The North Carolina FCS college football slate features five games this weekend, two teams celebrating homecoming and two taking a break from game action.
[UPDATED: All FCS games are complete. Scroll below to view scores and read our wrap-up].
Gardner-Webb will welcome UT Martin, while Campbell entertains New Hampshire in a pair of homecoming contests. Western Carolina travels south to The Citadel for a key Southern Conference match-up. Elon goes north to William & Mary, while Davidson heads to Iowa to face Drake.
North Carolina Central and North Carolina A&T both are idle, resting up for the stretch run in their respective conferences.
Follow our Game Day thread for live updates and scores from today’s North Carolina FCS football action. Bookmark and check back throughout the weekend. We’ll add quick hitters, recaps and top performers.
🔗 Jump To: Live FCS Scoreboard | Wrap-Up
🏆 More Scores: Full North Carolina College Scoreboard
🏈 Game Day Required Reading
FCS SPOTLIGHT GAME: Preview Gardner-Webb’s Saturday afternoon matchup with UT Martin in OVC/Big South action.
WHO MADE THE FABULOUS 15? Check out our latest statewide college football rankings to see where Duke, NCSU and ECU landed this week.
WEEK 7 AWARD WINNERS: NC A&T’s Andrew Brown was our Special Teams Player of the Week, while WCU’s Ken Moore Jr. earned Defensive Player of the Week.
📊 Live Scoreboard: North Carolina FCS Football
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 | Davidson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Final | |
 | Drake | 21 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 45 | ESPN+ | |
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 | UT Martin | 10 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 37 | Final | |
 | Gardner-Webb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | ESPN+ | |
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 | WCU | 7 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 45 | Final | |
 | The Citadel | 14 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 38 | ESPN+ | |
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 | Elon | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 | Final | |
 | William & Mary | 0 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 26 | FloFootball | |
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 | New Hampshire | 0 | 6 | 3 | 15 | ` | 24 | Final |
 | Campbell | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | FloFootball |
✅ North Carolina FCS Wrap-Up
Overall it was a rough day for North Carolina’s FCS contingent as our teams posted a collective 1-4 record. Here are takeaways:
🏆 Biggest Win of the Day
Well, there was only one win today from a North Carolina FCS team: Western Carolina’s 45-38 triumph at The Citadel. And it was big. The Catamounts won for the fifth time in a row, drawing even with Mercer at 4-0 in the Southern Conference standings.
The Catamounts trailed much of the first half, 7-0, 14-7 and 17-14. Markel Townsend’s 7-yard touchdown run with 1:56 left in the opening half gave WCU the lead for keeps (21-17). Western Carolina stretched its advantage to 14 points on multiple occasions before The Citadel scored late for the final margin.
WCU heads into a bye week to close out the month, then it’s a four-game race for the SoCon title. The Catamounts play at Chattanooga on Nov. 1, then host Mercer the following week.
💪 Standout Performance
We’re starting to sound like a broken record, but WCU quarterback Taron Dickens belongs in this spot again. Dickens completed 28-of-33 passes for 369 yards and five touchdowns. Malik Knight and James Tyre proved Dickens favorite targets. Both enjoyed 100+ yard receiving days.
⚡ Biggest Upset
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