Complete Fayetteville-area high school football schedule for 2024 season

The football season officially begins on Friday, Aug. 23, and all the 10 Cumberland County public high schools’ teams will be playing. 
 
Seven teams out of the Fayetteville area participated in the State playoffs in the year 2023, the Seventy-First High School football team was as far as the 3A state championship and Terry Sanford High School fought their way till round three. 
 
Schedule heading into first round of state playoffs that will be played on Nov. 8 will entail teams will have had 10 games in 11 weeks. 
 
Below are all the schedules for all Fayetteville programs for the up coming season by week.

Fayetteville-area high school football schedule

Week 1 — Aug. 23

• Cape Fear at Pine Forest
• Douglas Byrd at Red Springs
• E.E. Smith at Gray's Creek
• Jack Britt at Hoke County
• Richmond Senior at Seventy-First
• South View at Overhills
• Terry Sanford at Topsail
• Westover at Seaforth

Week 2 — Aug. 30

• Cape Fear (Open date)
• E.E. Smith at Douglas Byrd
• Red Springs at Gray's Creek
• Jack Britt at East Forsyth
• Pine Forest at Seventy-First
• Hoke County at South View
• Terry Sanford at Scotland
• Westover at Smithfield-Selma

Week 3 — Sept. 6

• Cape Fear at Terry Sanford
• Hoke County at Douglas Byrd
• West Carteret at E.E. Smith
• Pine Forest at Gray's Creek
• Jack Britt (Open date)
• Seventy-First (Open date)
• Durham Riverside at South View
• Fairmont at Westover

Week 4 — Sept. 13

• Laney at Cape Fear
• Douglas Byrd (Open date)
• E.E. Smith (Open date)
• Gray's Creek (Open date)
• Scotland at Jack Britt
• Pine Forest (Open date)
• Seventy-First at Hoke County
• South View (Open date)
• Terry Sanford (Open date)
• Westover (Open date)

Week 5 — Sept. 20 (Conference games begin)

• Cape Fear at Lumberton
• Jack Britt at Douglas Byrd
• Triton at E.E. Smith
• Purnell Swett at Gray's Creek
• Pine Forest at Westover
• South View at Seventy-First
• Overhills at Terry Sanford

Week 6 — Sept. 27

• Purnell Swett at Cape Fear
• Douglas Byrd at South View
• E.E. Smith at Overhills
• Gray's Creek at Seventy-First
• Lumberton at Jack Britt
• Western Harnett at Pine Forest
• Terry Sanford at Triton
• Westover at Harnett Central

Week 7 — Oct. 4

• Seventy-First at Cape Fear
• Douglas Byrd at Gray's Creek
• Harnett Central at E.E. Smith
• Jack Britt at Purnell Swett
• Pine Forest at Terry Sanford
• South View at Lumberton
• Triton at Westover

Week 8 — Oct. 11

• Cape Fear at Douglas Byrd
• E.E. Smith at Pine Forest
• Gray's Creek at Lumberton
• Seventy-First at Jack Britt
• Purnell Swett at South View
• Terry Sanford at Harnett Central
• Westover at Overhills

Week 9 — Oct. 18

• Jack Britt at Cape Fear
• Lumberton at Douglas Byrd
• Western Harnett at E.E. Smith
• South View at Gray's Creek
• Triton at Pine Forest
• Purnell Swett at Seventy-First
• Terry Sanford at Westover

Week 10 — Oct. 25

• Cape Fear at South View
• Douglas Byrd at Purnell Swett
• E.E. Smith at Terry Sanford
• Gray's Creek at Jack Britt
• Harnett Central at Pine Forest
• Seventy-First at Lumberton
• Westover at Western Harnett

Week 11 — Nov. 1

• Gray's Creek at Cape Fear
• Douglas Byrd at Seventy-First
• E.E. Smith at Westover
• South View at Jack Britt
• Pine Forest at Overhills
• Terry Sanford at Western Harnett