Appalachian State–Charlotte rivalry

Appalachian State-Charlotte Rivalry
Appalachian State Mountaineers Charlotte 49ers
First meeting	February 10, 1971 (Basketball) Charlotte, 72-57
Latest meeting	March 13, 2022 (Baseball) Appalachian State, 9-7
Next meeting	September 19, 2026 (Football)

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Locations of Charlotte and Appalachian State

The Appalachian State–Charlotte rivalry is multi-sport college rivalry series between the Mountaineers of Appalachian State University and the 49ers of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The two North Carolina public universities are located within a two-hour drive of each other and have competed against each other in athletic contests since 1971.

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Football

Football series
Statistics
Appalachian State Mountaineers Charlotte 49ers
First meeting	November 8, 2018 Appalachian State, 45–9
Latest meeting	November 12, 2020 Appalachian State, 35–20
Next meeting	September 19, 2026
Meetings total	3
All-time series	Appalachian State leads, 3–0
Largest victory	Appalachian State, 45–9 (2018)
Longest win streak	Appalachian State, 3 (2018–present)
Current win streak	Appalachian State, 3 (2018–present)

Appalachian State has dominated the football series, winning every game by at least 15 points.^[1] The next match up is scheduled for 2026, the first of a four-game series between the two schools.^[2]

Game Results

Appalachian State victories	Charlotte victories	Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winning team		Losing team
1	September 8, 2018	Charlotte, NC	Appalachian State	45	Charlotte	9
2	September 7, 2019	Boone, NC	Appalachian State	56	Charlotte	41
3	September 12, 2020	Boone, NC	Appalachian State	35	Charlotte	20
4	September 19, 2026	Boone, NC
5	September 18, 2027	Charlotte, NC
6	September 16, 2028	Boone, NC
7	September 15, 2029	Charlotte, NC
Series: Appalachian State leads 3–0

Basketball

Basketball series
Statistics
Appalachian State Mountaineers Charlotte 49ers
First meeting	February 10, 1971 Charlotte, 72–57
Latest meeting	December 2, 2022 Charlotte, 71–62
Meetings total	41
All-time series	Charlotte leads, 26–15
Largest victory	Charlotte, 87–59 (1977)
Longest win streak	Charlotte, 6 (1991–96)
Current win streak	Charlotte, 2 (2021–present)

Basketball was the first sport the two schools met in, and is the sport that's seen the greatest number of games, with Charlotte claiming a 10-game advantage over Appalachian State. Statistically, Charlotte has dominated, with three of their last 5 wins in the series decided by double digits.^[3] Appalachian State has only won twice during that span.^[4]^[5]

Game Results

Appalachian State victories	Charlotte victories	Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	February 10, 1971	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	72–57
2	February 17, 1971	Boone, NC	Charlotte	76–59
3	January 22, 1972	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	79–64
4	February 12, 1972	Boone, NC	Appalachian State	78–77
5	February 3, 1973	Boone, NC	Appalachian State	77–75
6	January 29, 1974	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	85–73
7	January 9, 1975	Boone, NC	Charlotte	75–61
8	January 19, 1976	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	73–53
9	January 19, 1977	Boone, NC	Charlotte	87–59
10	December 5, 1977	Charlotte, NC	Appalachian State	71–64
11	January 20, 1979	Boone, NC	Appalachian State	58–47
12	February 11, 1980	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	58–56
13	January 31, 1981	Boone, NC	Appalachian State	53–52
14	January 20, 1982	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	60–54
15	December 29, 1983	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	67–51
16	November 30, 1984	Charlotte, NC	Appalachian State	77–68
17	December 7, 1985	Boone, NC	Appalachian State	84–73
18	December 20, 1985	Charlotte, NC	Appalachian State	60–59
19	November 28, 1988	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	77–63
20	December 4, 1989	Boone, NC	Appalachian State	88–81
21	December 5, 1990	Charlotte, NC	Appalachian State	85–79

