For the 12th time in program history, N.C. State Wolfpack football will open a college football season against in-state rival East Carolina .

The Wolfpack and Pirates kick off on Thursday (7 p.m., ACC Network) at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh. This will be the first time N.C. State has opened a season with the team it last played in the previous year. Head coach Blake Harrell, who is in his first full season at ECU, led the Pirates to a victory against the Pack in the 2024 Military Bowl.

The last two games in the series, which N.C. State leads 19-14, have been decided by five or fewer points. But the Wolfpack has dominated ECU in its last two games against the Pirates at Carter-Finley Stadium, winning by an average margin of nearly 42 points.

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