North Carolina A&T and North Carolina Central seek bragging rights in a fierce rivalry with more than 100 years of history. Elon’s looking to make more mountain music, while Western Carolina is looking to sing its first victory song.
[UPDATE Saturday, Sept. 20, 10:30 p.m.: The day is almost done. Scroll down for scores, storylines and top performers from a WILD day of FCS football in the Old North State].
Gardner-Webb’s head coach is heading back to his old stomping grounds to face an FBS foe, while Campbell and Davidson hope a home game under the lights will yield the first victory of 2025.
Welcome to Week 4 of North Carolina FCS football. This is your FCS Game Day thread, where we will be following the action all weekend with scoring updates, quick-hitter takeaways and top performers
Be sure to read all the way to the bottom of this post (or click Wrap-Up on the next line) to see our Best Win, Top Performer and Upset of the Day when the day is complete.
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📅 Today’s FCS Games | Saturday, Sept. 20
- 🔥 North Carolina Central 62, North Carolina A&T 20— FINAL
- Ohio 52, Gardner-Webb 35 — FINAL
- East Tennessee State 26, Elon 16 — FINAL
- Western Carolina 50, Samford 35 —FINAL
- Campbell 50, Bryant 48 (2 OT) — FINAL
- Davidson 48, Greensboro 0 — FINAL
👉 All seven of our FCS teams in action this week! Three get first wins!
⚡ Storylines To Follow Today
- Offense. Offense and More Offense (and Even More): Both Western Carolina and North Carolina Central eclipse 700 yards of total offense today. The Catamounts and Eagles are scheduled to play each other in 2027 and 2028. Can we move one of these games up to this season?
- Fly (and Run), Eagles Fly (and Run): North Carolina Central piles up 765 (!) total yards en route to its second-straight romp over NC A&T. Walker Harris passes for 380 yards and 3 TDs. Chris Mosley rushes for 168 yards and 3 more scores. NCCU, which scored 66 on the Aggies last season, has won four straight in the series.
- Welcome Back: WCU quarterback Taron Dickens plays for the first time this season and makes up for lost time. His final stat line is a video game: 582 passing yards, 6 TDs. Catamounts score 29 points in third quarter to pull away.
- Roll Humps, At Last: Nothing has been easy for Campbell this season. After narrow losses to Rhode Island and Furman, the Camels break through with a 2 OT thriller over Bryant. Kamden Sixkiller (perfect name for a QB) tosses five touchdown passes, while Randall King hauls in four of them.
- Winless No More: Campbell and Davidson both bag first wins of the season. Wildcats get first win of the Saj Thakkar coaching era. Coulter Cleland throws 3 TDs. Mari Adams rushes for 2.
- Delay of Game, Again: Elon can’t overcome a 2.5-hour weather delay this time, mustering just 293 yards of offense against one of the SoCon’s top teams.
- Pesky Gardner-Webb Tests Ohio: Sieh Bangura and Duncan Brune each rush for 3 TDs, propelling the FBS Ohio Bobcats to a comeback win. Gardner-Webb, coached by Cris Reisert – who hails from Ohio – led 14-3 early and 21-17 in the second quarter.
THATS A MAROOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNN
& GREYYYYYYYYYYY VICTORYYYYYY
THE EAGLES Take The 97th Eagle-Aggie Classic and in DOMINANT FASHION.
That’s 444444 in a Row.
NCCU-62
the school down the highway-20
The NCCU Offense finishes 765 Total Yards, including Chris Mosley with 5… pic.twitter.com/uvScSTYn5y — The HBCU Nightly Network (@HBCUNightly) September 20, 2025
📊 Live Scoreboard: North Carolina FCS | Sept. 20
| TOTAL | ||||||||
 | Samford | 6 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 35 | Final | |
 | WCU | 14 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 50 | ESPN+ | |
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 | Gardner-Webb | 14 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 35 | Final | |
 | Ohio | 3 | 28 | 7 | 14 | 52 | ESPN+ | |
| TOTAL | ||||||||
 | NC Central | 17 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 62 | Final | |
 | NC A&T | 0 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 20 | FloFootball | |
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 | Elon | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 16 | Final | |
 | ETSU | 3 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 26 | ESPN+ | |
| TOTAL | ||||||||
 | Bryant | 0 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 48 | Final/2OT |
 | Campbell | 7 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 50 | FloFootball |
| TOTAL | ||||||||
 | Greensboro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Final | |
 | Davidson | 14 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 48 | ESPN+ |
✅ North Carolina FCS Wrap-Up
Biggest Win of the Day
Take your pick. NCCU blew up the stat sheets (again) and blew away (again) its biggest rival. Western Carolina joined the Eagles in the 700-yard total offense club in a romp over Samford. Campbell needed double OT and 50 points but got the win against Bryant at home. If you’re not following NC FCS action, you are missing out on exciting brands of football.
Standout Performance
When we saw what NCCU’s Walker Harris (380 passing yards, 3 TDs) and Chris Mosley (258 all-purpose yards, 5 TDs) did against NC A&T, we figured they would own this spot this week. Then we watched the end of WCU-Samford. Quarterback Taron Dickens, in his first action of the season, completed 35-of-46 passes for a career-high 582 yards and 6 touchdowns. The Catamounts needed every yard and score in a shootout win in Cullowhee. Tip of the cap to Campbell QB Kamden Sixkiller (5 TD throws) and WR Randall King (4 TD receptions). Big day for stat-stuffing FCS football in our state.
Biggest Upset
We didn’t really see an upset today. But Campbell, Davidson and Western Carolina all get to celebrate getting rid of the goose egg in the win column. Maybe multiple statisticians were upset at having to do so much work logging amazing performances by WCU, NCCU and Campbell offenses.
