College football: Around the state

Today

Furman at Virginia Tech

SITE: Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, Va.

TIME: 1:30 p.m.

RECORDS: Furman 1-0, Virginia Tech 0-1

LAST WEEK: Furman def. Mars Hill, 62-14; Va. Tech lost to ECU, 27-22

SERIES: Virginia Tech leads, 4-0

LAST MEETING: Hokies won, 20-6, in Blacksburg in 1947

NOTABLE: This is Furman's 1,000th college football game (550-411-38)...Paladins will get approximately a $275,000 guarantee...Furman has lost its last three games against ACC opponents...QB Jordan Sorrells was 19 for 26 for 218 yards and threw for 3 TDs and ran for another in win over Mars Hill...RB Mike Brown had 13 carries for 93 yards and 1 TD...Paladins had 486 yards total offense...Hokies lost to East Carolina in Charlotte on a blocked punt that was returned for a TD...Loss ended a six-game winning streak for 17th-ranked Hokies...Hokies coach Frank Beamer has announced team will return to two-QB system it used last season with mobile Tyrod Taylor foregoing a planned redshirts season...Taylor will share duties with Sean Glennon...Glennon, a fifth-year senior, completed 14 of 23 passes for 139 yards and was intercepted twice against ECU.

Fayetteville State at Presbyterian

SITE: Bailey Memorial Stadium, Clinton

TIME: 1:30 p.m.

RECORDS: Presbyterian 0-1, Fayetteville State 1-0

LAST WEEK: Presbyterian lost at Wofford, 38-21; Fayetteville State def. North Carolina Central, 33-22

SERIES: Presbyterian leads, 2-0

LAST MEETING: Presbyterian won, 7-6, in 2006

NOTABLE: Presbyterian has five straight wins at home, dating back to October 2006...Blue Hose played only three home games last season while making transition from Division II to FCS (formerly I-AA)...Presbyterian jumped out to a 14-point lead against Wofford before No. 13 Terriers rebounded...S.J. Worrell caught 12 passes for 86 yards and Terrance Butler had eight catches for 132 yards...QB Tim Webb was 37 of 56 for 351 yards and three TDs...Chris Bowman had a career-best 13 tackles (5 solo) against Wofford...Fayetteville State beat North Carolina Central for first time since 2004...Broncos have not had a winning season since 2005...Fayetteville State QBs Ben Williams and Bryan Hardy combined for 172 yards passing and 3 TDs in win.

Wingate at North Greenville

SITE: Younts Stadium, Tigerville

TIME: 7 p.m.

RECORDS: North Greenville 0-1, Wingate 1-0

LAST WEEK: North Greenville lost to Liberty, 49-10; Wingate def. Saint Paul's (Va.), 34-10

SERIES: Wingate leads, 5-0

LAST MEETING: Wingate def. North Greenville, 44-7, in 2005

NOTABLE: In loss to Liberty, North Greenville was led by senior RB Rashad Cummings, who ran for 74 yards...Cummings, then a freshman, scored Crusaders' only TD in 2005 meeting with Wingate...QB Richard Harb, starting his first college game, was 21 of 36, including a 15-yard TD pass to freshman Marcus Middleton...Andre Bernardi led Crusaders' defense with nine tackles and a sack...Wingate is led by redshirt senior QB J.D. Moore, who was 11 for 18 for 165 yards and 2 TDs in win over Saint Paul's...Backup QB James Hall was 5 for 7...Wingate defense started 10 new players in opener...Dietrich Wright, the only returning starter, had 9 tackles, including 8 solos.

Sunday

Colgate at Coastal Carolina

SITE: Brooks Stadium, Conway

TIME: 1 p.m.

RECORDS: Coastal Carolina 0-1, Colgate 0-1

LAST WEEK: Coastal Carolina lost to Penn State, 66-10; Colgate lost to Stony Brook, 42-26

SERIES: First meeting

NOTABLE: Game originally was scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday, but switched because of Tropical Storm/Hurricane Hanna...Coastal is coming off loss to Penn State, which moved up to No. 19 with its win...Zach MacDowall replaced William Richardson at QB to engineer Chanticleers' only scoring drive, a 33-yard pass to WR Trent Usher...Richardson completed 13 of 22 passes for 131 yards while MacDowall was 5 of 9 for 67 yards...Sophomore punter Ben Erdman averaged 43.0 yards, including punts of 54 and 50 yards...Colgate, which lost to Big South member Stony Brook, went 7-4 last season...The Raiders' top returnee is senior RB Jordan Scott, who carried 409 times for 1930 yards last season...QB Alex Relph threw for 2,138 yards and 12 TDS in 2007.