North Carolina A&T–North Carolina Central rivalry

	Football
Originated	1924
Series	NC A&T leads 49–34–5
Highest Margin of Victory	NC A&T 48, NCCU 0 (48 Pts) ; October 20, 1991
Highest Scoring Game	NC A&T 38, NCCU 31 OT (69 Pts); August 31, 1996
Most Recent Game	NCCU 21, NC A&T 16 ; November 21, 2015

	North Carolina A&T–North Carolina Central rivalry
North Carolina A&T Aggies	North Carolina Central Eagles

NC A&T

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Locations in North Carolina

The North Carolina A&T–North Carolina Central rivalry is an ongoing series of athletic competitions between North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and North Carolina Central University, both of which are located in North Carolina.

The intensity of the rivalry is driven by the proximity of the two schools, as both are only 55 miles apart via U.S. Interstate 85, the size of the two schools, as North Carolina A&T is one of the largest Historically Black College and University in the nation^[1] and North Carolina Central is the second largest in the state, and the fact that both schools are competing for many of the same students and athletes. Fans of Both Universities tend to place great emphasis on this rivalry.

Football

The most prominent sport in the rivalry is football. The two teams have been competing against each other since 1924. The series between the two schools began with the inaugural game ending in a 13–13 tie. Since 1924, the rivalry game has shifted from North Carolina Central and North Carolina A&T's respective campuses. Under the leadership of coach Lonnie P. Byarm, the Aggies began a 4-game winning streak that lasted from 1925–28. The 1930s saw a balance of power in the series as the Eagles, led by head coaches Bryd D. Crudup (1929–31) and Leo Townsend (1932–35), would even out the series at 4 wins, 4 losses, and 1 tie, by the end of the 1933 season.

A fight during the 1950s compelled the game to be moved to Wallace Wade Stadium on the campus of Duke University. It was at Wallace Wade, that a man drove his car onto the field during the game and parked at the 50-yard line.^[2] The series record stands right now with the Aggies of North Carolina A&T leading with a record of 46–33–5.

Rise of the Classic

North Carolina A&T won the first Aggie-Eagle Classic game in 1994, 38–9. North Carolina A&T held a 10–2 edge in the meetings since the intrastate rivalry moved from a home-and-home scenario to an annual neutral site game in Carter-Finley Stadium in 1994. North Carolina Central would not earn their first win of the series until 2002, with a 33–30 overtime win. There are two instances in the series in which the losing team was unable to score: The first was in 2001 when the Aggies of North Carolina A&T won with a 22–0 victory and the other was in a 25–0 2003 win in which the Aggies went on the become the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champions.

The games with the closest margins of victory happened in 2004 and 2005. In 2004, the Aggies, who were on the verge of a 15–13 upset by the Eagles, recovered a failed exchange with a little over a minute left. The Aggies progressed down the field and kicked a 50-yard field goal as time expired to win the game.^[3] The following year, the Eagles of North Carolina Central returned the favor by defeating the Aggies 23–22 in the final edition of the classic. The Aggies beat Central 22–16 in their game on November 14, 2012.

The Fall of The Classic

The series came to an end when the contract with the city of Raleigh was not renewed. This was caused in part to the Capital Area Sports Foundation, which guaranteed each school $150,000 for the 2005 game. failing to deliver on financial guarantees to both schools. In its tax return for that year, the foundation reported more than $160,000 in payouts to North Carolina A&T, but the university said it has received less than $100,000 and didn't expect to see anything more.^[2] As a result of the collapse of the classic, The North Carolina A&T – North Carolina Central Rivalry was put on hold for the 2006 football season.

Rivalry renewed

Since the ending of the classic, the annual games between the rivals have once again returned to the respective campuses of the two universities. The 2007 game marked the first time in years that these two universities met for a football game on a non-neutral site. The Eagles defeated the Aggies 22–27 on the Aggies' home field. Following the game, controversy erupted as a player from NCCU stomped on the NC A&T logo in the middle of Aggie Stadium. This celebratory action led to a fight between players from both schools.

In order to accommodate an anticipated crowd that exceeds the capacity of its own stadium, North Carolina Central University moved its 2008 home football game to the neutral Memorial Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. This meeting again spelled victory for the Eagles as they once again won 28–27.

On September 10, 2009, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference announced that North Carolina Central University would rejoin the conference as its 13th member, effective July 1, 2010.^[4] With North Carolina Central's shift from a NCAA Division I independent school to a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, the storied rivalry between the two institutions would now have conference ramifications. In the 2009 meeting, the Aggies prevailed in a 23–17 double overtime win in front of 19,534 spectators at Aggie Stadium in Greensboro, NC.

