North Carolina, Charlotte Are Looking To Get Into Win Column For First Time In 2025 Season Saturday Night In Charlotte Following Losses To TCU, Appalachian State
North Carolina, Charlotte are looking to get into win column for first time in 2025 season Saturday night in Charlotte following losses to TCU, Appalachian State.
North Carolina is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference while Charlotte is a member of American Athletic Conference!
North Carolina comes into the game with Charlotte with record of 0-1 because Bill Belichick’s college head coaching debut North Carolina head coaching debut resulted in 48-14 loss to TCU on Monday September 1, 2025 in Chapel Hill.
Following Bill Belichick's college head coaching debut North Carolina head coaching debut resulting in 48-14 loss to TCU Monday night in Chapel Hill North Carolina Head Coach Bill Belichick had this to say about how his team played when opposing TCU!
We played competitively but then just couldn’t sustain it,”Obviously we have a lot of work to do.”We need to do a better job all the way around — coaching, playing, all three phases of the game,”
“It wasn’t up to what it needs to be and I know we’re a lot better than that.
According to Shelby Swanson News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/article311925106.html
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Charlotte is also looking to get in the win column following 34-11 loss to Appalachian State Friday August 29, 2025 when opposing Appalachian State in Charlotte North Carolina in Duke’s Mayo Classic where they lost 34-11 where offensively Liam Boyd kicked 42 yard field goal giving Charlotte a 3-0 lead in 1st quarter before scoring a touchdown in 4th quarter when E. Jai Mason caught 16 yard pass from Connor Harrell Justin Olson completed pass to Gus McGhee for two point conversation making score 27-11 Appalachian State. Before Charlotte scored their only touchdown of the game Appalachian scored two touchdowns a field goal in 2nd quarter as Rashod Doubinions ran for 2yard touchdown Dominic De. Freitas kick, made extra point giving Applachian State 7-3 lead. From there Applachian State would extend their lead 14-3 17-3 as Jaden Barnes would catch 10 yard pass from quarterback AJ Swann Dominic De Freitas would kick, make extra point. In 3rd quarter Appalachian State would go to extend their lead with a field goal, touchdown as Dominic De Freitas would kick 35 yard field goal before Kanan Hamlett would catch 19 yard pass from AJ Swann, Dominic De Freitas would kick, make extra point.
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Following Charlotte’s 34-11 loss to Appalachian State on Friday August 29, 2025 in Charlotte Head Coach Tim Albin had this to say about how team performed defensively when opposing Appalachian State!
We brought some simulated pressures, but it didn't cause them many problems,"They knew where to go with it. (App State quarterback AJ Swann) is a good player, and kept them on schedule. He and the offensive and defensive lines were probably the difference in the game."
know that you make your biggest jump from the first game to the second game,"We have a lot of things we have to clean up. Their hearts are hurting when you invest as much as they do; there will be disappointment. The sun is going to come up, and it's going to be our job as leaders of this staff to get them through it. They're going to show up, and they're going to be resilient."
According to https://charlotte49ers.com/news/2025/8/29/football-charlotte-doomed-by-app-states-aerial-attack-in-dukes-mayo-kickoff-classic
Kickoff is set for 7:00pm from Jerry Richardson Field!
The game is going to be televised on ESPN+ with Chuckie Kempf , Tom Luginbill , Marilyn Payne commentating!
Chuckie Kempf joined ESPN in 2017 as a college basketball play-by-play announcer and has since added college football along with college and professional softball to his playcalling duties. Chuckie Kempf is native of St. Joseph, MO, Kempf graduated from Northwest Missouri State University. He lives in Kansas City with his wife Alyssa and their dog, Ollie.
Former collegiate and Arena football star Tom Luginbill joined Scouts Inc. in 2002. When the NFL-based company was purchased by ESPN in 2005, Luginbill was promoted to national recruiting director. He provides in-depth recruiting analysis for top collegiate football prospects on ESPN.com as well as on air analysis across ESPN platforms for high school football recruiting and college football, including sidelines for an ESPN or ABC Saturday game and contributes to ESPN’s UFL game coverage as an analyst. In addition, Luginbill is a regular host/analyst on SiriusXM. He has an extensive background in professional football as well as talent evaluation and has served in various scouting capacities since 1996.
In 2024, Luginbill was named as the lead analyst for ACC Network Primetime football games alongside play-by-play voice Wes Durham and reporter Dana Boyle.
As a player, Luginbill set the all-time national junior college record for passing while playing for Palomar Junior College in San Diego in 1992 and ’93 when Palomar won the JUCO National Championship with an 11-0 record. He became one of the most highly recruited junior college players in the nation before transferring to Georgia Tech. After one season as the starter for the Yellow Jackets and the firing of Georgia Tech coach Bill Lewis, Luginbill transferred to Division I-AA Eastern Kentucky.
Luginbill was named the ACC newcomer of the year in 1994 and was graduated from Eastern Kentucky with a bachelor’s degree in sociology. He also received a master’s degree in physical education from Marshall University in 1999.
Luginbill then signed with the Texas Terror of the Arena Football League (AFL) for the 1996 season and played for the Florida Bobcats in 1997. After two seasons playing quarterback in the AFL, he turned to coaching.
In 1996 and 1997, Luginbill was an assistant coach/player personnel for the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe. In 1998, he came back to the AFL. He was quarterback coach and offensive coordinator with the New York City Hawks for one season, before going to Nashville to coach special teams for the Kats in ‘99. For the 2000 season, Luginbill got his first head coaching position in the Arena Football League 2 at the age of 25, where he coached the Tennessee Valley Vipers to the Arena Cup Finals in their Inaugural season.
Luginbill took a chance and signed on as the offensive coordinator and quarterback coach of the Los Angeles Xtreme in 2001. The Xtreme went on to win the championship in the XFL’s only season. Luginbill coached league MVP Tommy Maddox, who went on the following year to become the NFL Comeback Player of the Year with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Luginbill returned to the AFL with the Dallas Cowboys as the offensive coordinator for the Dallas Desperados in 2002. He would then coach the Detroit Fury of the Arena2 league for his final two seasons of coaching. He began as the offensive coordinator in ’03, and became head coach and head of player personnel in 2004. As head coach, Luginbill rebuilt the team from the ground up and turned around the team from a 1-13 season to 8-8. He also led the Fury to their first-ever playoff victory. Luginbill has also worked with the like of Kurt Warner and Jack Dehlomme.
Beginning in 2002, during the off season in Dallas and Detroit Luginbill began scouting part time as a pro evaluator for the NFL free agency, NFL Europe, CFL and Arena Football League. After his last season with the Detroit Fury in ’04 he became a full-time scout before joining Scouts Inc.
Marilyn is a sideline reporter as part of ESPN College Football coverage, contributing across ESPN's family of networks (ESPN, ESPN2, SEC Network & ACC Network). She also works on high school football coverage with ESPN.
Hear her on Audacy's 92.9 The Game (in Atlanta) talking ACC football every Saturday during the season.
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