Week 3 · 2026
North Carolina Central at Gardner-Webb
Sat 09/19/2026 06:00 PMErnest W. Spangler Stadium
87°Mostly Cloudy0 mph N · 53% humidityMeasured at kickoff, by an official weather station
North Carolina Central
20
4–5
Gardner-Webb
44
3–6
Attendance
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not yet reported
North Carolina CentralNCCU
Gardner-WebbGWEB
Passing
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCCU | Nelson Layne | 10/15 | 150 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 |
| GWEB | Cole Pennington | 24/38 | 309 | 8.1 | 2 | 0 |
Rushing
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCCU | Plez Lawrence | 9 | 59 | 6.6 | 1 | 51 |
| NCCU | Zion Dobson | 11 | 21 | 1.9 | 1 | 11 |
| NCCU | Nelson Layne | 11 | -12 | -1.1 | 0 | 9 |
| GWEB | Randy Young | 16 | 92 | 5.8 | 1 | 18 |
| GWEB | Christian Vann | 15 | 77 | 5.1 | 0 | 29 |
| GWEB | Zalen Watkins | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 2 |
| GWEB | Dominic Haney | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Cole Pennington | 3 | -26 | -8.7 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCCU | Tyree Saunders | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | 41 |
| NCCU | RJ Lancaster | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | 36 |
| NCCU | Chance Peterson | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 35 |
| NCCU | Zion Dobson | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 10 |
| GWEB | Kory Jones | 6 | 131 | 21.8 | 0 | 40 |
| GWEB | Sean Brady | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 1 | 30 |
| GWEB | Jalile Bost | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | 20 |
| GWEB | Giovanni Adopte | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 25 |
| GWEB | Montez Green | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 9 |
| GWEB | Dominic Haney | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 6 |
| GWEB | Christian Vann | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| GWEB | Tae'Shaun Johnson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| GWEB | Collin Carroll | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| GWEB | Joey Shearin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
Fumbles
| FUM | LOST | REC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCCU | Nelson Layne | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| NCCU | Jordan Johnson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GWEB | Christian Vann | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| GWEB | Luke Gilbertson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Defense
| TOT | SOLO | TFL | SACKS | QB HUR | PD | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCCU | Joshua Truesdale | 17 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NCCU | Joshua Maxwell | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NCCU | Tevin Tucker | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NCCU | Zarion Walters | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| NCCU | Bubba Camp | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NCCU | Cameron Williams | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NCCU | M.J. Campbell | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NCCU | Amari Sifford | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| NCCU | Khareem Thompson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NCCU | Juju Laguerre | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NCCU | Gary Dorsey Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NCCU | Jahzir Dukes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NCCU | John Clifford Jr. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NCCU | Wade Harris | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NCCU | Branden Palmer | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NCCU | Isaiah Lawson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NCCU | Jakarri Martin II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NCCU | Josh Pullen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NCCU | Keaton Blanton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NCCU | Taeshawn Alston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NCCU | TrayVaughn Swanigan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Tre Yanez | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Cahari Haynes | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Trey Weems | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Preston Hamilton | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Taylor Smallwood | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | AJ Mebane | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Daejuan Thompson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Luke Gilbertson | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Renardo Lewis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Trenton Bell | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Zalen Watkins | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Antonio Chambers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Carter Isaacs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Davion Kinard-Taylor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Elisha Luckett III | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Isaiah Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Jamarion Ravenell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Jaxon Alongi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Maika Finau | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Nigel Lucas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Sabin McLaughlin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Terrill Hopkins | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Tye Holsey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Tyshawn Sanders | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Will Mattison | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Hunter West | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GWEB | Ruben Tshilombo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Interceptions
| INT | YDS | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GWEB | Hunter West | 1 | 35 | 1 |
Kicking
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCCU | Riley Daniels | 2/3 | 67.0 | 32 | 2/2 | 8 |
| GWEB | Tyler Simpson | 3/3 | 100.0 | 42 | 5/5 | 14 |
Punting
| NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCCU | Riley Daniels | 5 | 141 | 28.2 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| GWEB | Andrew Bontekoe | 4 | 143 | 35.8 | 0 | 2 | 47 |
Kick returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCCU | Gerald Lawton | 3 | 93 | 31.0 | 0 | 49 |
| NCCU | Damon McDaniel Jr | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 33 |
| GWEB | Dominic Haney | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 28 |
Punt returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCCU | Gerald Lawton | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 0 | 38 |
| GWEB | Montez Green | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
Previous 2 meetings vs. North Carolina Central
Gardner-Webb 1–1 vs North Carolina Central
- 2019 · wk 3North Carolina Central 12 @ Gardner-Webb 21
- 2017 · wk 7Gardner-Webb 17 @ North Carolina Central 24
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