North Carolina A&T Aggies
Coastal AthleticGreensboro, NCAggie Stadium
2026: 3–5 (2–2 Coastal Athletic). Last: beat Chicago State 27–12 at home. Next: Elon, Saturday, Oct 31, 1 p.m. ET.
- L 7–17Morgan State
- L 10–59at Georgia State
- L 22–30at North Carolina Central
- L 14–42at Campbell
- W 22–18Rhode Island
- L 30–31at Bryant
- W 30–27New Hampshire
- W 27–12Chicago State
- Oct 31Elon
- Nov 7at Monmouth
- Nov 14at Hampton
- Nov 21UAlbany
North Carolina A&T has played football since 1901 and is officially 532–452–40; 256 of its 1,024 games are in our file. They have won 11 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference titles (the last in 2019) and five Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association titles, counting shared titles. Since 1966, the NFL Draft has taken 17 players from here in its first seven rounds, 1 of them in the first round. The most-played rival is North Carolina Central: 21 meetings, North Carolina Central leads 11–10. This season, they’re 3–5.
On this date in 2024North Carolina A&T lost to Hampton 59–17 at home.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 532–452–40 official; 119–137 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 4–0 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1161
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 103 · Composite No. 98 in FCS, Oct 17; down 1 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 16 last in 2019
- Bowl record
- 7–4 official, bowls only
- Seasons
- 24 since 1977, 256 games
Identity
- Fight song
- Aggie Fight Song
2026 season 3–5
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs Morgan State | L 7–17 | 45% |
| Sep 4 | at Georgia State | L 10–59 | 16% |
| Sep 12 | at North Carolina Central | L 22–30 | 16% |
| Sep 19 | at Campbell | L 14–42 | 23% |
| Sep 26 | vs Rhode Island | W 22–18 | 20% |
| Oct 3 | at Bryant | L 30–31 | 23% |
| Oct 10 | vs New Hampshire | W 30–27 | 33% |
| Oct 17 | vs Chicago State | W 27–12 | 52% |
| Oct 31 | vs Elon | Preview | 40% |
| Nov 7 | at Monmouth | Preview | 16% |
| Nov 14 | at Hampton | Preview | 55% |
| Nov 21 | vs UAlbany | Preview | 37% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterThe moneyOn the 2026 team
- Kevin White1,263 passing yards, 14 TD (leads North Carolina A&T in passing yards)
- Donavan Frederick55 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 1 INT (leads North Carolina A&T in tackles)
- Jonathan Kimbrough-Campbell51 tackles, 1 INT
- J.T. Smith Jr.355 rushing yards, 1 TD (leads North Carolina A&T in rushing yards)
- Tyrek Brown44 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 1 INT
- Elijah Kennedy36 catches, 364 yards, 4 TD
Program strength since 1977
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Lee Fobbs | 2008 | 2–6 |
| George Ragsdale | 2008 | 1–3 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- North Carolina Central
10–11 in 21
- 2016 L 21–42
- 2017 W 24–10
- 2018 W 45–0
- 2019 W 54–0
- 2021 W 37–14
- 2022 L 13–28
- 2023 L 16–30
- 2024 L 24–66
- 2025 L 20–62
- 2026 L 22–30
Lost the last five.
- South Carolina State
8–13 in 21
- 2014 L 0–13
- 2015 W 9–6
- 2016 W 30–20
- 2017 W 21–7
- 2018 W 31–16
- 2019 W 22–20
- 2021 W 27–17
- 2022 W 41–27
- 2024 L 25–45
- 2025 L 16–22
Lost the last two.
- Norfolk State
10–6 in 16
- 2010 L 14–23
- 2011 L 10–14
- 2012 W 30–9
- 2015 W 27–3
- 2016 W 35–0
- 2017 W 35–7
- 2018 W 37–20
- 2019 W 58–19
- 2022 W 49–24
- 2023 W 28–26
Won the last eight.
| Opponent | Games | NCAT record |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina Central | 21 | 10–11 |
| South Carolina State | 21 | 8–13 |
| Norfolk State | 16 | 10–6 |
| Florida A&M | 16 | 7–8 † |
| Hampton | 16 | 5–11 |
| Morgan State | 16 | 5–11 |
| Delaware State | 16 | 8–8 |
| Howard | 14 | 10–4 |
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.
