RALEIGH — It’s something N.C. State football coach Dave Doeren has consistently mentioned throughout the 2025 season.

It’s also something the Wolfpack had failed to do until its 48-36 win against No. 7 Georgia Tech on Saturday, Nov. 1, at Carter-Finley Stadium.

For the first time through nine games, the Wolfpack (5-4, 2-3 ACC) played complementary football, doing just enough defensively to help its red-hot offense keep the Yellow Jackets (8-1, 5-1) in catch-up mode.

“When we play complementary football, 11-man football, guys doing their job and answering the call when they need to, we’re a really good football team,” Doeren said after the second top-10 win during his 13 seasons at N.C. State.

“It’s unfortunate it’s taken us a while to play a whole game that way. We haven’t, oth

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