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10th Ranked North Carolina Sustained Their Inaugural Loss Of 2023 Season Saturday To Virginia 31-27 In Chapel Hill Following Starting 2023 Season 7-0

10th ranked North Carolina sustained their inaugural loss of 2023 season Saturday to Virginia 31-27 in Chapel Hill Saturday following starting 2023 season 7-0.

As 10th ranked North Carolina sustained their inaugural loss of 2023 season Saturday to Virginia 31-27 following starting 2023 season 7-0 Malik Washington caught 14 yard pass from Tony Muskett, Will Bettridge kick extra point in 4th quarter giving Virginia 31-27 win.

Before 10th ranked North Carolina sustained 31-27 loss to Virginia Devontez Walker caught 25 yard pass from Drake Maye Noah Burnette kicked the extra point tying game 7-7 before Virginia took the lead yet again as Mike Hollins ran for 3 yard touchdown, Will Bettridge kicked extra point giving Virginia a 14-7 lead. Though, Virginia’s lead was brief as North Carolina scored pair of touchdowns in 2nd quarter as Bryson Nesbit caught 62 yard pass from Drake Maye, Noah Burnette made extra point tying 14-14 before North Carolina took a 17-14 lead as Noah Burnette made 17-14 lead . In the 3rd quarter North Carolina extended their lead over Virginia by 10 points at 24-14 as Drake Maye ran for 3 yards. Noah Burnette made extra point before Virginia got with 21-24 24-24 as Mike Hollins ran for 1 yard touchdown Will Bettridge made extra point before Will Bettridge kicked 45 yard field goal to tie up the game 24-24 . In the 4th quarter Noah Burnette kicked 27 yard field goal 27-24.

Following 10th North Carolina sustaining their inaugural loss of the season Saturday to Virginia 31-27 North Carolina Head Coach Mack Brown had this to say!

We talked about the poison cheese, and we ate it,”Offensively we were inconsistent. We didn’t score in the red zone when we needed to. We were 4-of-13 on third downs and they were 8-of-18. We had our chance to win the game twice, late, and didn’t do it.”

Offensively we were inconsistent. We didn’t score in the red zone when we needed to. We were 4-of-13 on third downs and they were 8-of-18. We had our chance to win the game twice, late, and didn’t do it.”

Following 10th North Carolina sustaining their inaugural loss of the season Saturday to Virginia 31-27 North Carolina starting quarterback Drake Maye had this to say!

We didn’t play our brand of football and it wound up costing us,”

According to Chip Alexander article on newsobserver.com

North Carolina is now going to prepare to play Georgia Tech on Saturday in Atlanta!

Kickoff is set for 8:00pm!

The game is going to be televised on ACC Network!

Though,

Who is commentating the game is to be determined!