North Carolina Tar Heels

2-3

Ugh, no.

North Carolina Tar Heels lost to the Clemson Tigers

2-3 38 – 10

2-3

Final · Sat, Oct 4

Game Details

Kenan Stadium (Chapel Hill) · 50,500 fans · ESPN

Highlights

Clemson rolls out of open date by beating North Carolina 38-10 in Swinney-Belichick coaching matchup

Antonio Williams threw a 75-yard trick-play touchdown pass to T.J. Moore on the first offensive snap to start Clemson's dominating show in a 38-10 win at North Carolina on Saturday.

Recap via ESPN

0:20 Cade Klubnik connects for 35-yard TD pass

0:10 Rece Verhoff makes 35-yard field goal

0:37 Cade Klubnik airs it out for 45-yard touchdown pass

0:51 Cade Klubnik connects for 23-yard TD pass

Clips play on ESPN

Kenan Stadium · Chapel Hill

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
CLEM	28	7	0	3	38
UNC	3	0	0	7	10

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Game Leaders

Clemson Tigers

Cade Klubnik · 22/24, 254 YDS, 4 TDPassing Yards
Adam Randall · 8 CAR, 30 YDSRushing Yards
T.J. Moore · 5 REC, 108 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Stephiylan Green · 1Sacks
Tyler Venables · 5Tackles

North Carolina Tar Heels

Max Johnson · 26/42, 208 YDSPassing Yards
Benjamin Hall · 5 CAR, 24 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Jordan Shipp · 5 REC, 41 YDSReceiving Yards
Andrew Simpson · 1Sacks
Khmori House · 7Tackles

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Scoring

Q4 10:25

TD Benjamin Hall 11 Yd Run (Rece Verhoff Kick)38–10

Q4 13:20

FG Nolan Hauser 27 Yd Field Goal 38–3

Q2 2:02

TD Christian Bentancur 8 Yd pass from Cade Klubnik (Nolan Hauser Kick)35–3

Q1 0:01

TD Adam Randall 23 Yd pass from Cade Klubnik (Nolan Hauser Kick)28–3

Q1 4:15

TD Christian Bentancur 45 Yd pass from Cade Klubnik (Nolan Hauser Kick)21–3

Q1 8:54

TD Adam Randall 35 Yd pass from Cade Klubnik (Nolan Hauser Kick)14–3

Q1 10:02

FG Rece Verhoff 35 Yd Field Goal 7–3

Q1 14:49

TD T.J. Moore 75 Yd pass from Antonio Williams (Nolan Hauser Kick)7–0

Team Stats

Clemson TigersNorth Carolina Tar Heels

Offense

488 Total Yards 265

399 Passing Yards 208

89 Rushing Yards 57

23 First Downs 19

Efficiency

4-12 3rd Down 2-11

3-4 4th Down 0-1

30/39 Completions 26/42

Turnovers & Clock

1 Turnovers 0

7-85 Penalties 8-75

32:25 Possession 27:35

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	QBR
Cade Klubnik	22/24	254	10.6	4	97.5
Antonio Williams	1/1	75	75.0	1	100.0
Christopher Vizzina	6/11	39	3.5	0	61.6
Trent Pearman	1/3	31	10.3	0	0.3
Team	30/39	399	10.2	5	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Adam Randall	8	30	3.8	9
Gideon Davidson	7	25	3.6	10
Keith Adams Jr.	3	20	6.7	9
David Eziomume	3	14	4.7	9
Peter Woods	1	3	3.0	3
Christopher Vizzina	2	2	1.0	2
Trent Pearman	2	1	0.5	4
Cole Turner	1	-2	-2.0	0
Cade Klubnik	4	-4	-1.0	7
Team	31	89	2.9	10

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
T.J. Moore	5	108	21.6	1	75
Adam Randall	4	73	18.3	2	35
Christian Bentancur	2	53	26.5	2	45
Bryant Wesco Jr.	2	42	21.0	0	36
Antonio Williams	5	37	7.4	0	16
Clark Sanderson	1	31	31.0	0	31
Tristan Smith	3	29	9.7	0	19
Josh Sapp	1	9	9.0	0	9
Tyler Brown	2	9	4.5	0	5
Cole Turner	1	7	7.0	0	7
David Eziomume	1	4	4.0	0	4
Ian Schieffelin	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Gideon Davidson	2	-2	-1.0	0	2
Team	30	399	13.3	5	75