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
22	December 2, 1991	Boone, NC	Charlotte	83–68
23	January 2, 1993	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	88–80
24	December 4, 1993	Boone, NC	Charlotte	67–58
25	December 20, 1994	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	92–68
26	December 4, 1995	Boone, NC	Charlotte	85–81
27	December 2, 1996	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	75–63
28	November 24, 1997	Boone, NC	Appalachian State	66–60
29	November 26, 2001	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	71–69
30	November 25, 2002	Boone, NC	Appalachian State	103–100^3OT
31	December 13, 2003	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	85–64
32	November 12, 2007	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	84–78
33	November 19, 2008	Boone, NC	Appalachian State	87–84^2OT
34	December 8, 2013	Boone, NC	Charlotte	77–59
35	December 18, 2014	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	75–65
36	December 19, 2015	Boone, NC	Charlotte	82–66
37	November 28, 2016	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	80–72
38	November 21, 2019	Boone, NC	Appalachian State	64–55
39	December 11, 2020	Charlotte, NC	Appalachian State	61–57
40	November 18, 2021	Boone, NC	Charlotte	67–66
41	December 2, 2022	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	71–62
Series: Charlotte leads 26–15

Baseball

Baseball series
Statistics
Appalachian State Mountaineers Charlotte 49ers
First meeting	March 26, 1980 Appalachian State, 6-3
Latest meeting	March 11, 2022 Appalachian State, 9-7
Next meeting	TBD
Meetings total	28
All-time series	Charlotte leads, 17–10–1
Largest victory	Charlotte, 32–9 (1995)
Longest win streak	Charlotte, 5 (2000–2003, 2006–2022)
Current win streak	Appalachian State, 1 (2022–present)

The baseball rivalry is arguably the most heated between athletic departments. Because of the close proximity of the two campuses, the teams often schedule multiple games over multiple seasons before taking around a decade-long hiatus, and then scheduling a lot more games.^[6]

Game Results

Appalachian State victories	Charlotte victories	Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	March 26, 1980	Charlotte, NC	Appalachian State	6–3
2	May 2, 1980	Boone, NC	Charlotte	8–5
3	March 25, 1981	Charlotte, NC	Appalachian State	4–3
4	March 25, 1981	Charlotte, NC	Appalachian State	20–12
5	April 14, 1981	Boone, NC	Charlotte	12–7
6	March 18, 1982	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	9–5
7	March 12, 1983	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	11–7
8	April 13, 1983	Boone, NC	Appalachian State	3–1
9	February 26, 1994	Charlotte, NC	Appalachian State	6–4
10	February 26, 1994	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	4–2
11	March 29, 1994	Boone, NC	Appalachian State	9–7
12	March 9, 1995	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	32–9
13	March 29, 1995	Boone, NC	Charlotte	4–2⁷
14	March 29, 1995	Boone, NC	Appalachian State	9–8⁷
15	February 16, 2000	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	11–1

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
16	March 8, 2000	Boone, NC	Charlotte	8–7
17	March 27, 2001	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	13–4
18	April 10, 2001	Boone, NC	Charlotte	8–6
19	April 29, 2003	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	13–3
20	March 22, 2005	Boone, NC	Appalachian State	12–5⁶
21	April 26, 2005	Charlotte, NC	Appalachian State	8–2
22	April 4, 2006	Boone, NC	Tie	13–13
23	April 25, 2006	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	4–3
24	March 23, 2021	Kannapolis, NC	Charlotte	15–5
25	April 20, 2021	Boone, NC	Charlotte	11–8
26	March 11, 2022	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	9–3
27	March 12, 2022	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte	12–7
28	March 13, 2022	Charlotte, NC	Appalachian State	9–7¹²
Series: Charlotte leads 17–10–1

References

^ "Winsipedia - Appalachian State Mountaineers vs. Charlotte 49ers football series history". winsipedia.com. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
^ "sports/college/asu/a-rivalry-not-yet-but-app-state-and-charlotte-are-working-on-it/article_da027fac-e579-5e9b-87e5-8d0945ba6f11". journalnow.com. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
^ "Matchup Finder | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
^ "Charlotte Athletics Men's Basketball History vs Appalachian State University". charlotte49ers.com. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
^ "App State Athletics Men's Basketball History vs Charlotte". appstatesports.com. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
^ "Charlotte Athletics Baseball History vs Appalachian State University". charlotte49ers.com. Retrieved 2021-12-14.

