It was a rough week in the Old North State. Four of the state’s FBS teams played, and all of them—UNC, NC State, Wake Forest and App State—lost. Overall, the state was eight games under .500 for the week, as the teams with a bye week were thanking their lucky stars.
North Carolina’s record: 9-17 (90-104 overall)
Last week’s winners (ranked in order of impressiveness of the victory—a combination of opponent and performance):
- NC Central: 68-0 over Virginia Lynchburg
- Wingate: 50-0 over Barton
- Brevard: 42-9 over Greensboro
- UNC Pembroke: 67-20 over West Liberty
- Lenoir Rhyne: 24-3 over Newberry
- Winston-Salem State: 34-14 over Shaw
- Western Carolina: 30-16 over The Citadel
- Chowan: 31-27 over Shorter
- Livingstone: 24-19 over Fayetteville State
Last week’s losers (ranked in order of impressiveness, despite the result)
- Davidson: 16-14 at Dayton
- Mars Hill: 28-27 to Carson Newman
- Catawba: 36-33 to Limestone in double overtime
- Fayetteville State: 24-19 at Livingstone
- App State: 34-24 at Louisiana
- Elon: 17-10 to New Hampshire
- NC State: 24-17 to Syracuse
- UNC: 41-34 to Georgia Tech
- Shaw: 34-14 at Winston-Salem State
- Elizabeth City State: 30-0 at Virginia Union
- Barton: 50-0 at Wingate
- Greensboro: 42-9 at Brevard
- St. Andrews: 21-0 to Union Commonwealth
- NC Wesleyan: 31-9 to LaGrange
- Wake Forest: 49-14 to Clemson
- Guilford: 63-0 at Randolph-Macon
- Methodist: 42-0 to Huntingdon
Off: Duke, Charlotte, ECU, Campbell, Gardner-Webb, NC A&T, Johnson C. Smith
Remaining unbeatens (1 remaining):
Johnson C. Smith: 6-0
Winning records (10, down from 11 last week):
Duke, Lenoir Rhyne: 5-1
Wingate: 4-1
Brevard: 3-1
NC Central, Winston-Salem State, Livingstone: 5-2
Davidson: 4-2
Guilford: 3-2
Shaw: 4-3
At .500 (4, same as last week)
Charlotte, ECU, Western Carolina, Fayetteville State: 3-3
Losing records (17, same as last week):
NC State, UNC: 3-4
Chowan: 2-3
Wake Forest, App State, Catawba, Campbell, Barton, Elizabeth City State, UNC Pembroke: 2-4
Mars Hill: 1-3
Greensboro: 1-4
Gardner-Webb, Elon, NC A&T, Methodist, NC Wesleyan: 1-5
Still winless (1 remaining):
St. Andrews: 0-4
State title standings:
Wingate moved into a tie for first with a win over Barton, while Livingstone moved up with a win over Fayetteville State, knocking FSU out of the logjam at 2-0.
2-0 Duke, Guilford, Wake Forest, Wingate, Livingstone
1-0 NC Wesleyan, App State, Davidson, Lenoir-Rhyne, Brevard
2-1 UNC, Charlotte, Fayetteville State
2-2 NC Central
1-1 NC State, Campbell, Catawba, Barton, Winston-Salem State
1-2 Methodist, NC A&T, Elon, Western Carolina, Shaw
1-3 Elizabeth City State
0-1 Gardner-Webb, Mars Hill
0-2 ECU, Chowan, UNC Pembroke
0-3 Greensboro
State title games this week:
Lenoir-Rhyne at Barton
Winston-Salem State at Livingstone
Shaw at Johnson C. Smith
Out of state battles for Week Eight:
Florida State at Duke (Friday), Wake Forest at UConn, NC State at Cal, Charlotte at Navy, ECU at Army, Campbell at William & Mary, Stetson at Davidson, Western Carolina at Furman, Elon at Albany, Lindenwood at Gardner-Webb, Hampton at NC A&T, Wingate at Limestone, Newberry at Catawba, West Florida at Chowan, Virginia State at Elizabeth City State, Tusculum at Mars Hill, UNC Pembroke at Fairmont State, LaGrange at Brevard, Belhaven at Greensboro, Washington and Lee at Guilford, Southern Virginia at Methodist, Point at St. Andrews
Off: UNC, App State, NC Central, Fayetteville State, NC Wesleyan
Bad neighbors: Virginia schools are now 21-10 against N.C. schools. North Carolina has a winning record against South Carolina (10-8) and is break-even (4-4) against Georgia.
All-state performances for Week Seven:
Quarterback: Colin Johnson, UNC-Pembroke, 29-for-43, 514 yards, 7 TD
Running backs; Kanye Roberts, App State, 26 carries for 148 yards, Mason Sheron, Davidson, 22 rushes for 152 yards and 2 touchdowns,
Receiver: Zion Booker, Western Carolina, 6 catches, 102 yards, touchdown, Jakobe Lane, Chowan, 11 catches, 151 yards, 2 touchdowns.
Defensive line: Matthew Leavelle, NC Central, after starting the season as a tight end, he had 6 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble. Josh Johnson, Elon, 5 tackles, 4 solos, 2.5 TFL, 1 sack, 1 forced fumble.
Linebacker: Dontorian Best, Wingate, 5 tackles, 1 solo, 0.5 TFL, half a sack, 1 fumble recovery, 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, Jaelin Willis, Lenoir-Rhyne, 3 tackles, 0.5 TFL, interception and 21-yard return, 2 quarterback hits.
Defensive back: Dominic Njoku, Davidson, 15 tackles, 11 solo stops, 1 TFL, Nic Cheeley, Lenoir-Rhyne, 6 tackles, 4 solo, interception and 30-yard return
Special teams: Bryson Sims, Catawba, 4 field goals and 15 points.
