UNC coach Mack Brown talks about how the Tar Heels regained their confidence in their blowout victory over Campbell.
Category: Football
After slow start, Heels roll past Campbell
CHAPEL HILL — There were vexing mistakes and head-scratching first-half defensive lapses before Carolina finally lowered the boom on Campbell to produce the expected blowout. UNC scored 52 consecutive points and rode Omarion Hampton’s running and Tez Walker’s big catches to a 59–7 victory on a sun-splashed Saturday afternoon at Kenan Stadium.
Holcomb suffers gruesome knee injury in Steelers win
Cole Holcomb’s season likely came to a painful end Thursday night. Late in the first quarter of Pittsburgh’s 20–16 victory over the Tennessee Titans, the Steelers’ starting left inside linebacker suffered a serious and gruesome left knee injury.
Watch: Video of UNC press conference with players Echols, Hampton, coach Warren
Carolina linebacker Power Echols, running back Omarion Hampton and co-defensive coordinator Charlton Warren answer media questions Wednesday morning. With the Campbell game Military Appreciation Day, Warren talks about his time in the military and what it means to him.
UNC to face Duke, State, UVa each year in football, play first California league game in 2025
Under the ACC’s new football scheduling model with 17 schools beginning next season, UNC will meet every conference school twice every seven years, with its first West Coast league matchup in 2025 against California.
Tez Walker OK after frightening hit, sleepless night in hospital, Frontier flight home
It looked like Tez Walker’s weekend might be a triumphant one when he caught a 36-yard pass with 2:54 left in the game at Georgia Tech. But a blind-side hit from Georgia Tech safety Ahmari Harvey changed all that and how the rest of Walker’s weekend went.
Tar Heels in NFL: Better-protected Howell has career game in loss; mixed day off bench for Trubisky; Downs, Williams productive
It’s amazing what Sam Howell can do when he has time to throw. After getting sacked 40 times in the first seven weeks, the Philadelphia Eagles only sacked Howell once during their tougher-than-expected 38–31 victory over the Washington Commanders, in a career day for the quarterback in his first season as QB1.
Just like last season, two straight ACC losses drop UNC from one of two polls
The pattern is eerily similar to last season for North Carolina’s football team: lose two consecutive ACC games, including blowing a lead to Georgia Tech, and fall out of the AP Top 25.
Watch: UNC players Maye, Gray at press conference after GT loss
ATLANTA — Watch the video of the UNC players Drake Maye and Cedric Gray talking about the Tar Heels’ loss at Georgia Tech.
Good, Bad and Ugly Report: Georgia Tech
Atlanta. Weekend before Halloween. Full moon. What could go wrong?
Atlanta horrors continue as ghastly defense dooms Heels
ATLANTA — Given that Bobby Dodd Stadium has been a house of horrors over the years for Carolina, a visit three days before Halloween turned out to be as scary as expected.
Brown takes blame for UNC’s embarrassing loss to Virginia
Mack Brown pointed the finger at himself after one of the most embarrassing losses in his coaching tenure at North Carolina.
Tar Heels in NFL: Career day for Downs with long TD reception, big fantasy points; another tough day for Howell; Williams has best game of season
Josh Downs got off to a fast start Sunday on his way to a career-best day in his Indianapolis Colts’ tough 39–38 home loss to the Cleveland Browns.
UNC plummets in football poll, continuing recent history of brief top 10 stays
Virginia’s upset of North Carolina at Kenan Stadium on Saturday night assured that the Tar Heels’ stay in the top 10 would be brief.
Watch: Brown’s postgame press conference after the loss to Virginia
Watch Coach Mack Brown’s postgame press conference after the Tar Heels’ loss Virginia.
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