The NC State football team added a trio of future home-and-home matchups with out-of-conference opponents Tuesday, according to a press release from NC State Athletics.
The Wolfpack will host both Texas Tech of the Big 12 and Connecticut of the American Athletic Conference at Carter-Finley Stadium in 2022. NC State will make its way to East Hartford, Connecticut to take on the Huskies the following season in 2023, while the Red Raiders will host the Pack in Lubbock, Texas in 2027.
In 2026, the Wolfpack will play the first of a two-game series with Vanderbilt, of the Southeastern Conference, in Nashville, Tennessee, and then host the Commodores at Carter-Finley Stadium in 2028.
The Huskies and Wolfpack have met twice previously, with the most recent game coming in 2012 in East Hartford, which State won 10-7. The Pack won the only other matchup, 34-27, in a 2003 meeting in Raleigh.
NC State has been more successful against Texas Tech, winning four out of five all-time games, including a 49-21 drubbing of the Red Raiders in 2003 at Carter-Finley Stadium. The 2002 matchup was one of the greatest games in NC State history, as the Wolfpack, led by a record five-touchdown performance from running back T.A. McLendon and Philip Rivers at quarterback, won 51-48 in overtime.
The Pack has lost both previous games against Vanderbilt, including a 38-24 defeat in the 2012 Music City Bowl at Nissan Stadium (formerly L.P. Field) in Nashville, Tennessee. The 2012 matchup was State’s last game before current head coach Dave Doeren took over the program.