Steve Videtich kicked a tie-breaking 46-yard field goal with 6:50 remaining and Terry Jordan added a clinching 5-yard touchdown pass as North Carolina State beat No. 16 Iowa 24-14 Saturday night in the Kickoff Classic.
Videtich, a sophomore, gave N.C. State a 17-14 lead by connecting on his first collegiate field goal attempt. The Wolfpack regained possession on an interception by Mike Reid and drove 34 yards for the clinching score - a 5-yard pass from Jordan to Eddie Goines with 1:53 remaining.Jordan, who missed seven games last season with a broken left arm, completed 15 of 24 passes for 160 yards and one touchdown. The senior also rushed 13 times for 71 yards in the season opener for both teams.
It was the second Kickoff Classic defeat for Iowa, which lost the 1987 game to Tennessee 23-22. N.C. State was playing in its first Kickoff Classic.
After a wide-open first half that ended in a 14-14 tie, the game turned into a defensive struggle for most of the second half.
N.C. State scored in the opening half on a 2-yard run by Gary Downs and a 49-yard dash by Anthony Barbour - the longest run in the 10-year history of the Kickoff Classic.
Both of Iowa's touchdowns came on second-quarter passes from Jim Hartlieb to Danan Hughes, who set a school record for career TD receptions with 17. Hughes, who comes from nearby Bayonne, N.J., had scoring catches of 23 and 9 yards.
Hartlieb, whose brother, Chuck, quarterbacked Iowa in the 1987 Kickoff Classic, completed 22 of 34 passes for 212 yards with two interceptions.