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2015 — The 2015 Season

NC State's 2015 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final result Bowl season Lost the Belk Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +3.2 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Troy 49-21 W vs East Ken 35-0 W @ Old Dom 38-14 W @ Sout Ala 63-13 L vs Louisv 13-20 L @ Virg Tec 13-28 W @ Wake For 35-17 L vs Clemson 41-56 W @ Bost Col 24-8 L @ FSU 17-34 W vs Syracuse 42-29 L vs UNC 34-45 L @ Miss St 28-51 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2015.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2015 season's largest margin: NC State 63, South Alabama 13. A 50-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: NC State 28, Mississippi State 51. A 23-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: NC State fell to Mississippi State 28-51 in the postseason.

"Go Pack"
— NC State fanbase voice · 2015· synthesized
What it meant

2015 is a middle chapter for NC State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.