ttending collegiate football games on fall Saturday afternoons remains a prized tradition across North A Carolina. Each institution has unique traditions and attributes that keep fans returning, year after year. These four universities are known for having particularly strong support bases.

Carter-Finley Stadium, Raleigh AVERAGE CAPACITY: LEAST EXPENSIVE ANNOUNCED 57,583 TICKET FOR AUG. 31 ATTENDANCE GAME VS. ECU: IN 2018: $63 56,855

FAMOUS PLAYERS: Philip Rivers BB&T Stadium, Greensboro Roman Gabriel AVERAGE CAPACITY: LEAST EXPENSIVE ANNOUNCED 21,500 TICKET FOR OCT. 26 WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL: ATTENDANCE GAME VS. HOWARD: Massive tailgating IN 2018: $151 15,494 scene FAMOUS PLAYERS: Elvin Bethea 2019 OUTLOOK: Coach is well- Tarik Cohen regarded, but it will be hard to notch a third straight 9-win season. 2019 OUTLOOK: WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL: The Aggies have a shot at being the best Constant chant: historically black college or university “Aggie Pride team for a third-straight year. Nationwide”

Kidd Brewer Stadium, Boone AVERAGE CAPACITY: LEAST EXPENSIVE ANNOUNCED 30,000 TICKET FOR Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Greenville ATTENDANCE SEPT. 7 GAME VS. IN 2018: UNC CHARLOTTE: AVERAGE CAPACITY: LEAST EXPENSIVE 23,704 $60 ANNOUNCED 50,000 TICKET FOR NOV. 2 ATTENDANCE GAME VS. CINCINNATI: FAMOUS PLAYERS: IN 2018: $26 Dexter Coakley 32,908

FAMOUS PLAYERS: WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL: Jeff Blake Picturesque Earnest Byner mountain setting

2019 OUTLOOK: 2019 OUTLOOK: WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL: New coach Mike Houston is FFormer N.C. State assistant coach renewing optimism after three Constant screams: , 36, succeeds super- difficult seasons. “Arrrggghhh” successful Scott Satterfield, who EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY, MARIE FREEMAN CAROLINA EAST COURTESY OF N.C. A&T STATE UNIVERSITY, MARC HALL, UNIVERSITY, MARC HALL, OF N.C. A&T STATE COURTESY now leads Louisville.

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