September 28th, 2025 1:00am
WINGATE, N.C. — Carson-Newman had not won at Irwin Belk Stadium in a decade, but Saturday night in a rematch of last season's South Atlantic Conference Championship game, even the elements couldn't stop the Eagles from getting the job done. C-N held No. 19/20-ranked Wingate to a season-low offensive output en route to a brutish 21-14 win.
Carson-Newman (3-1, 2-1 SAC) snapped a three-game losing streak to the Bulldogs (3-1, 1-1) at Irwin Belk while limiting the country's fifth-highest scoring offense to a season-low 14 points.
"I just told the guys I really couldn't be more proud of them," C-N head coach Ashley Ingram said. "The fight, the determination, the 'want-to'. …We played without three starting offensive linemen, we're playing guys that really aren't ready to play. We left (starting quarterback) Teddy (Gleaton) at home with a hurt ankle, Zane (Whitson) gets hurt and has to come out, we play Justin Johnson and Mario Sanchez, our third and fourth QBs. I mean, what do you say?"
What he said was, "go for it."