What Was Was Football: Week 9 – North State Journal

North Carolina’s teams closed out October with a losing week, although the state posted a record for wins against Virginia in the first week this season. Six teams have reached the six-win mark for the year, while eight are now six-loss.

Special congratulations to Johnson C. Smith, who is 8-0 for the first time in school history and beat Winston-Salem State on the road for the first time since 1975.

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North Carolina Record: 14-17 (total 116-137)

Last week’s winners (ranked in order of impressiveness of victory – combination of opponent and performance):

1. North Carolina: 41-14 at Virginians
2. Mars Hill: 31-17 at Virginia-Wise
3. UNC Pembroke: 62-17 over West Virginia State
4. NC Wesleyan: 34-31 at Southern Virginia
5. Johnson C. Smith: 24-15 at Winston-Salem State
6. Brevard: 25-21 at Huntingdon
7. Shaw: 38-35 at Fayetteville State
8. Wake Forest: 27-24 at Stanford
9. App Status: 33-26 over Georgia State

10. Campbell: 21-7 over NC A&T
11. Wingate: 24-15 over Catawba
12. East Carolina: 56-34 over Temple
13. NC Central: 16-7 over Morgan State
14. Lenoir-Rhyne: 21-19 over Limestone

Last week’s losers (ranked in order of impressiveness, despite the result):

1. Gardner-Webb: 30-24 at SE Missouri
2. Charlotte: 33-28 at Memphis
3. Catawba: 24-15 at Wingate
4. Western Carolina: 44-34 at Mercer
5. Elon: 41-21 at Hampton
6. NC A&T: 21-7 at Campbell
7. Duke: 28-27 to SMU in overtime
8. Fayetteville State: 38-35 to Shaw
9. Davidson: 48-38 to Butler

10. Barton: 41-25 at Newberry
11. Guilford: 42-10 at Shenandoah
12. Greensboro: 52-16 at LaGrange
13. Elizabeth City State: 21-20 over Lincoln, PA
14. Winston-Salem State: 24-15 to JC Smith
15. Methodist: 48-6 at Maryville
16. Chowan: 38-0 at West Alabama
17. St Andrews: 63-0 at Reinhardt

Off: NC State, Livingston

Remaining unbeaten (1 left):

Johnson K. Smith: 8-0

Winning entries (9, same as last week):

Lenoir-Rhyne: 7-1

Wingate: 6-1

Duke, NC Central: 6-2

Winston-Salem State: 6-3

Brevard: 4-2

Livingston, Davidson: 5-3

Shaw: 5-4

At .500 (6, two more than last week)

Western Carolina, ECU, NC State, UNC, Wake Forest: 4-4

Mars Hill: 3-3

Lost records (16, down two from last week):

Catawba, Elizabeth City State, Gardner-Webb, Barton, Elon: 2-6

Guilford, App State, Fayetteville State, Campbell: 3-4

Charlotte, UNC Pembroke: 3-5

NC Wesleyan, Chowan: 2-5

Greensboro: 1-6

NC A&T, Methodist: 1-7

Still winless (1 left):

St Andrews: 0-6

State title standings: The race for the Mack Brown Trophy is heating up. JC Smith reached a 2-0 plateau with a win over Winston-Salem State, while Wingate took sole possession of first place at 3-0 with a win over Catawba. With seven state games on Saturday’s schedule, expect another upset in the standings this time next week.

3-0 Wingate

2-0 Duke, Guilford, Wake Forest, Lenoir-Rhyne, Johnson K. Smith

1-0 NC Wesleyan, App State, Davidson, Brevard

2-1 UNC, Charlotte, Livingston, Campbell

2-2 NC Central, Fayetteville State, Winston-Salem State

1-1 NC State, Campbell

2-3 Show

1-2 Barton, Methodist, Elon, West Carolina, Catawba

1-3 Elizabeth City State, NC A&T

0-1 Gardner-Webb, Mars Hill

0-2 ECU, Chowan, UNC Pembroke

0-3 Greensboro

State title games this week:

Campbell at Elon

Livingston in Shaw

Fayetteville State at Johnson C. Smith

Catawba in Barton

Wingate in Lenoir-Rhyne

Brevard Methodist

NC Wesleyan in Greensboro

Week 10 Out-of-State Battles:

NC Central at South Carolina State on Thursday, Gardner-Webb at Charleston Southern, UNC at Florida State, Tulane at Charlotte, Old Dominion at App State, William & Mary at NC A&T, Davidson at San Diego, Stanford at NC State, Chattanooga at Western Carolina, Emory & Henry at Mars Hill, Duke at Miami, Chowan at Valdosta State, Bowie State at Elizabeth City State, West Virginia Wesleyan at UNC Pembroke, Ferrum at Guilford, St. Andrews at Kentucky Christian

Off: East Carolina, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem State

Bad neighbors: Three NC teams won at Virginia State, and Old North State had a winning record over Commonwealth, at 3-2, for the first time this season. Of course, Virginia still holds the edge on the season at 28-13.

All state performances for week nine:

Quarterback: Cole Gonzalez, Western Carolina, 25-for-47 for 395 yards and 2 touchdowns. That’s 1,015 yards over the last two weeks.

Running backs: J’Marie Taylor, NC Central, 27 carries for 200 yards and a touchdown, Xavier Pugh, Wingate, 4 carries for 140 yards and 2 touchdowns — 75 yards and 57 yards.

Receiver: Iskren Brown, Campbell, 5 catches for 150 yards and 2 touchdowns, JJ Jones, UNC, 5 catches for 129 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Defensive line: Jahvaree Ritzie, UNC, 2 tackles, 1 solo, 1 sack, 1 TFL, 1 interception return 84 yards for a pick-six Henry Daniel, NC A&T, 9 tackles, 4 solo, 3 TFL, 2 sacks, 1 forced fumble I’m confused.

Linebacker: Kaimon Rucker, UNC, 8 tackles, 5 solo, 3 sacks, 3.5 TFL, 1 interception, 1 quarterback hit Jamari Slade, Fayetteville State, 17 tackles, 7 solo, 0.5 sack, 0.5 TFL .

Defensive back: Ja’Marley Riddle, ECU, 3 tackles, 2 solo, 2 interceptions, including a 55-yard pick-six, Mordecai McDaniel, Charlotte, 12 tackles, 10 solo, 0.5 TFL, 1 pass breakup.

Special teams: Devin Versteegen, Winston-Salem State, punted 10 times for a 50.2 average with seven punts of 50+ yards and a long of 72.