Terry Harvey passed for one touchdown and set up another just over 3 minutes later with a 62-yard completion as No. 23 North Carolina State rallied to beat Mississippi State 28-24 in the Peach Bowl on Sunday night.

Harvey connected with Dallas Dickerson on a 3-yard scoring pass with 1:12 left in the third quarter and then ran for a 2-point conversion that tied the game at 21.

After State failed to get a first down, Harvey took the Wolfpack (9-3) 80 yards in four plays, with Carlos King getting the final 11 yards with 13:06 to play. The key play in the drive was Harvey’s 62-yard pass to Jimmy Grissett to the Mississippi State 13.

Grissett made the catch at the Bulldogs 45 between defenders, who collided, allowing Grissett to race away before being knocked out of bounds by Clay Mack.

Mississippi State (8-4) reached the Wolfpack 28 in the closing minutes, but couldn’t overcome a 15-yard penalty for an offensive face mask violation.

The Bulldogs, a one-touchdown favorite, had numerous opportunities to take control, but had to settle for five field goals by Tim Rogers, covering 37, 21, 29, 36 and 30 yards.

Mississippi State broke a 13-13 halftime tie early in the third quarter when Andre Bennett blocked Chad Robson’s punt from the Wolfpack 39. The ball ended up in the end zone, where Robson fought off Bulldogs defenders for the recovery that gave Mississippi State a safety.

Keffer McGee’s 50-yard return with the free kick to the 15 was wasted as Mississippi State settled for a field goal. Four plays later, Larry Williams sacked Harvey, forcing and recovering a fumble at the Wolfpack 21. Once again, the Bulldogs had to settle for a field goal and a 21-13 lead with 8:36 left in the period.

Harvey then engineered the scoring drives of 69 and 80 yards that lifted the Wolfpack to victory. Harvey had a 13-yard run on a thirdand-9 play at the Mississippi State 18 three plays before finding Dickerson in the left side of the end zone for the touchdown.

N.C. State 28, Miss. State 24

Mississippi St. 6 7 8 3 - 24

N. Carolina St. 7 6 8 7 - 28

MSUFG Rogers 37 NCSStephens 1 run (Videtich kick) MSUFG Rogers 21 NCSFG Videtich 45 MSUM.Davis 11 run (Rogers kick) NCSFG Videtich 36 MSUSafety, punt blocked in end zone MSUFG Rogers 29 MSUFG Rogers 36 NCSDickerson 3 pass from Harvey (Harvey run) NCSKing 11 run (Videtich kick) MSUFG Rogers 30

A-64,902.

MSU NCSt First downs 16 20 Rushes-yards 35-117 48-172 Passing 185 164 Return Yards 101 0 Comp-Att-Int 14-29-0 14-25-1 Punts 3-53 3-48 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 6-53 2-15 Time of Possession 26:49 33:11

RUSHINGMississippi St., Bouie 12-51, Davis 13-51, Moulds 2-10, McCrary 3-10, Clark 2-(minus 1), Taite 3-(minus 4). N. Carolina St., Stephens 21-105, King 6-38, Brown 7-25, Hill 1-4, Bender 2-3, Fitzgerald 3-3, Harvey 7-0, Grissett 1-(minus 6).

PASSINGMississippi St., Taite 13-28-0-141, Clark 1-1-0-44. N. Carolina St., Harvey 11-18-0-139, Bender 3-7-1-25.

RECEIVINGMississippi St., C.Jones 3-39, McCrary 3-39, Watkins 3-20, McGee 2-62, Bouie 1-11, M. Brown 1-9, Moulds 1-5. N. Carolina St., Dickerson 3-31, Grissett 2-68, Guffie 2-30, King 2-9, Fitzgerald 2-5, Stephens 1-9, Thomas 1-8, Hill 1-4.