Eastern Michigan took the early lead on the 49ers (1-2) and thwarted Charlotte's comeback efforts with key turnovers to grab a 37-19 victory at Jerry Richardson Stadium.
The Eagles (2-1) went ahead 7-0 in the first quarter and led 17-3 at the half before forcing two third quarter turnovers to push ahead 34-6.
The 49ers rallied with two fourth quarter scores and had another drive stopped in the red zone on fourth down.
Statistically, Charlotte and Eastern Michigan looked similar. Eastern Michigan had 357 yards of total offense. Charlotte had 346. EMU was better on third down (7 of 13) but Charlotte was 8-of-20 and made up for the slight difference by going 3-of-4 on 4th down.