UNC held down the Charlotte offense all night in front of the largest crowd ever at the 49ers’ Jerry Richardson Stadium Saturday night, defeating the upstart hosts 20-3 to earn Tar Heel head coach Bill Belichick’s first ever win in college football.
Just as they did in the opener against TCU, the Tar Heels started fast on offense: quarterback Gio Lopez found receiver Chris Culliver for a 51-yard touchdown pass on just Carolina’s third play from scrimmage. But also like the opening game, that hot offense stalled for much of the rest of the game. UNC didn’t score another touchdown until the final minute of the first half, as running back Davion Gause scampered in with 13 seconds left to give Carolina a 17-3 lead at halftime. The touchdown capped off an 11-play, 80-yard drive after Charlotte missed a short field goal which would have cut the UNC lead to 10-6.
The Tar Heels’ only points of the second half came on a 33-yard field goal from Rece Verhoff early in the fourth quarter. Otherwise, Carolina managed only 64 total yards of offense in the second half, compared to 239 in the first half. Fortunately for Belichick and company, the 49ers weren’t much better: just 151 total yards of offense in the second half – much of which came after the game had been decided. The 49ers finished with only 21 rushing yards, for an average of 0.7 yards per rush.
UNC has not started a season 0-2 since 2018, head coach Larry Fedora’s final season in charge. Now 1-1 overall, the Tar Heels will be back in action when they host Richmond at Kenan Stadium next Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
Featured image via Associated Press/Nell Redmond
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