GREENSBORO, N.C. – Following a tightly-contested first half, North Carolina A&T State University scored a pair of touchdowns in the third quarter to separate from North Carolina Central University, as the Aggies ended a three-year losing skid to the Eagles with a 24-10 win at Aggie Stadium in Greensboro.
 
The setback for NCCU ends the season with an overall record of 7-4 and a conference mark of 5-3. NC A&T, ranked seventh in the STATS FCS Top 25 poll, closed out its regular season with an unblemished 11-0 record and is heading to the Celebration Bowl.
 
A&T tallied 358 yards of total offense, including 205 yards rushing and two touchdown runs by Marquell Cartwright. NCCU posted 215 total yards with freshman quarterback Chauncey Caldwell passing for 129 yards and redshirt freshman Isaiah Totten collecting 61 grounds yards with a touchdown.
 
Senior receiver Jacen Murphy recorded seven catches for 55 yards, becoming just the third Eagle in school history to achieve 60 receptions in a single season.
 
Senior linebacker Reggie Hunter topped NCCU with 13 tackles to wrap up his career with 245 stops, which ranks 11th on the Eagles' career tackles list.
 
Senior punter Nathaniel Tilque averaged 44.4 yards per punt on Saturday. His seven punts for 311 yards makes him the only Eagle to surpass 10,000 career punting yards, completing his NCCU tenure with a school record 10,007 yards.
 
Another NCCU record was broken on Saturday, as junior kicker Aedan Johnson made a 52-yard field goal on the last play of the first half, the longest field goal in school history topping Brandon Gilbert's game-winning 51-yard field goal to win the 2006 CIAA championship game.