What it was, was football: Week 6

A weekly look at North Carolina college football

October 14, 2024 Shawn Krest Article, College Football, Sports
Wake Forest's Evan Slocum (7) runs back a fumble and tries to avoid NC State's Dante Daniels (87) during the first half of the Deacs’ win in Raleigh. (Karl B DeBlaker / AP Photo)

The state broke even last week, going 15-15. That’s two straight weeks without a losing record for North Carolina’s 33 college football teams.

Schedule havoc: A week after the storm, Helene continued to impact college football. Catawba’s game at Anderson, SC was moved to a home game and rescheduled for Sunday. Western Carolina’s game with Wofford was played with no fans in the stands.

North Carolina’s record: 15-15 (81-87 overall)

Last week’s winners (ranked in order of impressiveness of the victory—a combination of opponent and performance):

  1. NC Central: 45-14 at Campbell
  2. Wingate: 33-0 at UVA-Wise
  3. Brevard: 55-21 at Southern Virginia
  4. Mars Hill: 34-9 at Newberry
  5. Wake Forest: 34-30 at NC State
  6. UNC Pembroke: 35-32 at Wheeling
  7. Charlotte: 55-24 over ECU
  8. Davidson: 42-19 over Marist
  9. Shaw: 35-17 over Bluefield
  10. Western Carolina: 21-17 over Wofford
  11. Livingstone: 23-17 over Elizabeth City State
  12. Johnson C. Smith: 21-17 over Virginia State
  13. Fayetteville State: 27-24 over Bowie State
  14. NC Wesleyan: 19-17 over Methodist
  15. Catawba: 44-41 over Anderson in overtime

Last week’s losers (ranked in order of impressiveness, despite the result):

  1. NC A&T: 20-17 at Richmond
  2. Methodist: 19-17 at NC Wesleyan
  3. Elizabeth City State: 23-17 at Livingstone
  4. Duke: 24-14 at Georgia Tech
  5. Lenoir-Rhyne: 31-20 at Emory & Henry
  6. Barton: 28-17 at Carson-Newman
  7. Winston-Salem State: 31-13 at Virginia Union
  8. App State: 52-37 at Marshall
  9. UNC: 34-24 to Pitt
  10. NC State: 34-30 to Wake Forest
  11. Gardner-Webb: 35-17 at UT Martin
  12. Guilford: 31-0 at Hampden-Sydney
  13. East Carolina: 55-24 at Charlotte
  14. Campbell: 45-14 to NC Central
  15. Chowan: 54-9 at Delta State

 

Off: Elon, Greensboro, St. Andrews

 

Remaining unbeatens (1 remaining, down from 4 last week): Duke. Lenoir-Rhyne and Guilford all lost over the weekend.

Johnson C. Smith: 6-0

 

Winning records (11, up from 9 last week):

Duke: 5-1

Davidson, Lenoir-Rhyne: 4-1

Livingstone, NC Central, Shaw, Winston-Salem State: 4-2

Fayetteville State: 3-2

Guilford, Wingate: 3-1

Brevard: 2-1

 

At .500 (4, down from 5 last week)

Charlotte, ECU, NC State, UNC: 3-3

 

Losing records (17, up from 11 last week):

Western Carolina, App State, Wake Forest, Western Carolina, Barton, Catawba, Elizabeth City State: 2-3

Campbell: 2-4

Mars Hill: 1-2

Greensboro, Chowan: 1-3

NC Wesleyan, Elon, UNC Pembroke, Methodist: 1-4

Gardner-Webb, NC A&T: 1-5

 

 

Still winless (1, down from 4 last week):

St. Andrews: 0-3

Mars Hill, UNC Pembroke and NC Wesleyan got off the schneid this weekend.

 

State title standings: Wake moved into a tie for first with a win over state, Central beat Campbell, Charlotte blew out ECU, Limestone beat ECSU and NC Wesleyan got the win over Methodist to shake up the standings.

2-0         Duke, Guilford, Fayetteville State, Wake Forest

  • NC Wesleyan, App State, Wingate, Davidson, Barton, Lenoir-Rhyne, Livingstone

2-1         UNC, Charlotte

2-2         NC Central

1-1         NC State, Campbell, Shaw, Catawba

1-2         Methodist, NC A&T, Elon, Western Carolina

1-3         Elizabeth City State

0-1         Gardner-Webb, Winston-Salem State, Mars Hill

0-2         ECU, Chowan, UNC Pembroke, Greensboro

 

State title games this week:

Barton at Wingate

Fayetteville State at Livingstone

Shaw at Winston-Salem State

Greensboro at Brevard

 

Out of state battles for Week Seven:

Clemson at Wake Forest, Syracuse at NC State, Georgia Tech at UNC, Virginia Lynchburg at NC Central, App State at Louisiana, Davidson at Dayton, New Hampshire at Elon, The Citadel at Western Carolina, Limestone at Catawba, Shorter at Chowan, Elizabeth City State at Virginia Union, Newberry at Lenoir-Rhyne, Carson-Newman at Mars Hill, West Liberty at UNC Pembroke, Guilford at Randolph-Macon, Huntingdon at Methodist, LaGrange at NC Wesleyan, Union Commonwealth (KY) at St. Andrews.

Off: Duke, Campbell, Charlotte, East Carolina, Gardner-Webb, NC A&T, Johnson C. Smith,

Bad neighbors: Bluefield and Bowie State are the biggest out-of-state resume boosters for NC teams. The state has three wins against each. Virginia continues its dominance, with teams from the state having a 19-9 record against NC schools.

All-state performances for Week Six:

Quarterback: Justin Fomby, NC A&T, 22-of-27 for 261 yards, 2 touchdowns

Running backs; LJ Turner, Catawba, 35 rushes, 329 yards, 5 touchdowns, Hahsaun Wilson, Charlotte, 15 rushes for 164 yards, 3 touchdowns,

Receiver: Josiah Hayes, UNC Pembroke, 8 catches, 183 yards, 3 touchdowns, Ger-Cari Caldwell, NC A&T, 7 catches for 130 yards

Defensive line: Quantez Mansfield, NC Central, 6 tackles, 3 solo, 3.5 TFL, 2.5 sacks, Marquise Fleming, Wingate, 6 tackles, 4 solo, 3.5 TFL

Linebacker: John Tessman, Davidson, 5 tackles, 2 solo, 1 TFL, 2 pass breakups, TreShaun Harris, Elizabeth City State, 6 tackles, 2 solos, 1 fumble recovery, 1 pass breakup.

Defensive back: Tamarcus Cooley, NC State, 7 tackles, 4 solo stops, 1 sack, 1 TFL, 1 forced fumble, Dereck Barringer, Barton, 16 tackles, 4 solos.

Special teams: Darryl Taylor, NC Central, 68-yard punt return for a touchdown, Winston Wright, ECU, 94-yard kickoff return for a touchdown

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