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Glennon, N.C. State roll over S. Alabama 31-7

Updated 10:44 p.m.

RALEIGH -- Throughout the week, Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said the only way Duke could truly put its loss at Stanford in the past was to get back to work.

Saturday night, the Blue Devils saw all their efforts during the week pay off, as they never trailed and rolled to a 54-17 win over NC Central. Duke also scored on offense, defense and special teams for the first time since 2004.
 
The 37-point victory over the Eagles, a second-year FCS program, was Duke’s largest victory of Cutcliffe’s five-year tenure, eclipsing the 35-point victory during previous meeting of the two teams in 2009.

Friday night updates, Sept. 14

Friday night matchups

No. 1 Garner 28, No. 17 Clayton 0 (final)

No. 2 Wakefield 57, Sanderson 20 (final)

No. 3 Leesville Road 50, Enloe 20 (final)

No. 4 Wake Forest-Rolesville 35, Heritage 7 (final)

No. 5 Cleveland 22, North Lenoir 16 (final)

No. 6 Cardinal Gibbons open

No. 7 Middle Creek 21, No. 13 Lee County 14 (final)

Harnett Central 17, No. 8 Southeast Raleigh 16 (final)

Fuquay-Varina 14, No. 9 Cary 0 (final)

No. 10 Chapel Hill 18, Cedar Ridge 6 (final)

No. 11 Erwin Triton 29, Pikeville Aycock 14 (final)

No. 12 Hillside 18, Southern Durham 13 (final)

No. 14 Knightdale 28, East Wake 20 (final)

Lumberton 20, No. 15 Athens Drive 14 (final)

No. 16 Carrboro at Northern Vance

Southern Guilford at No. 18 Orange

No. 19 West Johnston 39, Smithfield-Selma 7 (final)

No. 20 South Johnston 19, Eastern Wayne 12 (4th)

Other area games

Brougton 30, Millbrook 16 (final)
Ayden-Grifton 36, Pamlico 6 (final)
Pittsboro Northwood 27, Riverside 7 (final)
East Chapel Hill 21, Durham Jordan 7 (final)
Eastern Wayne 6, South Johnston 6 (3rd)
Franklinton 34, Corinth Holders 21 (final)
Green Hope 23, Holly Springs 13 (final)

Havelock 48, White Oak 7 (final)
Halifax Academy vs. Word of God at Wilder’s Grove

High Point Christian at Wake Christian
Scotland 56, Anson 6 (final)
Bunn 42, North Johnston 0 (3rd)
Northern Durham 49, Person 14 (final)
Panther Creek 35, Apex 7 (final)
Princeton 16, East Carteret 15 (final)
Rocky Mount 28, Greenville Rose 14 (final)
Ravenscroft 39, Fayetteville Village Christian 13 (3rd)
Siler City Jordan Matthews at Providence Grove
West Johnston 39, Smithfield-Selma 7 (4th)
South Central 26, West Carteret 7 (4th)
South Granville 23, Southern Nash 13 (final)
Southeast Halifax at North Edgecombe
Southwest Edgecombe 30, Kinston 20 (2nd)
Union Pines at Overhills
Warren County at Roanoke Rapids
Westover 32, Southern Lee 10 (final)
Southern Pines Pinecrest 36, Western Harnett 7 (final)
Wilmington Laney at Northern Nash
Wilson Beddingfield at Greene Central
Wilson Hunt 46, Wilson Fike 21 (final)
 

Wake Forest rallies to ruin Fedora's ACC opener

North Carolina coach Larry Fedora said last week that he wished his team had experienced more adversity during its dominant season-opening victory against Elon. The Tar Heels faced plenty here on Saturday against Wake Forest – and they also experienced their first loss of Larry Fedora’s coaching tenure. 

Friday night updates, Sept. 7

 No. 1 Garner 46, No. 4 Middle Creek 29 (final)

No. 5 Wake Forest-Rolesville 34, No. 7 Southeast Raleigh 7 (final)

No. 8 Cardinal Gibbons 46, Ravenscroft 10 (final)

No. 2 Wakefield 55, East Wake 41 (final)

No. 9 Cary 45, Apex 7 (final)

Knightdale 41, Enloe 14 (final)

South Johnston 34, Smithfield-Selma 7 (final)

No. 16 Athens Drive 24, Green Hope 20 (fianl)

No. 12 Durham Hillside 21, Greensboro Dudley 20 (final)

No. 6 Cleveland 48, No. 15 Heritage 16 (final)

No. 10 Chapel Hill 28, Northwood 0 (final)

No. 13 Lee 37, Fuquay-Varina 14 (final)

No. 18 Clayton 41, Corinth Holders 12 (final)

Fay. Sanford 24, Broughton 21(final)

Triton 49, Western Harnett 30 (final)

Northern Durham 33, Millbrook 20 (final)

Princeton 21, North Johnston 28, Princeton 21 (final)

Holly Springs 23, Panther Creek 20 (OT)

Hoke 35, Sanderson 0 (3rd)

Richmond County41, Hope Mills South View 7 (final)

Orange 26, Jordan 6 (final)

Halifax, Va. 35, Person 19 (final)

Duke gets an emphatic 46-26 win over FIU in season opener

 

Updated 11:45 p.m.

