Overview
- Gio Lopez went 18-for-25 for 203 yards with two second-half touchdown passes, connecting with Davion Gause and Jordan Shipp.
- Melkart Abou-Jaoude and Tyler Thompson led a nine-sack onslaught, with three apiece, as UNC's pass rush controlled the game.
- North Carolina mustered just 47 first-half yards before posting 17 points after the break for its first ACC home victory of the season.
- Stanford redshirt freshman Elijah Brown made his first start, throwing for 284 yards with a touchdown and an interception, but he was sacked nine times and two late two-point tries failed.
- The Tar Heels improved to 4-5 with back-to-back wins as Bill Belichick urged the team to keep building, with Wake Forest up next in Winston-Salem at 4:30 p.m. ET before Duke and NC State.