Duke beat UNC to retain the Victory Bell, Wake Forest won for the eighth time, and Appalachian State edged Marshall during a busy Week 13 of the North Carolina college football season. Elon, North Carolina Central and Western Carolina captured victories on the final day of FCS games for 2025.
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Updated: November 22, 2025 | 11:50 p.m.
🔥 Week 13 North Carolina Games (By Kickoff Time)
12:00 PM Kickoffs
Wake Forest 52, Delaware 14
🗞️ The Demon Deacons’ breakout season continues with a lopsided win over one of FBS’ newest members. Robby Ashford threw three TD passes, and the Deacs improved to 8-3 heading into its finale against Duke. Wake has now won its last three and six of the last seven.
North Carolina Central 33, Morgan State 14
🗞️ Walker Harris threw for 264 yards and two touchdowns, helping NCCU finish on a strong note at 8-4. Harris recorded 3,214 passing yards in 2025, a new single-season school record. Chris Mosley rushed for 86 yards and a score, giving him 915 rushing yards for the season. Refeno Vangates had a 92-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and caught one of Harris’ TD throws.
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Western Carolina 48, VMI 6
🗞️ Quarterback Taron Dickens broke the Southern Conference single-season record for touchdown pass, throwing 3 against VMI to give him 38 total. Dickens, who missed the first three games, completed 28-of-40 passes for 332 yards. The previous SoCon record for TD passes was 36. Dickens also rushed for a score, helping the Catamounts finish and up-and-down year 7-5.
12:45 PM
Georgia 35, Charlotte 3
🗞️ Freshman Bo Walker rushed for three TDs, and Nate Frazier added two more scores to lead the Bulldogs to their 10th win. Charlotte dropped to 1-10, playing in front of 93,000+ fans. Liam Boyd notched the 49ers’ only points with a 42-yard field goal, set up by a Ja’Qurious Conley interception.
1:00 PM
Towson 35, Campbell 31
🗞️ Campbell saw yet another fourth-quarter lead slip away, falling to 1-6 on the season in one-score games. The Camels led 31-21 with 11:54 to play after an 8-yard Ethan Lawrence touchdown run. But Towson answered with a pair of TD passes, including the go-ahead score with 0:38 left – an 18-yard Andrew Indorf-to-Cleveland Charlton TD play.
Dayton 42 Davidson 14
🗞️ Dayton picked off three passes and built a 35-0 lead en route to its seventh win. Davidson concludes the first season of the Saj Thakkar coaching era with a 2-10 record. Ivan Hoyt and Langston Green caught TD throws from Coulter Cleland for the Wildcats’ only points.
1:30 PM
Western Illinois 29, Gardner-Webb 24
🗞️ Markell Holman rushed for 137 yards and a touchdown, helping Western Illinois thwart the Runnin’ Bulldogs’ quest for an eighth win on the season. Cason Carswell threw two TD passes and rushed for another score. Gardner-Webb engineered a 14-play, 85-yard drive in the final two minutes to get in position for the win. But the clock ran out after a pass play took the Bulldogs to the 5-yard-line.
2:00 PM
Elon 55, North Carolina A&T 17
🗞️ Quarterback Landen Clark had an electric season finale, throwing four touchdown passes and rushing for two scores, including an 86-yarder. He passed for 231 yards and ran for 105 more on 14 attempts. Isaiah Fuhrmann caught two of Clark’s scoring throws and finished with 111 yards in receptions. Dan Frederick had a 101-yard rushing game and a TD.
Elon finishes 6-6 for the second year in a row, while A&T falls to 2-10. Nelson Layne connected with Michael Carlock-Williams for a pair of A&T passing touchdowns.
2:30 PM
Appalachian State 26, Marshall 24
🗞️ Bowl eligibility is still within reach for the Mountaineers, who improved to 5-6. Dominic De Freitas made what would be the game-winning field goal with 2:02 left. Colton Phares forced and recovered a fumble to end Marshall’s final threat with 55 seconds to go. Read our full recap ->
3:30 PM
UTSA 58, East Carolina 24
🗞️ UTSA knocked ECU out of the American Conference title conversation, rolling up a big win over the Pirates in San Antonio. Owen McCown threw five touchdown passes for the Roadrunners, who led 34-3 at the half and 44-10 after three quarters. Katin Houser threw for 241 yards and two scores, while Anthony Smith recorded 143 receiving yards and a touchdown for ECU.
Duke 32, North Carolina 25
🗞️ The Blue Devils will keep the Victory Bell for the second-straight year, scoring with just over two minutes left to overtake the rival Tar Heels. Anderson Castle’s winning 1-yard touchdown run was set up by a 26-yard fake field-goal run by placekicker Todd Pelino. Duke (6-5) reaches bowl eligibility and assures North Carolina (4-7) that it will not reach the magic six-win mark to make the post-season.
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Week 13 FBS Scores
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 | Delaware | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | Final | |
 | Wake Forest | 15 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 52 | ACC Network | |
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 | Charlotte | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Final | |
 | Georgia | 14 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 35 | SEC Network | |
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 | Marshall | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 24 | Final | |
 | App State | 3 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 26 | ESPN+ | |
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 | East Carolina | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 | Final | |
 | UTSA | 14 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 58 | ESPN+ | |
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 | Duke | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 32 | Final | |
 | UNC | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 25 | ACC Network |
Week 13 FCS Scores
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 | NC Central | 10 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 33 | Final | |
 | Morgan State | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | ESPN+ | |
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 | WCU | 10 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 48 | Final | |
 | VMI | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ESPN+ | |
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 | Campbell | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 31 | Final | |
 | Towson | 7 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 35 | FloFootball | |
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 | Dayton | 13 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 42 | Final | |
 | Davidson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | ESPN+ | |
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 | Western Illinois | 7 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 29 | Final | |
 | Gardner-Webb | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 24 | ESPN+ | |
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 | NC A&T | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 | Final | |
 | Elon | 17 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 55 | FloFootball |
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