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10th Ranked North Carolina Is Hosting Virginia Tonight In Chapel Hill Looking To Improve To 7-0 On 2023 Season Looking To Remain Unbeaten

10th ranked North Carolina is hosting Virginia tonight in Chapel Hill looking to improve to 7-0 on 2023 season looking to remain unbeaten.

10th ranked North Carolina comes into the game with record of 7-0 because they’ve won every game against every opponent they have played to this point including Saturday October 14, 2023 when then 12th ranked North Carolina remained perfect, unbeaten (6-0) with 41-31 win over 25th ranked Miami.

As 12th ranked North Carolina remained perfect, unbeaten (6-0) on 2023 season with 41-31 win over 25th ranked Miami Saturday in Chapel Hill Devontez Walker caught 18 yard pass from Drake Maye, Noah Burnette kicked extra point in the 1st quarter giving North Carolina a 7-0 lead. Though, that lead would be brief as Miami would go up by a touchdown at 14-7 as Jacolby George would catch 35 yard pass from Tyler Van Dyke, Andres Borregales would make the extra point . Though, Miami’s lead would be brief as Omarion Hampton would run for 2 yard touchdown, Noah Burnette would make extra 9point tying game up 14-14 before Miami would take the lead yet again at 17-14 on a Andres Borregales 28 yard field goal. Though, Miami’s lead would be brief as North Carolina would score three touchdowns in the 3rd quarter as Dovontez Walker would catch 56 yard pass from Drake Maye, Noah Burnette would make extra point as Dovontez Walker would catch 33 yard pass from Drake Maye Noah Burnette would make extra point as Omarion Hampton would catch 4 yard pass from Drake Maye, Noah Burnette would make extra point putting North Carolina 21-17 28-17, 35-17. In the 4th quarter Noah Burnette would kick 34 yard field at 41-24 before Xavier Restrepo would catch 13 yard pass from Tyler Van Dyke, Andres Borregales would kick extra point trimming North Carolina’s lead to 38-24 before Noah Burnette kicked 23 yard field goal extending North Carolina’s lead over Miami 41-24 before Miami scored their final touchdown to make final score 41-31 as Bradshared Smith would catch 54 yard pass from Tyler Van Dyke, Andreas Borregales would kick extra point.

Following North Carolina’s 41-31 win over Miami North Carolina Head Coach Mack Brown had this to say!

Tonight was a heavyweight fight from start to finish,""I am proud of our coaches for making adjustments at halftime, our team moving the ball in the third quarter and stopping them in the third quarter. That was great to see from our team.

"Probably the difference in the ballgame was forcing four turnovers and giving none. We forced two interceptions and two fumbles. So we're really proud of our defense that they are now starting to force more fumbles, and they kept a really good rushing team to under 100 yards."

According to Matt Bowers article on goheels.com

Virginia comes into the game with record of 1-5 because before their bye week on week 6 Virginia won their inaugural game of 2023 season with 27-13 win over William & Mary in Charlottesville Virginia.

As Virginia won their inaugural game of 2023 season Will Bettridge kicked 45 yard field goal to tie up game 3-3. Though, that lead wouldn’t last as William & Mary would make a field goal as Caden Bonoffski would make a 48 yard field goal putting William & Mary in front 6-3 . In the 2nd quarter Martin Lucas ran for 1 yard touchdown, Caden Bonoffski would make the extra point extending William & Mary lead to 13-3 before Virginia would score a touchdown, field goal a touchdown as Tony Muskett would run 7yards . Will Bettridge would kick the extra point trimming Virginia deficit 13-10 before Will Bettridge would make 37 yard field goal tying Virginia, William & Mary game up 13-13 before Malachi fields would catch 26 yard field goal from Tony Muskett, Will Bettridge would kick extra point extending Virginia’s lead over William & Mary 20-13. In the 4th quarter Malik Washington would 27 yard pass from Tony Muskett, Will Bettridge would kick extra point making final score 27-13 Virginia.

Following Virginia’s 27-13 win over William & Mary Virginia where they scored the game’s final 24 points Virginia Head Coach Tony Elliott had this to say about quarterback Tony Muskett!

He’s persevered and he’s given everything that he has . He’s running the football,right ? He’s trying trying to win the game . So I think you just saw how tough how much he cares about this football team.

Following Virginia’s 27-13 win over William & Mary Virginia where they scored the game’s final 24 points quarterback Tony Muskett said urgency was emphasized during the week . One of the messages Coach E (Tony Elliott ) had this week was where I truly felt like you know the guys kind of bought into it completely was we felt like the past five weeks we wanted to win . But this week he told us we need to win . I think that there’s a different level of you know , commitment and passion when you truly win.

According to espn app

Kickoff is set for 6:30pm from Kenan Memorial Stadium!

The game is going to be televised on CW Network with James Bates, Tom Werme commentating!