Florida State’s homecoming game against NC State now has a kickoff time and a TV home.
The Seminoles and Wolfpack will meet at 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, Nov. 21, at Doak Campbell Stadium, with the ACC Network carrying the broadcast, the conference announced Monday.
It’s the last ACC game on Florida State’s regular-season slate. The Seminoles head to Pitt this Friday, then finish with a pair of home games against NC State and Florida.
Florida State has owned the series overall, leading 27-17 and holding a 16-6 edge at home against NC State. But the recent run has gone the Wolfpack’s way: NC State has won the last four meetings. The Wolfpack’s most recent trip to Tallahassee came in 2021, when they won there, and Florida State’s last victory in the series came in 2019.
Last season’s meeting in North Carolina turned on special teams chaos. NC State recovered two punts that touched FSU players, then turned the second takeaway into a touchdown on the way to a 21-11 win.
There’s plenty of change around both programs heading into this one. Florida State fired Mike Norvell in November and turned to interim head coach Rick Stockstill, who won his first game at Boston College. NC State made its own coaching move in October, parting ways with Dave Doeren and promoting running backs coach and special teams coordinator Todd Goebbel as interim head coach for the rest of the season.
Goebbel opened with a win over California before the Wolfpack dropped a game to Duke. NC State enters at 4-5 overall and 2-4 in ACC play, and it will host Syracuse before making the trip to Tallahassee.
The Nov. 21 game will also serve as Florida State’s annual Seminole Heritage game, which highlights the university’s relationship with the Seminole Tribe of Florida. FSU has won all three of its Seminole Heritage games, and this year’s event will also mark the university’s 175th anniversary.
The homecoming parade is set for 3:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, at the Donald L.
Tucker Civic Center. A free carnival at the Main Campus Fields will include Seminole Tribe demonstrations and performances by the Marching Chiefs, and Flo Rida will cap Friday’s festivities with a free concert for FSU students at Dick Howser Stadium.
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