Syracuse (4-1, 1-1 ACC) continues its three game October road trip with a meeting against conference rival North Carolina State (3-3, 0-2) Saturday night, the Orange playing their first outdoor game of the season.

Opponent: NC State Wolfpack

Date & Time: Saturday, Oct. 12, 8:00 p.m.

Location: Carter-Finley Stadium, Raleigh, North Carolina

TV: ACC Network

Winning on the road in ACC play is something that Syracuse has historically struggled mightily under previous head coaches Scott Shafer and Dino Babers, sporting a miserable 10-35 mark in eleven conference seasons.

Now, it's Fran Brown's turn at bat in road conference matchups starting Saturday evening, coming off a gutsy OT win in his first true road game as head coach last week at UNLV. If there's anything we've already learned only five games into Coach Fran's rookie season, SU will be ready to play four quarters of football, especially the moments when the game might be on the line.

If you squinted during the fourth quarter of NC State's 34-30 loss to Wake Forest last Saturday, Demon Deacons running back Demond Claiborne looked a lot like the Orange's LeQuint Allen running and catching the football with success and late game touchdowns to defeat State, just as Allen did the night before including the game-winning run in OT against the Rebels.

SU will be looking for a similar performance from Allen against the Wolfpack to counter its prolific passing offense guided by Kyle McCord.

The Orange are ranked second in the nation in average yardage (369 per game), along with scoring 36 points per game, against a 'Pack defense that has given up an average of 26 points to opponents in its 3-3 start.

With State's starting quarterback Grayson McCall sidelined indefinitely after being knocked out early in the Wake Forest game, backup CJ Bailey will be the focus of the 'Cuse defense. He passed for 272 yards and two touchdowns, but threw a costly interception on the final drive against Wake to seal the close loss.

Syracuse won its first ACC road game at NC State under Shafer in 2013, but has lost all four of the subsequent games in Raleigh at the usually raucous Carter-Finley Stadium. This year we see the different vibe of Brown's handprints on a team that believes in itself during good and bad in-game moments, and just so happens to have an offense that can light up with points. In another game with a fun fourth quarter Syracuse outlasts NC State 38-31.

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