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Defunct trophy/ point competitions	Duke–North Carolina (Carlyle Cup) Kansas–Missouri (Border Showdown Series) Texas–Texas A&M (Lone Star Showdown)
Overall rivalries	Appalachian State–Charlotte Arkansas–Arkansas State BYU–Utah Canisius–Niagara (Battle of the Bridge) Central Connecticut–Hartford Charlotte–East Carolina Cincinnati–Louisville Cincinnati–Memphis Cincinnati–Xavier Colorado State–Wyoming (Border War) Dartmouth–New Hampshire Duke–North Carolina Duke–North Carolina–NC State–Wake Forest (Tobacco Road) Florida–Kentucky Fordham–Manhattan (Battle of the Bronx) Fordham–St. John's George Mason–VCU Hofstra–Stony Brook (Battle of Long Island) Houston–Rice Indiana–Kentucky Indiana–Purdue Iowa–Iowa State Kansas–Kansas State (Sunflower Showdown) Kansas–Missouri (Border War) Kentucky–Louisville Kentucky–Tennessee Lamar–McNeese (Battle of the Border) Louisville–Memphis North Carolina–NC State North Carolina–Wake Forest North Carolina A&T–North Carolina Central North Carolina A&T–Winston-Salem State NC State–Wake Forest Norfolk State–Old Dominion North Carolina A&T–UNC Greensboro (Battle of Market Street) Old Dominion–William & Mary Oregon–Oregon State Princeton–Rutgers Tennessee–Vanderbilt UCLA–USC

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v t e Appalachian State University
Located in: Boone, North Carolina
Academics	Center at Hickory Esse quam videri Hayes School of Music University of North Carolina System
Campus	AppalCart Beaver Field Brewer Stadium Holmes Center Lackey Field Observatory Soccer Stadium Varsity Gymnasium
Athletics	Appalachian Sports Network Baseball Softball Men's basketball Women's basketball Football Men's Soccer Wrestling
Student life	Appalachian Symphony Orchestra Hot Hot Hot Marching Mountaineers WASU-FM
Founded: 1899 Students: 19,026 Endowment: 300.7 million

v t e Appalachian State Mountaineers football
Venues	College Field (1928–1961) Kidd Brewer Stadium (1962–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Charlotte Georgia Southern Marshall Western Carolina (Battle for the Old Mountain Jug)
Culture & lore	"Hi Hi Yikas" Marching Mountaineers 2007 Michigan game Miracle on the Mountain Yosef
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	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
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball
Venues	Broome-Kirke Gymnasium (1955–1968) Varsity Gymnasium (1968–2000) Holmes Center (2000–present)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
<span style="color:white">Seasons</span>	1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

v t e Appalachian State Mountaineers baseball
Venues	Lackey Field (?–2006) Beaver Field (2007–present)
People	Players
Seasons	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 1998 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

v t e University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Located in: Charlotte, North Carolina
Academics	Charlotte Research Institute University of North Carolina
Athletics	Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Football Men's soccer Softball C-USA Halton Arena Halton-Wagner Hayes Stadium Irwin Belk Track and Field Center Jerry Richardson Stadium Miltimore-Wallis
Student life	Belk Gymnasium The SAC Student organizations University City
History	People Norm the Niner Pride of Niner Nation Marching Band Mass shooting
Founded: 1946 Students: 29,710 Endowment: 202.793 million

v t e Charlotte 49ers football
Venues	Memorial Stadium (1946–1948) Jerry Richardson Stadium (2013–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games 2019 Bahamas Bowl Appalachian State East Carolina
Culture & lore	Norm the Niner Fight song Pride of Niner Nation Marching Band
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1946 1947 1948 1949–2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

v t e Charlotte 49ers men's basketball
Venues	Local high school gyms (1965–1970) Belk Gymnasium (1970–1976; alternate, 1976–1996) Bojangles Coliseum (1976–1988, 1993–1996) Charlotte Coliseum (1988–1993) Dale F. Halton Arena (1996–present) Spectrum Center (alternate, 2007–present)
Rivalries	East Carolina
Culture & lore	Norm the Niner
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
<span style="color:white">Seasons</span>	1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

v t e Charlotte 49ers baseball
Venues	Clark Griffith Park (1979–1983) Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium (1984–present)
People	Head coaches Players
<span style="color:white">Seasons</span>	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