DURHAM - The first play from scrimmage of 2012 could not have gone much better for Duke’s defense.

 
The Blue Devils swarmed Florida International’s Kedrick Rhodes immediately after he caught quarterback Jake Medlock’s pass, throwing him for a loss of 3 yards.
 
The second play from scrimmage of 2012 could not have gone much worse for Duke’s defense.
 
Medlock barely avoided the Blue Devils’ pass rush and again dumped the ball off to Rhodes. This time, Rhodes had nothing but green space ahead of him. He covered the 67 yards between him and the end zone with relative ease, giving the Panthers a quick seven-point lead a mere 42 seconds into Saturday’s season opener at Wallace Wade Stadium.
 
Just when it looked like Duke was positioning itself for another disappointing result against a program with little football pedigree, a curious thing happened over the final 59 minutes and 18 seconds. Shrugging off FIU's early touchdown, Duke responded with an inspired second quarter that provided the impetus for an emphatic 46-26 win

Friday night football updates

Friday night high school football matchups

NC State's first football game

 

As college football heats up, we take a look back at early games played by UNC, Duke (then Trinity College) and NC State (then North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts). Researcher Brooke Cain retrieved stories about the weekend the Tennessee Volunteers met all three schools. 
 
After playing a game of football at Chapel Hill on Friday, November 3d, the Tennessee boys came to Durham on Saturday morning and have remained here, stopping at the college, since that time. They leave this morning for Wake Forest where they will play that team this morning. 
 
The Tennessee team is small in weight yet they play a plucky game of ball. They came here expecting to be beaten, but they were desirous of learning the game and of becoming acquainted with Carolina's colleges and University. 
 
The students of Trinity were struck with the appearance of their visitors. Their conduct was gentlemanly and their spirit after defeat was of such a nature as to excite admiration. Throughout the game the friendliest feelings existed. There was no contention regarding the rulings of both referee and umpire, as both gave entire satisfaction.
 
[...]
 
The game was interesting throughout. The Tennessee boys reached Trinity's 25 yard line one time only. At the end of 30 minutes the first half of the game was called according to a previous agreement between the captains, the score being 34 to nothing in favor of Trinity. Trinity began with the ball in the second half and made a touch-down in a minute and a half. In the second half they played only 25 minutes, stopping the game by mutual consent, the score being 70 to nothing.
 
[...]
 
Chapel Hill played the Tennessee boys on Friday and defeated them 60-0, playing the full 30 min. halves. Trinity run the score over Chapel Hill 10 points and played it in shorter time. It seems that Trinity is destined to lead in the State, and who can help it? -- News Observer Chronicle 11/7/1893
 
Tennessee met a similar fate when they played North Carolina A. and M.
 
The game started promptly at 4 o'clock. By mutual consent the halves were 30 minutes. Tennessee took the ball and started with a V gaining 10 yards. Barches made a very pretty run around left and gaining 25 yards. Then tried centre without gain. A. and M. took the ball and sent Pritchett around left end for 30 yards. Tried centre without result and ball went to Tennessee. Tennessee tried end rushes without gain and kicked. Ball passed over to A. and M.  A. and M. lost ball on foul play. Tennessee sent Fisher around left end but lost ball on the third down. Tennessee rushed the ball through centre and neared their goal line, tried centre for touch down and lost ball. This ended the first half. Score 0 to 0.
 
The second half went a little better for the home team, and the game ended with a 12 to 6 victory for A. and M.
 
The teams were pretty nearly matched and a very good game was played. This is the first time the college has ever played a regular college team and her hard fought for victory should be much appreciated by all. -- News Observer Chronicle 11/8/1893

Friday night football

Final results from Friday night's high school football openers can be found by clicking the Read More button below. Also, game summaries can be found here.

Report: Backup QB Brosius leaves program to focus on baseball

Tyler BrosiusN.C. State's Tyler Brosius (12) passes in the first half during N.C. State's Kay Yow Spring Football game Saturday, April 21, 2012, at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh. Brosius is leaving N.C. State to pursue a baseball career. Photo by Ethan Hyman - ehyman@newsobserver.com

Backup quarterback Tyler Brosius has left N.C. State to pursue a baseball career, his father told the Asheville Citizen-Times.

Brosius, a third-year sophomore, will transfer to Walters State, a community college in Tennessee, to play baseball and then enter the major league draft, according to his dad, Mike Brosius.

Rookie coach writes about his first season

Kurt Ehlert is an orthopaedic surgeon, but last year he became a high school assistant football coach at Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons. He was an assistant football coach who knew little about coaching football and who coached kickers, although he knew nothing about kicking a football.

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