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NCAA football game summaries: Carolina schools face Week 1 action

North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye.
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North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye.

Maye's 5 TDs lift UNC over Appalachian State 63-61

Redshirt freshman Drake Maye continued his torrid start to the season, throwing for 352 yards and combining for five touchdowns as North Carolina outlasted Appalachian State 63-61 on Saturday despite giving up 40 points in the fourth quarter. Maye, the younger brother of former Tar Heels basketball star Luke Maye, has thrown for a school-record nine touchdown passes in two career starts. He also ran for a score against the Mountaineers. Chase Brice threw for 376 yards and six touchdowns for Appalachian State. The two teams combined for 62 points and 504 yards — in the fourth quarter.
— Steve Reed | Associated Press


Leonard, defense spark Duke to 30-0 rout of Temple in opener

Riley Leonard threw for two touchdowns and completed his first 15 passes of the season, boosting Duke to a 30-0 victory over Temple as coach Mike Elko won in his debut. Duke recorded its first shutout of a Football Bowl Subdivision team since 1989 at North Carolina. Leonard, a sophomore, completed 24 of 30 passes for 328 yards. He also was the top rusher in the game with 64 yards on 11 carries. Elko was in his first game as a head coach after replacing David Cutcliffe, who spent 14 seasons in charge of the Blue Devils. Duke is coming off three consecutive losing seasons with a combined 10-25 record during that stretch. It was a disappointing opening game for first-year Temple coach Stan Drayton, who had been the associate head coach at Texas.
— Bob Sutton | Associated Press


No. 13 NC State hangs on to win at ECU after missed kicks

No. 13 North Carolina State topped East Carolina 21-20 after the Pirates missed an extra point with 2:58 left and a 41-yard field goal with 5 seconds to go. The Pirates were positioned to hand the Wolfpack a shocking loss when they got the ball back late down 21-20. And that offered Owen Daffer a shot at redemption after he pulled the tying PAT wide left after Rahjai Harris’ short touchdown run. But he went wide right on the field goal, allowing the Wolfpack to escape with a win in the instate series.
— Aaron Beard | Associated Press


Davis has record day, W Carolina tops Charleston Southern

Carlos Davis threw a school record six touchdowns and Western Carolina raced past Charleston Southern 52-38. Davis was 28 of 36 for 433 yards. It’s tied for the second most yards in school history as David Rivers threw for 474 yards in 2000 and Don Dalton had 433 in 1969. His touchdown passes were to five different receivers, including a 72-yarder to Censere Lee to help the Catamounts open a 31-17 halftime lead. He opened the third quarter with a 53-yard connection to David White. Ross Malmgren threw five touchdown passes, going 30 of 45 for 392 yards but was sacked six times and threw an interception for Charleston Southern.
— Associated Press


FCS member William & Mary gets first FBS win since 2009

Darius Wilson passed for two touchdowns, Bronson Yoder rushed for 120 yards and a score, and FCS member William & Mary scored 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to beat FBS school Charlotte 41-24. The Tribe gained 560 total yards in posting its first FBS win since topping Virginia in 2009. Yoder gave William & Mary a 27-24 lead early in the fourth quarter on a 1-yard run to cap a 10-play, 75-yard drive. On the Tribe’s next possession, Lachlan Pitts caught a pass from Wilson and raced 65 yards for a score. Wilson was 12 of 18 for 237 yards and he added nine carries for 68 yards for William & Mary.
— Associated Press


No. 22 Wake Forest tops VMI behind Griffis, Turner, Morin

Mitch Griffis threw for 288 yards and three touchdowns in his first career start to help No. 22 Wake Forest beat VMI 44-10 in the opener for both schools. Griffis started with veteran Sam Hartman sidelined indefinitely by a non-football medical issue. Hartman led the Demon Deacons to last year's Atlantic Coast Conference championship game and was on the sideline for this one. Christian Turner and Taylor Morin added spectacular individual efforts on first-quarter scores for the Demon Deacons. Turner finished with 100 yards rushing and two TDs. Grant Swinehart had a scoring catch to lead VMI of the Championship Subdivision's Southern Conference.
— Aaron Beard | Associated Press


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