Rivals the program names: North Carolina Central, South Carolina State.
Every opponent (62)
Every program North Carolina A&T has played, A to Z, with North Carolina A&T’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Alabama A&M 1–0
- Alcorn State 3–1
- App State 1–1
- Bethune-Cookman 7–7
- Bryant 1–1
- Campbell 2–3
- Charleston Southern 3–0
- Charlotte 1–0
- Chicago State 1–0
- Chowan 1–0
- Coastal Carolina 0–5
- Delaware 0–2
- Delaware State 8–8
- Duke 0–3
- East Carolina 1–0
- Eastern Michigan 0–1
- Edward Waters 1–0
- Elon 6–5
- Florida A&M 7–8 †
- Furman 0–1
- Gardner-Webb 2–2
- Georgia State 0–1
- Grambling 1–0
- Hampton 5–11
- Howard 10–4
- Jackson State 1–0
- Jacksonville State 1–0
- Johnson C. Smith 1–0
- Kennesaw State 0–1
- Kent State 1–0
- Louisiana 0–1
- Maine 0–1
- Mars Hill 1–0
- Monmouth 0–2
- Morgan State 5–11
- New Hampshire 1–0
- Norfolk State 10–6
- North Alabama 1–0
- North Carolina 0–1
- North Carolina Central 10–11
- North Dakota State 0–1
- Prairie View A&M 0–1
- Rhode Island 1–1
- Richmond 0–3
- Robert Morris 2–0
- Savannah State 4–0
- Shaw 1–0
- South Carolina State 8–13
- Southern 0–1
- St. Augustine’s 1–0
- Stony Brook 0–1
- Tennessee State 1–2
- Towson 0–3
- Tulsa 0–1
- UAB 0–1
- UCF 0–1
- Villanova 0–2
- Virginia Lynchburg 3–0
- Wake Forest 0–2
- West Virginia State 1–0
- William & Mary 0–2
- Winston-Salem State 3–3
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.
Conference titles
16, counting shared titles- Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 11
- 1975 (shared), 1986, 1991 (shared), 1992, 1999, 2003, 2014 (shared), 2015 (shared), 2017, 2018, 2019 (shared)
- Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association 5
- 1927, 1950, 1958, 1959, 1964
As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Black college football
Black college national titles 8
Who named them
- 1951 7–1–1: Associated Negro Press (Luix Virgil Overbea)
- 1968 8–1: New Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll)
- 1990 9–2: American Sports Wire (Dick Simpson)
- 1999 11–2: Atlanta Daily World & 100% Wrong Club–W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy (1953–1992, 2010); Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award (1993–2009); American Sports Wire (Dick Simpson); American Urban Radio Networks (Sheridan Poll) (declined automatic bid to McDonald’s Heritage Bowl IX to participate in NCAA Division I-AA playoffs)
- 2015 10–2: Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl (Celebration Bowl); Add’s HBCU Sports Report (Add Seymour, Jr.) for NCAA Division I FCS teams; American Urban Radio Networks (Sheridan Poll); BOXTOROW (& formerly Black Athlete Sports Network)–Coaches Poll; BOXTOROW (& formerly Black Athlete Sports Network)–Media Poll; Dr. Cavil’s Classic Cuts (Jafus Kenyatta Cavil & formerly SWAC Page Network)–Major Division Poll; HBCU Sports–Ultimate Poll; Heritage Sports Radio Network–HSRN Conaway Cup for NCAA Division I FCS teams
- 2017 12–0: BOXTOROW (& formerly Black Athlete Sports Network)–Coaches Poll; BOXTOROW (& formerly Black Athlete Sports Network)–Media Poll; Black College Sports Page (Carl “Lut” Williams & formerly Major Broadcasting Cable); Celebration Bowl; Dr. Cavil’s Classic Cuts (Jafus Kenyatta Cavil & formerly SWAC Page Network)–Major Division Poll; UrbanMediaToday.com (Trevin A. “T. A.” Jones)
