Durham: South Carolina State beats N.C. Central 38-24

Confirmed

• South Carolina State beat North Carolina Central 38-24 on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026, in Orangeburg, S.C. NCCU's football schedule lists a 24-38 loss at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium, kickoff 1:30 p.m., and says game times on that page are Durham local time, Eastern. The MEAC release, timestamped 5:16:56 p.m., reports the same 38-24 score in Orangeburg. A 10TV page carrying the Associated Press story, published and updated 5:33 p.m. EST, reports the same Saturday final. The wire's dateline is Orangeburg. It does not name the stadium.Confirmed by NCCU Athletics schedule; MEAC release; Associated Press as carried by 10TV
• After the result, NCCU's schedule reads 5-6 overall and 3-1 in conference, streak L1. The wire prints the Eagles at 5-6 and 3-1 and says a three-game winning streak ended. The 5-6 and 3-1 lines are in both. The three-game count is the wire's.Confirmed by NCCU Athletics schedule; Associated Press
• The MEAC release says South Carolina State secured a spot in the Cricket Celebration Bowl, clinched the conference championship, and won a third consecutive league title. It calls that championship the Bulldogs' 21st MEAC title. The wire's opening says the win was to take control of the races in what it calls the Mid-Eastern Atlantic Conference. It does not say the title is clinched, and it does not mention a bowl. The conference's own page uses Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Those two wordings are not merged here.Confirmed by MEAC release; Associated Press for the wire's wording
• NCCU's schedule still labels the opponent No. 18/20. The wire says the Bulldogs are 9-2 and 4-0, ranked No. 20 in the Stats Perform FCS poll, and winners of four straight. The schedule does not print South Carolina State's record. No single ranking is adopted.Confirmed by NCCU Athletics schedule for the 18/20 label; Associated Press for 9-2, 4-0, No. 20, and four straight
• The Associated Press says the game was tied 24-24 at halftime. It says Keely Watson threw three touchdown passes and 169 yards, including a 10-yard score to Malaqhi Jones to open the second half. It says Marquis Lane-Owens intercepted Joshua Jones and returned it 15 yards for a touchdown on the next possession. It describes a 58-yard touchdown on a pass from Zaivan Offord to Jones on a wide-receiver reverse, and it says Troy Hillman and Ricorian Brown also caught touchdowns. A sentence gives Jones 91 yards on five receptions without repeating a first name. Malaqhi Jones is the receiver named in the story. A later sentence says Jones threw two touchdown passes and also omits a first name. Joshua Jones and Malaqhi Jones both appear above it, so that sentence is not assigned.Confirmed by Associated Press, as carried by 10TV
• The wire says Gino Addison ran for 119 yards on 22 carries, with a 59-yard score on his first carry, the second play of the game for N.C. Central. Those figures are the wire's. The schedule's score-by-period table did not render quarter scores.Confirmed by Associated Press; NCCU Athletics schedule for the empty quarter table
• NCCU's schedule lists Morgan State at home on Saturday, Nov. 21, at 2 p.m. at O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium in Durham, on Senior Day and Military Appreciation Day. The wire says the Eagles are home against Morgan State next Saturday and does not print the clock or the stadium. It says South Carolina State is home against Delaware State next Saturday. That opponent is the wire only.Confirmed by NCCU Athletics schedule; Associated Press