Sluggish Second Half Hurts Niners Against ECU

11/14/2026 7:29:00 PM | Football

The one-point loss was Charlotte's (1-9, 1-5 American) narrowest margin of defeat since 2017 and the fourth loss by a single point in program history. With a pair of overtime losses and a five-point defeat at App State in Week 3, this is just the second season the 49ers have had four one-score losses.

"That was down to the wire," head coach Tim Albin said. "We knew going in it was going to be a low-scoring game, and it was. It was the second week in a row we couldn't get the ball in the end zone. An unbelievable effort from the defense. There was a time in the fourth quarter when we had five starters out. I'm really liking some of the things I'm seeing on the…