North Carolina Gets Edged By Miami In Chapel Hill

North Carolina lost their fifth straight Saturday as they got beat by Miami at Kenan Memorial Stadium.

Malik Rosier threw for a career-high 356 yards with three touchdowns to help eighth-ranked Miami hold off North Carolina 24-19 on Saturday. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/10/28/football-no-8-miami-tops-north-carolina-24-19.aspx?path=football

Rosier had a 51-yard touchdown throw to Christopher Herndon IV late in the first half and a 78-yarder to Jeff Thomas to open the third quarter. His 5-yarder to Braxton Berrios gave the Hurricanes (7-0, 5-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) a 24-13 fourth-quarter lead. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/10/28/football-no-8-miami-tops-north-carolina-24-19.aspx?path=football

Still, Miami had to come up with a couple late plays after UNC made it a one-score game. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/10/28/football-no-8-miami-tops-north-carolina-24-19.aspx?path=football

First the Hurricanes recovered a fumble by Jordon Brown after the Tar Heels had pushed near the Miami 35 with 2:11 left. Then Rosier ran for a chains-moving keeper near the 2-minute mark, allowing Miami to run out the clock. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/10/28/football-no-8-miami-tops-north-carolina-24-19.aspx?path=football

Nathan Elliott  threw for one touchdown and three interceptions for the Tar Heels (1-8, 0-6) after starter Chazz Surratt  was knocked from the game in the opening quarter. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/10/28/football-no-8-miami-tops-north-carolina-24-19.aspx?path=football

THE TAKEAWAY
Miami: The Hurricanes went from squeaking by in their last three wins by a combined 13 points to struggling much of the day against a 1-7 team relying on a third-string quarterback. Not the best way to go into the November stretch run, even as they remain unbeaten. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/10/28/football-no-8-miami-tops-north-carolina-24-19.aspx?path=football

UNC: The Tar Heels responded to last week's blowout loss at Virginia Tech with a better showing. Still, UNC's offense struggled in the red zone by getting just three points on three first-half trips. And the defense repeated its habit of surrendering a couple huge plays to wipe out long stretches of solid execution. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/10/28/football-no-8-miami-tops-north-carolina-24-19.aspx?path=football

North Carolina now has a bye week before they travel to  Pittsburgh for a Thursday night game on November 9th. The game will be televised on ESPN. "according to http://goheels.com/schedule.aspx?path=football