North Carolina Avenged Last Seasons 44-41 Loss To Virginia In Chapel Hill With 59-39 Win

Last season North Carolina, Virginia who are Coastal Division opponents matched up on the gridiron in Charlottesville Virginia!

In that game North Carolina lost by a score of 44-41!

Why?

Brennan Armstrong threw for three touchdowns and ran for another, and Virginia scored 28 consecutive points before holding on to beat No. 15 North Carolina 44-41 on Saturday night.

Armstrong hit Shane Simpson for 71 yards, Ra'Shaun Henry for 18 and Tony Poljan for 17, the latter giving the Cavaliers (2-4, 2-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) a 41-20 lead with 5:34 left in the third quarter on their way to their fourth consecutive victory in the series.

The Tar Heels (4-2, 4-2) made it close behind a fantastic performance from quarterback Sam Howell and receiver Dyami Brown. The pair hooked up for three of Howell's four touchdown passes, covering 54, 10 and 13 yards. Howell also hit Khafre Brown with a slant pass that he took 76 yards to the end zone.

After pulling within 41-27, UNC intercepted Armstrong and scored to get within 41-34 early in the fourth quarter, held Virginia to a field goal after a 15-play drive and needed just four plays to score again, with Howell hitting Dyami Brown for 19 and 47 yards to start the drive.

Armstrong hobbled off after a 3-yard run when the Cavaliers got the ball back, but Keytaon Thompson came on and, on fourth-and-4 from the Virginia 41, took the snap out of punt formation and ran 6 yards to allow Virginia to run out the clock.

Howell finished 23 for 28 for 443 yards and Dynami Brown caught 11 passes for 240. Last year, as a sophomore, he had six receptions for 202 yards and three more TDs against the Cavaliers.

Armstrong was 12 for 22 for 208 yards and ran for 66 yards as the Cavaliers piled up 210 yards on the ground while limiting the Tar Heels, who arrived averaging 249 rushing yards, to 93. Virginia sacked Howell five times, four by linebacker Charles Snowden.

Virginia used two gifts to grab a 27-20 lead 1:14 before halftime. Armstrong was sacked for a 7-yard loss, but a personal foul against Trey Morrison kept the drive alive.

Virginia eventually punted, but Rontavius Groves muffed the punt and long snapper Tucker Finkelston recovered at the 20. Three plays later, Thompson ran it in.

Virginia who allowed a touchdown on the second play at Miami last week, waited twice as long this time. After Howell hit Garrett Walston for 15 yards on third-and-4, hit hit Dyami Brownbehind De'Vante Cross for 54 yards and a 7-0 lead after just 1:25.

North Carolina had another drive that took even less time when Howell, on the first play after a fair catch at the 24, hit Khafre Brown on a slant.

North Carolina almost pulled even before halftime. After passes of 36 yards to Dyami Brown and 29 yards to Dazz Newsome, a pass interference call against Antonio Clary moved the ball to the 2. North Carolina tried a lateral to Newsome, who bobbled the ball. In the ensuing scramble to recover the loose ball, time ran out on the half.

“according to an article by Hank Kurz Jr of the Associated Press” on goheels.com”

North Carolina avenged last seasons 44-41 loss to Virginia in Chapel Hill North Carolina!

When?

Last night!

How?

With a 59-39 win!

In the 59-39 winSam Howell threw five touchdown passes and ran for a career-best 112 yards as No. 21 North Carolina took over after halftime to beat Virginia 59-39 on Saturday night.

The Tar Heels (2-1, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) scored touchdowns on all five of their second-half drives, which helped turn a 28-24 halftime deficit into a 52-31 lead on Howell's short TD throw to Kamari Morales with 12:13 left.

And after a first-half shootout with Brennan Armstrong and the Cavaliers (2-1, 0-1), UNC gave up only a field goal in the third quarter while also coming up with Ja'Qurious Conley'sinterception.

That was more than enough help for the Tar Heels' offense, which kept ending drives with with end-zone celebrations to speed back out in front after squandering a 24-7 first-half lead.

And there were no shortage of offensive stars.

Tennessee graduate transfer Ty Chandler ran for a career-high 198 yards with two touchdowns, the last coming from 7 yards out with 2:57 left to seal it. And Josh Downs had eight catches for 203 yards and a pair of TDs. Perhaps more impressively, the Tar Heels showed a different dimension by leaning on their ground game instead of putting everything on Howell's arm.

The result? The Tar Heels ran 47 times for 392 yards compared to just 21 pass attempts for their star quarterback, and finished with 699 total yards. It was UNC's biggest scoring output against Virginia since 1936 in the long-running series and second-most ever.

Armstrong had a huge day of his own for the Cavaliers, throwing for a program-record 554 yards — the most ever by any UNC opponent — with four touchdowns. That included a career-best performance for Dontayvion Wicks (seven catches for 183 yards and a score) as the Cavaliers finished with 574 total yards.

“according to an article by Aaron Beard of the Associated Press”

North Carolina is now going to prepare to head to Atlanta Georgia to oppose Georgia Tech on the gridiron!

When?

Saturday!

Kickoff is set for 7:30pm from Mecedes Benz Stadium that is only home to Georgia Tech but the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL as wel.

The game is going to be televised on ACC Network!