East Tennessee State Buccaneers

1-2

Ugh, no.

East Tennessee State Buccaneers lost to the North Carolina Tar Heels

1-2 3 – 35

2-0

Final · Sat, Sep 12

Game Details

Kenan Stadium (Chapel Hill) · 42,362 fans · ACC Network Extra

Highlights

Demon June runs for 3 TDs as North Carolina routs East Tennessee State 35-3 for 2-0 start

Demon June had three rushing touchdowns and Billy Edwards threw for two first-quarter scores as North Carolina routed East Tennessee State 35-3 on Saturday in its home opener.

Recap via ESPN

0:23 Billy Edwards throws 24-yard touchdown

0:23 Billy Edwards throws 26-yard TD pass to Benjamin Hall

0:45 Demon June rushes in for 9-yard TD

Clips play on ESPN

Kenan Stadium · Chapel Hill

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
ETSU	0	0	0	3	3
UNC	7	14	14	0	35

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Game Leaders

East Tennessee State Buccaneers

Mason Mims · 23/31, 178 YDS, 1 INTPassing Yards
TJ Peyton · 13 CAR, 52 YDSRushing Yards
Charlie Browder · 3 REC, 50 YDSReceiving Yards
Qua Birdsong · 1Sacks
Dre Delinois · 10Tackles

North Carolina Tar Heels

Billy Edwards Jr. · 15/20, 244 YDS, 2 TDPassing Yards
Benjamin Hall · 4 CAR, 49 YDSRushing Yards
Jelani Thurman · 4 REC, 71 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Jaylen Harvey · 2Sacks
Peyton Seelmann · 10Tackles

2026 Southern Conference Standings

Team
East Tennessee State
Tennessee Tech
Chattanooga
Wofford
Furman
Mercer
Western Carolina
Samford
The Citadel
VMI

2026 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

Team
Miami
Pittsburgh
Duke
SMU
Wake Forest
Clemson
Florida State
Virginia
Virginia Tech
NC State
California
Louisville
Stanford
North Carolina
Georgia Tech
Syracuse
Boston College

Scoring

Q4 3:57

FG Ewan Johnson 41 Yd Field Goal 3–35

Q3 3:30

TD Demon June 1 Yd Run (Aeron Burrell Kick)0–35

Q3 13:10

TD Demon June 6 Yd Run (Aeron Burrell Kick)0–28

Q2 1:20

TD Demon June 9 Yd Run (Aeron Burrell Kick)0–21

Q2 12:13

TD Benjamin Hall 26 Yd pass from Billy Edwards Jr. (Aeron Burrell Kick)0–14

Q1 9:48

TD Jelani Thurman 24 Yd pass from Billy Edwards Jr. (Aeron Burrell Kick)0–7

Team Stats

East Tennessee State BuccaneersNorth Carolina Tar Heels

Offense

255 Total Yards 427

178 Passing Yards 266

77 Rushing Yards 161

16 First Downs 23

Efficiency

8-16 3rd Down 5-9

0-1 4th Down 0-0

23/32 Completions 18/26

Turnovers & Clock

2 Turnovers 0

7-67 Penalties 5-40

33:44 Possession 26:16

Box Score

East Tennessee State Buccaneers ▾

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT	QBR
Mason Mims	23/31	178	5.7	1	--
Team	0/1	0	0.0	0	--
Team	23/32	178	5.6	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
TJ Peyton	13	52	4.0	11
Jaiden Daniels	6	26	4.3	9
Jason Albritton	9	25	2.8	4
D'Marius Rucker	3	5	1.7	2
Mason Mims	4	-31	-7.8	0
Team	35	77	2.2	11

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Charlie Browder	3	50	16.7	44
Suderian Harrison	7	44	6.3	13
Trey Weary	3	26	8.7	12
D'Marius Rucker	3	22	7.3	8
TJ Peyton	2	12	6.0	7
Tyler Griffin	1	9	9.0	9
Brandon Winton	2	9	4.5	6
Xavier Gaillardetz	1	4	4.0	4
Jason Albritton	1	2	2.0	2
Team	23	178	7.7	44

