1st quarter:N.C. Central 6, Charlotte 0

N.C. Central is leading the Charotte 49ers 6-0 after one quarter, thanks to two Oleg Parent field goals.

After Parent's first field goal (a 36 yarder), the 49ers had a chance to tie it, but a field goal attempt by Blake Brewer was blocked.

After an Eagles fumble, Charlotte quarterback Matt Johnson fumbled right back. N.C. Central's Demontray Ryland picked it up and returned it to the 49ers 4. Central couldn't punch it in, though, and Parent's second field goal gave the Eagles their 6-0 lead.

Final: Charlotte 49ers 47, Chowan 7

Quarterback Matt Johnson threw five touchdown passes, leading the Charlotte 49ers to a 47-7 victory against Chowan on Saturday at Richardson Stadium.

Johnson, a redshirt freshman from Newton, completed 23 of 30 passes for 256 yards, with touchdown strikes of  7 and 10 yards to Austin Duke, a 30-yarder to Trent Bostick, a 40-yarder to Kalif Phillips and an 11-yarder to Corey Nesmith Jr.

With two victories over outmatched opponents so far, the startup 49ers (2-0) will face their stiffest competition of the season next week when they play host to N.C. Central, a team from the Football Championship Subdivision's Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

As they did in a season-opening victory last week against Campbell, the 49ers had little trouble with Division II Chowan. With Johnson leading the way, Charlotte led 19-0 after one quarter, then took a 26-7 lead into halftime.

The game was played before an announced crowd of 16,598.

The 49ers had three interceptions and recovered two fumbles by the Hawks (0-1). Charlotte outgained Chowan 464-199.

Third quarter: Charlotte 49ers 40, Chowan 7

The 49ers got two more touchdowns in the third quarter and continue to dominate Chowan 40-7. Matt Johnson hit Trent Bostick on a 30-yard scoring pass with 1:44 left in the period and followed that with a 7-yarder to Austin Duke with eight seconds remaining.

Charlotte has outgained the Hawks 402-136.

Halftime: Charlotte 26, Chowan 7

Charlotte got a 96-yard kickoff return for a touchdown from Mikel Hunter in the second quarter and leads Chowan 26-7 at halftime.

Hunter's return came after the Hawks had scored on a 35-yard touchdown pass from Cameron Stover to Antjuan Randall.

The 49ers continue to dominate the stats, as well. Charlotte has outgained Chowan 283-99. 49ers quarterback Matt Johnson is 17 of 21 for 197 yards and two touchdowns. Alan Barnwell has rushed for 56 yards on 11 carries.

1st quarter: Charlotte 49ers 19, Chowan 0

Matt Johnson has thrown for two touchdowns and the Charlotte 49ers recorded the first safety in school history as they have taken a 19-0 lead against Chowan after one quarter.

Johnson hit Austin Duke on a 10-yarder and Kalif Phillips for a 40-yard score as Charlotte outgained the Division II Hawks 233-17 in the opening period.

Johnson was 14 of 16 for 179 yards and those two TDs in the first quarter.

Blake Brewer also had a 27-yard field goal for Charlotte.

Single-game tickets available for Charlotte 49ers-Chowan game

-- About 200 general admission tickets remained on sale Friday afternoon for Charlotte's football game Saturday against Chowan.

Students have taken about 7,000 of the 7,500 allotted to them, which triggered the availability of single-game tickets for the game. Last week, students used all of their allotment (forcing a lottery) and no tickets for the public were available.

-- The 49ers will have several recruits at the Chowan game, including five who have already given verbal commitments: offensive lineman Chris Brown of Vance, offensive lineman Jean Luc Cerza-Lanaux (Charlotte Christian), wide receiver Kofa Workpeh (Independence), defensive back Emmanuel Moseley (Greensboro Dudley) and running back Maetron Thomas (Stockbridge, Ga.). Sean Smith, two-star tight end from Summerville, Ga., and Monroe High Tre'Shun Wynn

-- Charlotte's golf team heads Saturday to Japan, where the 49ers will play in the Topy Cup next week. The 12-team tournament in Tanagura includes eight teams from colleges in Japan and four from the United States -- Charlotte, UAB, TCU and Washington. The 49ers had a six-round qualifying tournament to determine which players would make the trip: Franco Castro, Thomas Rowland, Daniel Brantley, Dan Hendry and Seth Gandy made it. Raoul Menard, a two-time Atlantic 10 medalist, didn't make it.

-- Both 49ers soccer teams are on the road this weekend. The 16th-ranked men (1-1) play at 11th-ranked Coastal Carolina on Friday, while the women (3-0) are at Virginia Tech on Friday and at Western Carolina on Sunday.

-- Charlotte's men's soccer game against Old Dominion on Oct. 9 at Transamerica Field will be televised nationally by the Fox Sports Network.





 

 

Final: Charlotte 49ers 52, Campbell 7

The Charlotte 49ers opened their new era of college football by pounding Campbell 52-7 Saturday before a sold-out crowd at Richardson Stadium.

Playing the first game in school history, the 49ers made sure there was never any doubt in the outcome, with linebacker Mark Hogan intercepting a pass and returning it 32 yards for a touchdown on the Camels' second play of the game.

Charlotte, playing as NCAA Football Championship Subdivision independent this season, then scored on its first offensive possession when redshirt freshman Justin Bolus caught a 1-yard touchdown pass from Matt Johnson.

Charlotte rolled up 488 yards in total offense (211 rushing, 277 passing).

The non-scholarship Camels (who play in the FCS Pioneer League) had four turnovers.

Johnson, who was spelled in the second half by backups Lee McNeill and Patrick O'Brien, completed 19 of 29 passes for 282 yards and three touchdowns.

A crowd of standing-room-only crowd of 16,660 watched the game in Charlotte's new stadium, which has a listed capacity of 15,314 seats.

The 49ers are home again next week against Chowan, an NCAA Division II team that plays in the CIAA. It will be the Hawks' first game of the season.