Football game results

North Carolina A&T victories shaded in ██ blue. North Carolina Central victories are shaded in ██ maroon. ^[5]^[6]

Date	Year	Location	Winner	Score	Attendance
November 22	1924	Durham, NC	TIE	13–13	unknown
October 24	1925	Greensboro, NC	NC A&T	19–0	unknown
November 22	1926	unknown	NC A&T	19–0	unknown
October 22	1927	Greensboro, NC	NC A&T	28–13	unknown
October 13	1928	Durham, NC	NC A&T	20–0	unknown
November 1	1930	Durham, NC	NCCU	20–14	unknown
October 31	1931	Durham, NC	NCCU	6–0	unknown
November 24	1932	Greensboro, NC	NCCU	20–0	unknown
November 30	1933	Durham, NC	NCCU	20–0	unknown
November 29	1934	Greensboro, NC	NC A&T	6–0	unknown
November 30	1935	Durham, NC	NC A&T	9–6	unknown
November 26	1936	Greensboro, NC	NC A&T	39–0	unknown
November 25	1937	Durham, NC	NC A&T	14–7	unknown
November 24	1938	Greensboro, NC	NC A&T	25–0	unknown
November 30	1939	Durham, NC	NC A&T	7–0	unknown
November 28	1940	Greensboro, NC	NC A&T	12–6	unknown
November 22	1941	Durham, NC	NCCU	9–6^†	unknown
November 26	1942	Greensboro, NC	NCCU	12–6	unknown
October 20	1945	Durham, NC	NCCU	40–0	unknown
October 19	1946	Greensboro, NC	NC A&T	17–0	unknown
December 6	1947	Durham, NC	NCCU	17–0	unknown
December 4	1948	Greensboro, NC	TIE	4–4	unknown
November 24	1949	Greensboro, NC	NC A&T	33–6	unknown
November 23	1950	Durham, NC	NC A&T	25–13	unknown
November 22	1951	Greensboro, NC	NC A&T	13–6	unknown
November 27	1952	Durham, NC	NC A&T	26–0	unknown
November 26	1953	Greensboro, NC	NCCU	15–6	unknown
November 25	1954	Durham, NC	NCCU	7–6	unknown
November 24	1955	Greensboro, NC	TIE	7–7	unknown
November 22	1956	Durham, NC	NCCU	20–0	unknown
November 28	1957	Greensboro, NC	NC A&T	28–0	unknown
November 27	1958	Durham, NC	NC A&T	20–18	unknown
November 26	1959	Greensboro, NC	NC A&T	3–0	unknown
November 24	1960	Greensboro, NC	NCCU	14–13	unknown
November 23	1961	Durham, NC	NCCU	13–0	unknown
November 17	1962	Durham, NC	NC A&T	28–7	unknown
November 28	1963	Greensboro, NC	NC A&T	6–0	unknown
November 26	1964	Durham, NC	NC A&T	26–0	unknown
November 25	1965	Greensboro, NC	NCCU	7–6	unknown
November 24	1966	Durham, NC	NCCU	12–6	unknown
November 23	1967	Greensboro, NC	NC A&T	19–6	unknown
November 27	1968	Durham, NC	NC A&T	21–6	unknown
November 22	1969	Greensboro, NC	TIE	28–28	unknown
November 21	1970	Durham, NC	NCCU	13–7	unknown
November 20	1971	War Memorial Stadium Greensboro, NC	NCCU	14–13	unknown
November 18	1972	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	NCCU	9–7	42,000
November 17	1973	War Memorial Stadium Greensboro, NC	NCCU	16–6	unknown
November 23	1974	Durham County Stadium Durham, NC	NCCU	29–18	unknown
November 22	1975	War Memorial Stadium Greensboro, NC	NC A&T	34–16	unknown
November 20	1976	O'Kelly Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	NCCU	17–16	unknown
November 19	1977	War Memorial Stadium Greensboro, NC	NC A&T	25–6	unknown
November 18	1978	O'Kelly Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	NCCU	16–6	unknown
November 17	1979	War Memorial Stadium Greensboro, NC	NCCU	16–6	unknown
November 22	1980	O'Kelly Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	NC A&T	49–13	unknown
December 13	1980	Richmond City Stadium Richmond, VA	NC A&T	37–0	unknown
November 28	1981	Aggie Stadium Greensboro, NC	NCCU	35–7	unknown
November 13	1982	O'Kelly Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	NC A&T	13–7	unknown
November 12	1983	Aggie Stadium Greensboro, NC	TIE	13–13	unknown

