Tampa, FLA – NC State Football has accepted an invitation to play in the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl in Tampa, Fla., against Memphis from the AAC. The game will be played on Friday, Dec. 19 at 2:30 pm at Raymond James Stadium and will be broadcast on ESPN.
This is NC State’s 37th bowl qualification (17-18-1) and its 36th bowl game played. It is the Wolfpack’s 11th in head coach Dave Doeren’s 13 seasons at NC State.
It will mark the second time the Wolfpack has played in Raymond James Stadium, as NC State defeated USF, 49-17, there in a 2014 road game.