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
TJ Peyton	1	1	0
Team	1	1	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Dre Delinois	10	4	0	0	0	1
Mike Jenkins	7	4	0	0.5	1	0
Jimmy Bowdry	4	2	0	0	0	0
Charles Woodard	4	1	0	0	0	1
Qua Birdsong	3	2	1	1	0	0
Tamajh Mitchell	3	1	0	0.5	0	0
Eugene Ware III	3	1	0	0	0	0
Devin Hunter	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jeremiah Curry	2	1	0	0.5	0	0
CJ Gilmore	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jivon Oggs	2	0	0	0.5	0	0
Ayden Guess	2	0	0	0	0	0
Terian Williams II	1	1	0	0	0	0
Tyreek'e Robinson	1	1	0	0	0	0
Josiha Mason	1	1	0	0	0	0
Charlie Browder	1	0	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Potts	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brenden LeBlanc	1	0	0	0	0	0
KJ Gillespie	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jayden Wilson-Abrams	1	0	0	0	0	0
Moin Gammage	1	0	0	0	1	1
Samuel Iroh	1	0	0	0	0	0
Izziek Chandler	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	55	21	1	3	2	3

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Xavier Gaillardetz	1	20	20.0	20	0
Team	1	20	20.0	20	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Xavier Gaillardetz	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team	1	5	5.0	5	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Ewan Johnson	1/2	50.0	41	0/0	3
Team	1/2	50.0	41	0/0	3

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Luke Stewart	4	150	37.5	0	2	44
Team	4	150	37.5	0	2	44

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	QBR
Billy Edwards Jr.	15/20	244	12.2	2	58.8
Miles O'Neill	3/6	22	3.7	0	18.9
Team	18/26	266	10.2	2	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Benjamin Hall	4	49	12.3	0	25
Jaylen McGill	5	40	8.0	0	12
Demon June	7	33	4.7	3	9
JoJo Troupe	5	20	4.0	0	14
Miles O'Neill	1	15	15.0	0	15
Charleston French	2	4	2.0	0	5
Crew Davis	1	3	3.0	0	3
Billy Edwards Jr.	2	-3	-1.5	0	6
Team	27	161	6.0	3	25

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jelani Thurman	4	71	17.8	1	25
C.J. Sadler	3	66	22.0	0	28
Benjamin Hall	2	25	12.5	1	26
Jordan Shipp	2	25	12.5	0	14
Jaylen McGill	1	20	20.0	0	20
Trech Kekahuna	1	16	16.0	0	16
Shamar Easter	1	14	14.0	0	14
Carson Sneed	1	11	11.0	0	11
Mason Humphrey	1	10	10.0	0	10
Crew Davis	1	4	4.0	0	4
Zamaurious Robertson	1	4	4.0	0	4
Team	18	266	14.8	2	28

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Greg Smith III	0	0	1
Team	0	0	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Peyton Seelmann	10	7	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Agumadu	6	3	0	0	0	1
Xavier Lewis	5	3	2	2	0	0
Leroy Jackson	5	0	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Johnson	4	1	0	0	0	0
Jaylen Harvey	3	3	2	2	0	1
Jamarrion Gordon	3	3	0	0	0	0
Nicco Maggio	3	2	0	0	0	0
Greg Smith III	3	2	0	0	0	0
Derek McDonald	3	1	0	0	0	0
Timir Hickman-Collins	3	1	0	0	0	1
Jake Bauer	3	1	0	0	0	0
Peyton Waters	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kaleb Cost	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jalon Thompson	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jaiden Patterson	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jaziel Hart	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jakob Weatherspoon	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ade Willie	1	1	0	0	1	0
Tre Miller	1	1	0	0	0	0
Javion Butts	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kenton Dopson III	1	1	0	0	0	0
Xavier Jackson	1	1	0	0	0	0
Donovan Hoilette Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	0
Khristian Dunbar-Hawkins	1	0	0	0	0	0
Trey Giddens	1	0	0	0	0	0
Emmanuel Nwaiwu	1	0	0	0	0	0
Calvin Thomas	1	0	0	0	0	0
David Jackson III	0	0	0	0	1	1
Team	74	36	4	4	2	4

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Greg Smith III	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
JoJo Troupe	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team	1	8	8.0	9	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Aeron Burrell	0/1	0.0	0	5/5	5
Team	0/1	0.0	0	5/5	5

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Aeron Burrell	2	104	52.0	0	1	52
Team	2	104	52.0	0	1	52

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