North Carolina just missed a winning week, posting a 14-16 mark over the weekend. The first team in the state has completed its regular season schedule, as Shaw hits the clubhouse with a 6-4 mark.
Special shout-out to UNC Pembroke, who has scored 141 points in the last two weeks, outscoring opponents by 104 points.
North Carolina’s record: 14-16 (130-153 overall)
Last week’s winners (ranked in order of im141pressiveness of the victory—a combination of opponent and performance):
- Fayetteville State: 27-0 at Johnson C. Smith
- UNC: 35-11 at Florida State
- UNC Pembroke: 79-20 over West Virginia Wesleyan
- NC State: 59-28 over Stanford
- Gardner-Webb: 17-14 at Charleston Southern
- Wingate: 14-10 at Lenoir-Rhyne
- NC Wesleyan: 23-21 at Greensboro
- Brevard: 44-21 over Methodist
- Elon: 50-27 over Campbell
- Barton: 49-35 over Catawba
- App State: 28-20 over Old Dominion
- Mars Hill: 31-23 over Emory & Henry
- Shaw: 24-17 over Livingstone
- Western Carolina: 38-34 over Chattanooga
Last week’s losers (ranked in order of impressiveness, despite the result):
- NC Central: 24-21 at SC State
- Livingstone: 24-17 at Shaw
- Duke: 53-31 at Miami
- Catawba: 49-35 at Barton
- Lenoir-Rhyne: 14-10 to Wingate
- Greensboro: 23-21 to NC Wesleyan
- Guilford: 20-7 to Ferrum
- Charlotte: 34-3 to Tulane
- Campbell: 50-27 at Elon
- Methodist: 44-21 at Brevard
- Davidson: 40-13 at San Diego
- Chowan: 52-0 at Valdosta State
- Johnson C. Smith: 27-0 to Fayetteville State
- NC A&T: 45-7 to William & Mary
- Elizabeth City State: 48-6 to Bowie State
- St. Andrews: 85-26 at Kentucky Christian
Off: East Carolina, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem State
Winning records (14, up five from last week):
We lost our last remaining unbeaten team in the state as JC Smith got upset on homecoming.
Johnson C. Smith: 8-1
Wingate: 7-1
Lenoir-Rhyne: 7-2
Brevard: 5-2
Duke, NC Central, Winston-Salem State: 6-3
Shaw: 6-4
Mars Hill: 4-3
North Carolina, NC State, Davidson, Livingstone, Western Carolina: 5-4
At .500 (4, down two from last week)
App State, East Carolina, Wake Forest, Fayetteville State: 4-4
Losing records (14, down two from last week):
UNC Pembroke: 4-5
Campbell, Guilford, NC Wesleyan: 3-5
Elon, Charlotte, Gardner-Webb, Barton: 3-6
Catawba, Elizabeth City State: 2-7
Chowan: 2-6
Greensboro: 1-7
Methodist, NC A&T: 1-8
Still winless (1 remaining):
St. Andrews: 0-7
State title standings: Fayetteville State and Shaw joined the 3-win club, beating JC Smith and Livingstone, respectively. Wingate continued to pull away with a win over Lenoir-Rhyne to move to 4-0 in games against other N.C. teams. Greensboro fell to 0-4.
4-0 Wingate
2-0 Duke, Guilford, Wake Forest , Brevard, NC Wesleyan
1-0 App State, Davidson
2-1 UNC, Charlotte, Campbell, Johnson C. Smith, Lenoir-Rhyne
3-2 Fayetteville State
3-3 Shaw
2-2 NC Central, Winston-Salem State, Elon, Livingstone, Barton
1-1 NC State
1-2 Campbell, Western Carolina
1-3 Methodist, Catawba, Elizabeth City State, NC A&T
0-1 Gardner-Webb, Mars Hill
0-2 ECU, Chowan, UNC Pembroke
0-4 Greensboro
State title games this week:
Duke at NC State
Fayetteville State at Winston-Salem State
Johnson C. Smith at Livingstone
Lenoir-Rhyne at Catawba
Brevard at NC Wesleyan
Name Game:
Johnson C. Smith and Livingstone will play in the Commemorative Classic, which has been played annually since 2009. It honors the first football meeting of two HGCU’s in 1892, when JC Smith, then known as Biddle College, beat Livingstone in the snow, 5-0.
Western Carolina heads to East Tennessee State for the Blue Ridge Border Battle.
Homecoming: Three teams still have to play homecoming games, with Winston-Salem State having its game this week. NC State, Western Carolina, Elon, Shaw and Barton all played theirs this past weekend, and all of them won. So far, N.C. teams are 21-9 on homecoming weekend this season.
Senior Day: It’s that time of year, as teams wrap up their home schedules and bid farewell to the senior class. Shaw won its Senior Day game this past weekend, as did Brevard and Mars Hill. On the other side, Johnson C. Smith and Ellizabeth City State both lost on Senior Day. Teams in the state are 3-4 on senior day, with NC State, Livingstone, UNC Pembroke, Chowan, Wingate, Greensboro, ST. Andrews and NC Wesleyan all playing theirs this coming weekend.
Out of state battles for Week 11:
App State at Coastal Carolina on Thursday, Cal at Wake Forest on Friday, Richmond at Campbell, Elon at William & Mary, Morehead State at Davidson, Florida Atlantic at East Carolina, Eastern Illinois at Gardner-Webb, NC A&T at Villanova, Western Carolina at ETSU, Barton at Limestone, Newberry at Wingate, Erskine at Chowan, Elizabeth City State at Bluefield State, Mars Hill at Anderson, Frostburg State at UNC Pembroke, Maryville at Greensboro, Guilford at Averett, Bluefield at St. Andrews
Off: Charlotte, NC Central, North Carolina, Methodist
Season complete: Shaw
All-state performances for Week 10:
Quarterback: Taron Dickens, Western Carolina, after throwing just 7 passes all season, he stepped in for his first start of the year and was 34-of-48 for 431 yards and 5 touchdowns, while rushing for 41 yards.
Running backs: Rushawn Baker, Elon, 23 rushes for 154 yards, 3 touchdowns, Omarion Hampton, UNC, 32 carries for 172 yards, 4 touchdowns, 3 catches for 93 yards and a touchdown.
Receiver: Sahmir Hagans, Duke, 9 catches for 139 yards, 1 touchdown, Randall King, Campbell, 7 catches, 145 yards, 2 touchdowns.
Defensive line: Beau Atkinson, UNC, 5 tackles, 4 solo, 3.5 sacks, 4.5 TFL, Joshua Donald, App State, 4 tackles, 3 solos, 3 TFL, 2 sacks.
Linebacker: Max U’Ren, NC Central, 9 tackles, 3 solo, interception and 47-yard return, Brendan Harrington, App State, 9 tackles, 6 solos, 1 fumble recovery.
Defensive back: Terry Moore, Duke, 9 tackles, 7 solo, 1 sack, 2 TFL, 1 forced fumble, Nasir Winston, Barton, 7 tackles, 6 solo, pass breakup, fumble recovery and 8-yard return, interception and 32-yard return for a touchdown.
Special teams: DK Kaufman, NC State, 164 yards on 3 kickoff returns, including a 91 yarder