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST
Trent Pearman	1	1
Chase Byrd	1	0
Team	2	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Tyler Venables	5	4	0	0	0	0
Sammy Brown	5	2	0	0.5	1	0
Ashton Hampton	4	4	0	1	0	0
Kobe McCloud	4	3	0	1	0	0
Khalil Barnes	4	3	0	0	1	1
Cade Denhoff	3	1	0	0.5	0	0
Avieon Terrell	2	2	0	0	0	0
Ronan Hanafin	2	2	0	0	0	0
Misun Kelley	2	2	0	0	0	1
Jeremiah Alexander	2	1	0	0	1	0
Jeadyn Lukus	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jahiem Lawson	2	1	0	0	0	1
Vic Burley	2	1	0	1	0	1
Dee Crayton	2	1	0	0	0	0
TJ Parker	2	1	0	1	0	2
Will Heldt	2	1	0	0	0	0
Stephiylan Green	1	1	1	1	0	0
Kylon Griffin	1	1	0	0	0	0
Noah Dixon	1	1	0	0	0	0
Champ Thompson	1	1	0	0	0	0
DeMonte Capehart	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wade Woodaz	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ricardo Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	52	34	1	6	3	6

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Tyler Brown	1	22	22.0	22	0
Team	1	22	22.0	22	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Bryant Wesco Jr.	1	17	17.0	17
Chase Byrd	2	10	5.0	10
Team	2	27	13.5	17

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Nolan Hauser	1/1	100.0	27	5/5	8
Team	1/1	100.0	27	5/5	8

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	In 20	LONG
Jack Smith	2	90	45.0	1	47
Nolan Hauser	1	27	27.0	1	27
Team	3	117	39.0	2	47

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Max Johnson	26/42	208	5.0	0	0	30.2
Team	26/42	208	5.0	0	0	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Benjamin Hall	5	24	4.8	1	11
Demon June	5	16	3.2	0	15
Max Johnson	5	10	2.0	0	8
Nathan Leacock	1	6	6.0	0	6
Jaylen McGill	1	3	3.0	0	3
Caleb Hood	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Team	18	57	3.2	1	15

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Jordan Shipp	5	41	8.2	21
Jake Johnson	3	25	8.3	11
Shanard Clower	4	24	6.0	11
Javarius Green	2	22	11.0	16
Jordan Owens	1	19	19.0	19
Nathan Leacock	1	18	18.0	18
Benjamin Hall	1	14	14.0	14
Jaylen McGill	1	11	11.0	11
Connor Cox	2	11	5.5	7
Kobe Paysour	1	10	10.0	10
Demon June	4	7	1.8	4
Davion Gause	1	6	6.0	6
Team	26	208	8.0	21

Fumbles

Player	FUM	REC
Demon June	1	0
Nicco Maggio	0	1
Team	1	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Khmori House	7	2	0	0	0	2
Jaiden Patterson	6	6	0	1	2	0
Marcus Allen	5	4	0	0	1	0
CJ Mims	5	3	1	1	0	0
Greg Smith III	4	4	0	0	0	0
Kaleb Cost	4	2	0	0	1	0
Smith Vilbert	3	3	0	1	0	0
D'Antre Robinson	3	3	0	1	0	0
Melkart Abou Jaoude	3	3	0	0	0	0
Coleman Bryson	3	1	0	0	0	0
Tre Miller	3	1	0	0	0	0
Pryce Yates	3	0	0	0.5	0	0
Isaiah Johnson	3	0	0	0.5	0	1
Leroy Jackson	3	0	0	0	0	0
Gavin Gibson	2	2	0	0	0	1
Tyler Thompson	2	2	0	0	0	1
Thaddeus Dixon	2	2	0	1	0	0
Ty White	2	2	0	0	0	0
Mikai Gbayor	2	1	0	0	0	0
Andrew Simpson	1	1	1	1	0	0
Joseph Mupoyi	1	1	0	0	0	0
Austin Alexander	1	1	0	0	0	0
Peyton Waters	1	0	0	0	0	0
Malcolm Ziglar	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jalon Thompson	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team	70	44	2	7	5	5

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Shanard Clower	3	63	21.0	25	0
Team	3	63	21.0	25	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Rece Verhoff	1/2	50.0	35	1/1	4
Team	1/2	50.0	35	1/1	4

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Tom Maginness	6	242	40.3	0	0	60
Team	6	242	40.3	0	0	60

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