Mack Brown pointed the finger at himself after one of the most embarrassing losses in his coaching tenure at North Carolina.
Category: Football
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.
Good, Bad and Ugly Report: Virginia
This is why UNC football can’t have nice things. Mack Brown tried to warn us. He tried to warn his team. He told the famous Bill Parcells poison cheese story. He put cheese in the team’s lockers. And his team responded with an absolute stinker of a game, leading to perhaps one of the most disappointing losses in Carolina football history.
No. 10 UNC pays for flat effort as Virginia stuns the Heels
CHAPEL HILL — What most figured would be an easy night for No. 10 North Carolina turned into a frustrating evening of survival.For most of the season, these Tar Heels looked like a team that could weather a bad day, but longtime UNC football fans were reminded again that it’s never that easy with this program.
What is The CW, and how can you watch the UNC-Virginia football game?
When the ACC announced that No. 10 North Carolina’s Saturday night game against Virginia would air on The CW, that immediately confused some Tar Heels fans. Most have heard it but have no idea where to find it.
Tar Heels in NFL: Howell throws career-high three TD passes in win; Downs scores first NFL TD; Hurst, Ezeudu hurt
Sam Howell threw three touchdown passes with a 119.7 passer rating Sunday, both career-highs, to help the Washington Commanders snap a three-game losing streak with a 24–16 road victory over Atlanta. Josh Downs, one of his former targets at UNC, scored his first NFL touchdown.
Unbeaten Tar Heels move up again in both polls, highest AP rank this late in 8 years
Undefeated North Carolina moved up in the AP Top 25 poll for the fifth consecutive week, becoming a top-10 team for the first time since the preseason 2021 poll. The Tar Heels (6–0, 3–0 ACC) are up two spots to No. 10 after their 41–31 home victory Saturday over Miami, which was No. 25 but is now unranked. UNC is 56–22 as a ranked team in 15 seasons under Coach Mack Brown.
Watch: UNC players Maye, Walker, Huzzie and Gray after Miami game
Watch the players’ portion of UNC’s postgame press conference after the Miami win, with comments from Drake Maye, Tez Walker, Alijah Huzzie and Cedric Gray.