- 2018 10–2: Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl (Celebration Bowl); BOXTOROW (& formerly Black Athlete Sports Network)–Coaches Poll; BOXTOROW (& formerly Black Athlete Sports Network)–Media Poll; Black College Sports Page (Carl “Lut” Williams & formerly Major Broadcasting Cable); Dr. Cavil’s Classic Cuts (Jafus Kenyatta Cavil & formerly SWAC Page Network)–Major Division Poll; UrbanMediaToday.com (Trevin A. “T. A.” Jones)
- 2019 9–3: BOXTOROW (& formerly Black Athlete Sports Network)–Coaches Poll; BOXTOROW (& formerly Black Athlete Sports Network)–Media Poll; Black College Sports Page (Carl “Lut” Williams & formerly Major Broadcasting Cable); Celebration Bowl; Dr. Cavil’s Classic Cuts (Jafus Kenyatta Cavil & formerly SWAC Page Network)–Major Division Poll; HBCU Sports–Ultimate Poll; UrbanMediaToday.com (Trevin A. “T. A.” Jones)
Black College Football Hall of Fame: 2 inductees from North Carolina A&T.
Black college national champions as Wikipedia’s list gives each season’s selections since 1920 (the black press’s polls, bowls and later media polls; some seasons have several). Black college football history: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Conferences
- MEAC 1978 and 1980–2019
- Big South 2021–2022
- Coastal Athletic Conference since 2023
- 2021Joined the Big South from the MEAC, announced February 7, 2020. Source
- 2022Joined the CAA from the Big South, announced February 18, 2022. Source
- 2023Joined the Coastal Athletic Conference from the Big South in football, announced February 22, 2022. Source
North Carolina A&T’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 17 since 1966
- First-round picks
- 1
| 1996 | Jamain Stephens OT | No. 29, Pittsburgh Steelers |
The school
North Carolina A & T State University- Enrollment
- 14,311 12,497 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Greensboro, North Carolina
- Public or private
- Public Research 2
- Founded
- 1891
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $44,440 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3–5 | 2–2 | 1161 | ||||
| 2025 | 2–10 | 2–6 | 1063 | ||||
| 2024 | 1–11 | 0–7 | 1070 | ||||
| 2023 | 1–10 | 0–7 | 1154 | ||||
| 2022 | 7–4 | 4–1 | 1344 | ||||
| 2021 | 5–6 | 3–4 | 1324 | ||||
| 2019 | 9–3 | 6–2 | 1498 | ||||
| 2018 | 10–2 | 6–2 | 1536 | ||||
| 2017 | 12–0 | 8–0 | 1546 | ||||
| 2016 | 9–3 | 7–1 | 1429 | ||||
| 2015 | 10–2 | 7–1 | 1473 | ||||
| 2014 | 9–3 | 6–2 | 1410 | ||||
| 2013 | 7–4 | 4–4 | 1351 | ||||
| 2012 | 6–3 | 4–2 | 1338 | ||||
| 2011 | 5–6 | 4–4 | 1235 | ||||
| 2010 | 1–10 | 1–8 | 1103 | ||||
| 2009 | 4–6 | 2–5 | 1170 | ||||
| 2008 | 3–9 | 1–7 | Lee Fobbs, George Ragsdale | 1089 | |||
| 2007 | 0–11 | 0–9 | 1018 | ||||
| 2006 | 0–11 | 0–8 | 1027 | ||||
| 2005 | 2–7 | 1–6 | 1151 | ||||
| 2004 | 3–8 | 1–6 | 1173 | ||||
| 2003 | 10–2 | 7–1 | 1304 | ||||
| 1977 | 0–1 | 1148 |
Officially 532–452–40 since 1901 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 119–137 (256 of its 1,024 games are on file). Our file starts in 1977; the program began in 1901. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1978–2002, 2020: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.