RALEIGH- Dave Doeren lost only one conference game during his time at Northern Illinois.
He'll have to wait until Year 2 at N.C. State for his next shot at his first ACC victory.
The Wolfpack polished off their 0-for-the-ACC season Saturday with a 41-21 loss to a Maryland team on its way out of the conference.
Brandon Mitchell ran 3 yards for a TD and finished 21 of 31 for 200 yards with a 3-yard score to Tyler Purvis and a 5-yarder to Rashard Smith.
N.C. State (3-9, 0-8) lost its eighth straight and hasn't dropped this many in a row in the same year since 1959 - also the last time it failed to win an ACC game.
"It has been a tough, long season," said Doeren, who was 23-4 overall and 17-1 in the Mid-American Conference in two seasons at Northern Illinois before he was hired at N.C. State last December.
"I knew when I came here there were going to be challenges," he added. "But we look forward to our recruiting process, which starts (Sunday)."
What doomed the Wolfpack in this one was a five-possession stretch in which they netted zero total yards while allowing Maryland to turn a 7-0 deficit into a 27-7 lead.
C.J. Brown put on a show, rushing for a season-high 138 yards with for three touchdowns and throwing for two more for the Terrapins.
He ran for touchdowns of 49, 2 and 3 yards and was 13 of 25 for 259 yards passing with TDs of 53 yards to Nigel King and 27 to Albert Reid.