The pick-six marked a potential 15-point swing in UNC’s eventual 39-10 loss, but the Tar Heels’ inability to score in timely situations was a recurring theme for most of the night. Although the team reached the red zone five times, North Carolina could only cash in twice.
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For the second year in a row, the Tar Heels narrowly lost to the Wolfpack, and for the second consecutive week, they lost in Kenan Stadium to a backup quarterback.
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Friday night’s loss against N.C. State reinforced the harsh reality for North Carolina — when the spotlight flips on, the Tar Heels tend to falter.
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The No. 17 North Carolina football team (9-3, 6-2 ACC) fell to N.C. State (8-4, 3-4 ACC), 30-27, in double overtime of the final game of its regular season on Friday evening at Kenan Stadium.
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On Saturday, the North Carolina football team added a second loss to its season thanks to the Yellow Jackets, dropping UNC's ranking five spots to No. 18 in the AP Poll. To bounce back against N.C. State on Friday, the Tar Heels need to convert in the red zone and prepare for a physical Wolfpack defensive line.
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“All season long we’ve been in close games, and we’ve won them," junior linebacker Cedric Gray said. "Everybody’s just like ‘Oh whatever, we’re just going to win,’ and it caught up to us.”
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“If you had told me before the game that (our defense) held them to 21 and we didn’t win, I wouldn’t have believed you,” redshirt first-year quarterback Drake Maye said. “Seventeen points is unacceptable and I’m the signal caller. We’ll watch and learn from it, but ultimately I’ve got to play better.”
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The No.13 North Carolina football team (9-2, 6-1 ACC) fell to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (5-6, 4-4 ACC), 21-17, on Saturday night at Kenan Stadium.
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It's halftime in Chapel Hill, and the North Carolina football team is leading Georgia Tech, 17-7.
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“I think the biggest thing guys have learned is, doing it for the guy next to you, not wanting to let the guy next to you down,” Biggers said.
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UNC offensive coordinator Phil Longo remembers last year's loss to Georgia Tech as one of the two worst games he’s experienced in his time on the job. But this week, the Tar Heels are hungry for redemption.
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The Tar Heels won 36-34 over Wake Forest Saturday night, clinching the program’s first Coastal Division title since 2015. For a quarterback that had to battle for the starting job all offseason, quarterback Drake Maye has vaulted himself into legitimate contention to be the program's first Heisman finalist in over 70 years. After the win, Maye stood along the brick wall at Truist Field trying to hide his budding grin. He might have been the first one to deflect the credit to his teammates, but it shouldn’t take long to state the obvious – the Tar Heels would have been in no position to get the victory without a defining performance from their signal caller.
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"These guys just keep finding a way to win, and that's that's why I'm so impressed with them," Brown said. "They're they're doing the things they need to do to find ways to win and they're not panicking."
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In a high-scoring affair, the No. 15 North Carolina football team (9-1, 6-0 ACC) picked up a 36-34 win at Wake Forest (6-4, 2-4 ACC) to clinch the program’s first Coastal Division title since 2015.
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"Just because you have a weakness doesn’t mean that has to stay a weakness,” sophomore running back Elijah Green said. “You can always take that weakness and continue to develop it, keep working and turn it into a strength.”
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