Davis Warren throws four touchdown passes as Stanford holds off NC State 31-28

Davis Warren threw four touchdown passes, and Stanford held off NC State 31-28 on Friday night at Stanford Stadium.

Warren completed 22 of 37 passes for 303 yards without an interception. He hit Nico Brown for touchdowns of 8 and 5 yards, Sedrick Irvin for 17 and Caden High for 26. The pass to High came with 25 seconds left in the first half and put Stanford ahead 21-14. Brown's second score, early in the third quarter, made it 28-14. High finished with nine catches for 103 yards.

Micah Ford carried 22 times for 150 yards and caught three passes for 58 more. JonAnthony Hall added three catches for 54 yards, and Brown finished with four for 43.

The Cardinal out-gained NC State 477 to 381 and had 27 first downs to 21. Neither team turned the ball over, and the time of possession split almost exactly in half, 30:01 to 29:59. Stanford ran for 174 yards on 33 carries and went 2 for 3 on fourth down.

NC State kept coming back. CJ Bailey threw a 58-yard touchdown pass to Deandre Desinor in the first quarter, and Will Wilson scored on 2-yard runs in the second and fourth quarters. NC State said Wilson's second touchdown tied the program record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback. Wilson's score on the first play of the fourth quarter cut the lead to 28-21.

Emmet Kenney's 31-yard field goal with 8:27 left pushed Stanford's lead back to 10. Bailey found Keenan Jackson for a 16-yard touchdown with 1:20 left to make it 31-28, but the Wolfpack got no closer. Bailey finished 17 of 30 for 256 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 59 yards. NC State converted 8 of 14 third downs.

Stanford is 4-4 and 2-3 in the ACC. NC State falls to 3-4 and 1-3.