[1][2] The team was led by head coach Brad Lambert and played its home games on campus at Jerry Richardson Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

As the team was in their two-year transition period before reclassifying to the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), they were ineligible to participate in the FCS playoffs.

The radio announcers are Matt Swierad with play-by-play, former Carolina Panther Kevin Donnalley with color commentary, and Bobby Rosinski with sideline reports.

The game began slowly for both teams as Charlotte would score first midway through the first quarter on a 50-yard Blake Brewer field goal.

Charlotte would tack on 6 more points on the next drive with true Freshman running back Meatron Thomas's first collegiate touchdown, a 40-yard rush; but the 2-point conversion attempt would fail.

With no time left on the clock Blake Brewer would complete the next field goal for the 49ers from 17 yards out to make the halftime score Charlotte 36, Johnson C. Smith 0.

The second half scoring would commence when J.C. Smith quarterback Keahn Wallace would have a pass intercepted by Charlotte free safety Prince Mayela which he took back for a defensive touchdown.

Charlotte true Freshmen running back Maetron Thomas would break free for a 60-yard rushing touchdown on the second play of the fourth quarter.

On the first play from scrimmage 49ers' quarterback Matt Johnson would complete a 65-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Austin Duke to give the Niners an early lead.

On their next series, the 49ers would get into scoring range on a Matt Johnson 70 yard rush; but after the Niners were unable to convert another first down, Blake Brewer would miss a 24-yard field goal.

Charlotte would go 3-and-out on their next possession and return the ball to the Eagles, but on their next play Malcolm Bell's pass attempt would fall into the hands of the 49ers' defensive end Tank Norman.

Midway through the quarter Elon would cap a long drive with their second touchdown of the day on a 5-yard pass; another Mike Quinn connection to Kierre Brown.

The Niners would get to Elon's 22-yard line but an incomplete pass would be followed by a scrambling throw from Johnson to Corey Nesmith in the endzone corner for an apparent touchdown; but two penalties were called on the play against Charlotte.

Later in the quarter Daniel Croghan would step in for Brown and complete a 21-yard touchdown pass to Mike Holloway to retake the lead for the Bucs.

On their second play of the fourth quarter, Matt Johnson would connect on another long passing touchdown to Austin Duke for 61 yards and to tie the game again.

On the next series Charleston Southern would cap a 15 play, clock-eating drive, with an Austin Brown 5-yard touchdown pass to Nathan Perera to regain the lead.

Charlotte would get into scoring position on the first drive of the game, capping it with a Blake Brewer 25-yard field goal to take the early lead.

On the first play of the next drive, the Niners' Branden Dozier intercepted Lucas Beatty's pass and returned the ball 39 yards for the touchdown and the lead.

With two and a half minutes left, on the first play of their next drive, Matt Johnson would connect an 80-yard touchdown pass with Austin Duke to get the Niners to within three.

Not to be outdone, Charlotte's Matt Johnson would lob an 83-yard touchdown pass to Austin Duke on the first play from scrimmage after getting the ball back.

Charlotte would tie the game on the two-point conversion attempt when Matt Johnson would hand the ball off to Kalif Phillips, who then gave it to Austin Duke to pass to Dmarjai Devine in the end zone.

With slightly more than two minutes left in regulation, Charlotte's Matt Johnson would lob another long touchdown pass, this one for 71 yards, again to Austin Duke to tie the game again.

Charlotte would put together an 11 play drive in their first double overtime in program history, getting to the Bulldog's 4-yard line, but the game would end on a fourth down incomplete pass from Matt Johnson to Dmarjai Devine that was successfully broken up by the Citadel's Cody Richardson.

On Charlotte's next drive the Niners would get to the Dukes' 38 yard line, but Blake Brewer would miss the 55-yard field goal attempt.

With less than four minutes left in the game, 49ers' backup quarterback Lee McNeill would orchestrate a ten play drive and take the ball into the end zone himself on an 8-yard run to get the Niners within one touchdown of the Dukes.

Top performers for the game would include Charlotte Quarterback Lee McNeill who would get 236 yards and 1 passing and one rushing touchdown in his first career start.

Charlotte quarterback Lee McNeill would fumble on the next drive on a sack by Amir Petrose, which would be recovered by the Wolverines's Roderick Caine.

The 49ers would tie the game again on their next possession, a twelve play drive finished by Kaliff Phillip's third touchdown run of the day, this time from 16 yards out.

Game Notes: For the second year in a row the 49ers closed out the season facing the Morehead State Eagles, this time inside the friendly confines of Jerry Richardson Stadium.

On the next series Gahafer would have his third interception of the first quarter, this time by the 49ers' senior Desmond Cooper, playing in his final regular season collegiate game.