North Carolina vs. App. State: Live updates, score, results, highlights, for Saturday's NCAA Football game

Live scores, highlights and updates from the North Carolina vs. Appalachian State football game

The North Carolina Tar Heels will be playing at home against the App. State Mountaineers at 5:15 p.m. ET on Saturday at Kenan Memorial Stadium. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

It took one tries, but North Carolina can finally say they have a win on the road. North Carolina walked away with a 31-17 win over South Carolina on Saturday. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point North Carolina had established a 17 point advantage.

Meanwhile, App. State gave their fans exactly what they wanted out of a home opener on Saturday. They took down Gardner-Webb 45-24.

QB Joey Aguilar looked spectacular while leading his team to the win, throwing for 174 yards and four touchdowns on 13 attempts. Aguilar wound up with a passer rating of 298.6. It was a true group effort though, and the team also got help from RB Nate Noel, who rushed for 117 yards and punched in a rushing TD.

Looking ahead, North Carolina is the favorite in this one, and the experts expect to see them win by 18 points. They finished last season with a 6-8 record against the spread.

North Carolina won a match that couldn't have been any closer in their previous matchup back in September of 2022, slipping by App. State 63-61. Will North Carolina repeat their success, or do App. State have a better game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.