivision win was against Florida State on Oct. 5, 2006.

East Carolina got as close as 21-20 entering the final quarter, but Evans responded by directing consecutive scoring drives. On the first, the Wolfpack went 58 yards before getting a 41-yard field goal from Steven Hauschka with 12:42 left.

Then, after DeMario Pressley intercepted a tipped pass to get the ball back, Evans found Eugene for a perfectly thrown 15-yard touchdown that made it 31-20 with 8:32 left.

Just about everything had gone wrong in O'Brien's first season as Wolfpack coach, from an unlucky string of injuries to having the nation's worst turnover margin. And that problem surfaced again to undo a fantastic start.

After converting an East Carolina turnover into a quick touchdown pass and scoring on a blocked punt for the 21-0 lead, the Wolfpack gave most of that right back before the break. Evans started with an interception in Wolfpack territory that led to the Chris Johnson's 1-yard fourth-down run for the Pirates midway through the second quarter.

Then, after the Wolfpack failed to convert on a questionable fake field goal call, Rob Kass directed a quick 72-yard drive that ended with his 18-yard TD pass to Jamar Bryant with 23 seconds left. And finally, Donald Bowens fumbled the ensuing kickoff to set up Ben Hartman's 47-yard field goal as time expired to make it 21-17 at the break.

Kass threw for 254 yards and a score for the Pirates, while Johnson ran for 63 yards.