Mars Hill
2-0South Atlantic · Meares Stadium · 5,000
LastW 22–16 vs Catawba · Sat Sep 12
Nextat Lenoir Rhyne · Sat Sep 19 · 6 pm ET · Helen and Leonard Moretz Stadium · series 0-3, lost the last 3
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 6 | #308 | #340 | — | @Winston-Salem State | W 17–0 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #311 | #342 | — | Catawba | W 22–16 | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #313 | #283 | @Lenoir Rhyne | ||||
| 4 | Sep 26 | #310 | #275 | @Carson Newman | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | Tusculum | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | @Emory & Henry | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | Newberry | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | @UVA Wise | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | @Anderson (SC) | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | Wingate |
Game Week
4d 22h
until kickoff · at Lenoir Rhyne · Sat Sep 19 · 6 pm ET
Mars Hill spent 32 years under Tim Clifton — the longest-tenured North Carolina college football coach — and Kevin Barnette now inherits a program defined by stability and tasked with finding the next mountain.
Mars Hill's chip is being haunted by continuity — 32 years under Clifton set a bar so high that even success under Barnette risks reading as a falloff. The Lions carry the weight of a legacy they have…
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 5-6 · last season
✓ measured from 11 games · ranks are among South Atlantic teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Mars Hill has won four of its last five.
Warming. 5-5 over the last 10, and won the last two.
Next Sep 19
vs Lenoir Rhyne · away
Outcome band · Mars Hill · 2026
Outcome band · Mars Hill · 2026Mars Hill's most likely season is 2-10 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 5-7.
No season-path projection for this program yet, so this is last season's record with a two-win swing down and a three-win swing up, over a 12-game frame.
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Mars Hill spent 32 years under Tim Clifton — the longest-tenured North Carolina college football coach — and Kevin Barnette now inherits a program defined by stability and tasked with finding the next mountain.
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