The Charlotte 49ers will play James Madison on August 31, their opening game of the 2024 college football schedule — keep scrolling for the full slate.

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2024 Charlotte Game and TV Schedule

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Charlotte 2024 Strength of Schedule

• In terms of difficulty, based on their opponents’ combined win total last season, the 49ers will be facing the 73rd-ranked schedule this year.
• Charlotte will face the 24th-toughest schedule in college football, based on its opponents’ projected win total this season (76).
• Based on their AAC opponents’ combined win total last season, the 49ers will be playing the 85th-ranked conference schedule in terms of toughness.
• Charlotte’s schedule has six games against teams that finished over .500 in 2023 (three against teams with nine or more victories and two against squads that notched less than four wins).
• The 49ers will have six games against teams who played in a bowl in 2023 bowl.

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Charlotte Stat Insights (2023)

• While the 49ers ranked 61st in total defense with 374.2 yards allowed per game last season, they were slightly less successful on offense, ranking 16th-worst (312.8 yards per game).
• Charlotte ranked eighth-worst in scoring offense last season (17.5 points per game), but it played slightly better on defense, ranking 89th with 28.6 points allowed per contest.
• The 49ers were a bottom-25 pass offense last season, ranking 15th-worst with 167.8 passing yards per contest. On the defensive side of the ball, they ranked 44th in FBS (212.7 passing yards allowed per game).
• Charlotte averaged 145 rushing yards per game on offense last season, which ranked it 82nd in FBS. On the other side of the ball, it ranked 86th, allowing 161.5 rushing yards per contest.
• While the 49ers’ third-down defense ranked 72nd with a 39.4% third-down conversion rate allowed per game last season, they were worse on offense, ranking worst with a 23.7% third-down percentage.
• Charlotte ranked 102nd in college football with a -5 turnover margin last season after forcing 17 turnovers (73rd in FBS) and committing 22 (112th in FBS).

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