Date	Year	Location	Winner	Score	Attendance
November 10	1984	O'Kelly Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	NCCU	49–10	unknown
November 16	1985	Aggie Stadium Greensboro, NC	NC A&T	28–19	unknown
November 15	1986	O'Kelly Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	NC A&T	35–12	unknown
November 14	1987	Aggie Stadium Greensboro, NC	NCCU	28–19	unknown
September 3	1988	O'Kelly Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	NCCU	15–2	unknown
September 2	1989	American Legion Memorial Stadium Charlotte, NC	NC A&T	24–6	unknown
September 1	1990	American Legion Memorial Stadium Charlotte, NC	NC A&T	21–6	unknown
September 7	1991	Aggie Stadium Greensboro, NC	NC A&T	48–0	unknown
September 5	1992	Aggie Stadium Greensboro, NC	NC A&T	49–7	unknown
September 3	1994	Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	NC A&T	38–9	32,437^°
September 3	1995	Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	NC A&T	18–17	44,807^°
August 31	1996	Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	NC A&T	38–31^OT	unknown^°
August 30	1997	Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	NC A&T	36–7	48,001^°
September 5	1998	Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	NC A&T	40–10	unknown^°
September 5	1999	Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	NC A&T	20–7	unknown^°
September 3	2000	Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	NC A&T	40–7	43,134^°
September 1	2001	Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	NC A&T	22–0	36,438^°
September 1	2002	Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	NCCU	33–30^OT	25,027^°
August 31	2003	Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	NC A&T	25–0	21,430^°
September 5	2004	Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	NC A&T	16–15	27,852^°
September 5	2005	Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	NCCU	23–22	35,000^°
September 22	2007	Aggie Stadium Greensboro, NC	NCCU	22–27	unknown
October 4	2008	American Legion Memorial Stadium Charlotte, NC	NCCU	28–27	unknown
October 3	2009	Aggie Stadium Greensboro, NC	NC A&T	23–17^2OT	19,534
September 25	2010	O'Kelly Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	NCCU	27–16	15,173
November 19	2011	Aggie Stadium Greensboro, NC	NC A&T	31–21	18,413
November 18	2012	O'Kelly Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	NC A&T	22–16^OT	11,184
November 23	2013	Aggie Stadium Greensboro, NC	NC A&T	28–0	16,052
November 22	2014	O'Kelly Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	NCCU	21–14	13,326
November 21	2015	Aggie Stadium Greensboro, NC	NCCU	21–16	18,409
November 19	2016	O'Kelly Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	NCCU	42–21	15,751

† All 1941 NCCU conference games were forfeited after the CIAA conference ruled that player Henry "Big Dog" Thomas was ineligible.
± The 2010 game set an attendance record in O'Kelly Riddick Stadium with 15,173 in attendance.
° Games played during the Aggie-Eagle Classic

References

^ "A&T Becomes Largest HBCU in Nation". www.ncat.edu. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
^ ^a ^b Greensboro News & Record
^ NCCU Football Game Notes
^ "North Carolina Central University joins Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference". Onnidan.com. 2009-09-10. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
^ "NCAT Football Media Guide" (PDF). NCAT Sports Information. 2010-06-15.
^ "NCCU Football Media Guide". NCCU Athletics. 2010-06-16.

NCATAggies.com – Official site of North Carolina A&T athletics
nccueaglepride.cstv.com North Carolina Central University Eagles Athletic Website
MEACSports.com – Official site of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

[1] "A&T Becomes Largest HBCU in Nation". www.ncat.edu. Retrieved 2014-11-21.

[news&record-2] Greensboro News & Record

[NCCU-3] NCCU Football Game Notes

[NCCUjoins-4] "North Carolina Central University joins Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference". Onnidan.com. 2009-09-10. Retrieved 2009-09-11.

[NCAT_FootballMG-5] "NCAT Football Media Guide" (PDF). NCAT Sports Information. 2010-06-15.

[NCCU_FootballMG09-6] "NCCU Football Media Guide". NCCU Athletics. 2010-06-16.

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Football

Originated	1924
Series	NC A&T leads 49–34–5
Highest Margin of Victory	NC A&T 48, NCCU 0 (48 Pts) October 20, 1991
Highest Scoring Game	NC A&T 38, NCCU 31 ^OT (69 Pts) August 31, 1996
Most Recent Game	NCCU 21, NC A&T 16 November 21, 2015

v t e North Carolina A&T Aggies football
Venues	War Memorial Stadium (1971–1981) Truist Stadium (1981–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games North Carolina Central South Carolina State Winston-Salem State
Culture & lore	Aggie & Aggietha "Dear A&T" (Alma Mater) "Aggie Fight Song" "Old Aggie Spirit Blue & Gold Marching Machine
People	Head coaches All-Americans NFL draftees
Seasons	1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball
Venues	Moore Gymnasium (1952–1978) Corbett Sports Center (1978–present)
Rivalries	North Carolina Central UNC Greensboro
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons Records lost pre-1952 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e North Carolina Central Eagles football
Venues	O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium (1975–present)
Bowls & rivalries	North Carolina A&T
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e North Carolina Central Eagles men's basketball
Venues	McDougald–McLendon Arena (1950–present)
Rivalries	North Carolina A&T
Culture & lore	First fully integrated college basketball game
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championship in bold