CHAPEL HILL — After blowing a double-digit fourth-quarter lead for the third consecutive ACC game, Carolina put together the big late drive that it couldn’t pull off against Virginia or Georgia Tech — only to blow the lead again. But Noah Burnette, who kept the No. 24 Tar Heels in the lead much of the way, wouldn’t let their homecoming game slip away.
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ACC Network shows coming to UNC campus this week
The ACC Network will bring two shows to the Carolina campus this week ahead of televising No. 24 North Carolina’s football game at 8 p.m. Saturday against rival Duke.
Carolina back in AP Top 25 football poll, moves up in Coaches Poll
Carolina’s blowout home victory over Campbell was enough to move the Tar Heels up in the Coaches Poll and return to the AP Top 25. UNC (7–2, 3–2 ACC), which pummeled the Camels 59–7 on Saturday, moved up two spots to No. 23 in the Coaches Poll and returned to the AP poll at No. 24.
Watch: UNC players Hampton, Walker and Gray press conference
Carolina players Omarion Hampton, Tez Walker and Cedric Gray discuss the Tar Heels’ big victory over Campbell.
Good, Bad and Ugly Report: Campbell
A championship-winning coach once told me, “It’s hard to get a team up for every game on the schedule.” It’s likely even harder when you’re facing an FCS team while trying to wash the bitter taste of two disappointing defeats out of your mouth.
Watch: Mack Brown press conference after easy win over Campbell
UNC coach Mack Brown talks about how the Tar Heels regained their confidence in their blowout victory over Campbell.
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.
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.
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.
Good, Bad and Ugly Report: Georgia Tech
Atlanta. Weekend before Halloween. Full moon. What could go wrong?