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2023 North Carolina Central Eagles football team - Wikipedia

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2023 North Carolina Central Eagles football

NCAA Division I First Round, L 27–49 at Richmond
Conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 16
FCS Coaches	No. 13
Record	9–3 (4–1 MEAC)
Head coach	Trei Oliver (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Matt Leone (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Courtney Coard (2nd season)
Home stadium	O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
Seasons ← 2022 2024 →

2023 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Howard +	4	–	1	6	–	6
No. 20 North Carolina Central +^	4	–	1	9	–	3
South Carolina State	3	–	2	5	–	6
Morgan State	3	–	2	4	–	6
Norfolk State	1	–	4	3	–	8
Delaware State	0	–	5	1	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2023 North Carolina Central Eagles football team represented North Carolina Central University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Trei Oliver, the Eagles compiled an overall record of 9–3 with a mark of 4–1. North Carolina Central earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoff, where the Eagles lost in the first round to Richmond. The team played home games at O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium in Durham, North Carolina

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	4:00 p.m.	Winston-Salem State*	No. 19	O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	ESPN+	W 47–21	9,330
September 9	7:00 p.m.	at North Carolina A&T*	No. 18	Truist Stadium Greensboro, NC (rivalry)	FloSports	W 30–16	N/A
September 16	5:00 p.m.	at No. 24 (FBS) UCLA*	No. 17	Rose Bowl Stadium Pasadena, CA	P12N	L 7–59	38,343
September 23	3:00 p.m.	vs. Mississippi Valley State*	No. 18	Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis, IN (Circle City Classic)		W 45–3	3,650
September 30	4:00 p.m.	Campbell*	No. 15	O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	ESPN+	W 49–48 ^OT	8,410
October 7	2:00 p.m.	at No. 25 Elon*	No. 14	Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC	FloSports	W 34–23	5,563
October 19	7:30 p.m.	at Morgan State	No. 16	Hughes Stadium Baltimore, MD	ESPNU	W 16–10	4,678
October 26	7:30 p.m.	South Carolina State	No. 13	O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	ESPNU	W 62–28	7,889
November 4	2:00 p.m.	Norfolk State	No. 12	O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	ESPN+	W 38–24	13,626
November 11	3:30 p.m.	at Howard	No. 7	Alumni Stadium Washington, DC	ESPNU	L 20–50	4,457
November 18	2:00 p.m.	at Delaware State	No. 17	O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	ESPN+	W 55–14	6,018
November 25	2:00 p.m.	at No. 22 Richmond*	No. 16	E. Claiborne Robins Stadium Richmond, VA (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN+	L 27–49	4,103
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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References

^ "North Carolina Central Eagles Schedule 2023". ESPN. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
^ "2023 Football Schedule". North Carolina Central University. Retrieved November 27, 2023.

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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

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football champions

Morgan State (1971)
North Carolina Central (1972)
North Carolina Central (1973)
South Carolina State (1974)
South Carolina State & North Carolina A&T (1975)
Morgan State & South Carolina State (1976)
South Carolina State (1977)
South Carolina State (1978)
Morgan State (1979)
South Carolina State (1980)
South Carolina State (1981)
South Carolina State (1982)
South Carolina State (1983)
Bethune–Cookman (1984)
Delaware State (1985)
North Carolina A&T (1986)
Delaware State (1987)
Bethune–Cookman, Delaware State, & Florida A&M (1988)
Delaware State (1989)
Florida A&M (1990)
Delaware State & North Carolina A&T (1991)
North Carolina A&T (1992)
Howard (1993)
South Carolina State (1994)
Florida A&M (1995)
Florida A&M (1996)
Hampton (1997)
Hampton & Florida A&M (1998)
North Carolina A&T (1999)
Florida A&M (2000)
Florida A&M (2001)
Bethune–Cookman (2002)
North Carolina A&T (2003)
Hampton & South Carolina State (2004)
Hampton (2005)
Hampton (2006)
Delaware State (2007)
South Carolina State (2008)
South Carolina State (2009)
Bethune–Cookman†, Florida A&M, & South Carolina State (2010)
Norfolk State (vacated) (2011)
Bethune–Cookman (2012)
Bethune–Cookman†, South Carolina State (2013)
Bethune–Cookman, Morgan State†, North Carolina Central, North Carolina A&T, & South Carolina State (2014)
North Carolina A&T†, North Carolina Central, & Bethune–Cookman (2015)
North Carolina Central (2016)
North Carolina A&T (2017)
North Carolina A&T (2018)
North Carolina A&T† & South Carolina State (2019)
No champion (2020)
South Carolina State (2021)
Howard & North Carolina Central† (2022)
Howard (2023)
South Carolina State (2024)

National championships in bold
† Denotes postseason representative via conference tiebreaker

v t e 2023 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants
Albany Austin Peay Chattanooga Delaware Drake Duquesne Furman Gardner–Webb Idaho Lafayette Mercer Montana Montana State Nicholls North Carolina Central North Dakota North Dakota State Richmond Sacramento State South Dakota South Dakota State Southern Illinois Villanova Youngstown State
Champion – South Dakota State

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