Saturday, October 7
Chapel Hill
3:30 PM
North Carolina
1-5
10
vs
33
Notre Dame
5-1
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
F
Notre Dame
0
16
10
7
33
North Carolina
0
7
0
3
10
Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati
No. 21 Notre Dame Beats North Carolina, 33-10
October 7, 2017 | Football
by Aaron Beard, Associated Press
CHAPEL HILL -- Josh Adams ran for 118 yards, including a 73-yard touchdown, and No. 21 Notre Dame beat North Carolina 33-10 on Saturday.
Deon McIntosh added 124 yards rushing and two scores for the Fighting Irish (5-1), who played without starting quarterback Brandon Wimbush due to a right foot injury.
Wimbush was on the sideline as the No. 2 QB behind Ian Book, though the Fighting Irish had no trouble surpassing the win total from a frustrating 2016 season.
Book threw for a score and had two interceptions, one coming after Notre Dame reached the UNC 18 to end the Irish's perfect red-zone season conversion rate.
Notre Dame finished with 487 yards, 341 coming on the ground.
Chazz Surratt threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Ratliff-Williams before halftime in the only noteworthy offensive play for the Tar Heels (1-5). North Carolina didn't crack 200 total yards until late in the third quarter and finished with 265.
THE TAKEAWAY
Notre Dame: The Fighting Irish certainly can lean on their sturdy ground game. They entered ranked second nationally with 20 rushing touchdowns, third in yards per carry (7.14) and seventh in rushing yards per game (301.4). It certainly offered unflashy reliability Saturday, particularly with steady rain during much of the game.
UNC: The Tar Heels have been in this position before under sixth-year coach Larry Fedora, starting 1-5 in 2013 before running off five straight wins and winning a bowl game. But matching that seems beyond this year's group, which entered the year with inexperience throughout a traditionally strong offensive unit and has been hammered since by injuries. That list grew again Saturday, with starting punter Tom Sheldon leaving after the first with an unspecified injury and starting safety Donnie Miles exiting in the third with an apparent right arm injury.
UP NEXT
Notre Dame: The Fighting Irish have a bye week before hosting Southern California on Oct. 21.
UNC: The Tar Heels host Virginia in an Atlantic Coast Conference division game on Oct. 14.
CHAPEL HILL -- Josh Adams ran for 118 yards, including a 73-yard touchdown, and No. 21 Notre Dame beat North Carolina 33-10 on Saturday.
Deon McIntosh added 124 yards rushing and two scores for the Fighting Irish (5-1), who played without starting quarterback Brandon Wimbush due to a right foot injury.
Wimbush was on the sideline as the No. 2 QB behind Ian Book, though the Fighting Irish had no trouble surpassing the win total from a frustrating 2016 season.
Book threw for a score and had two interceptions, one coming after Notre Dame reached the UNC 18 to end the Irish's perfect red-zone season conversion rate.
Notre Dame finished with 487 yards, 341 coming on the ground.
Chazz Surratt threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Ratliff-Williams before halftime in the only noteworthy offensive play for the Tar Heels (1-5). North Carolina didn't crack 200 total yards until late in the third quarter and finished with 265.
THE TAKEAWAY
Notre Dame: The Fighting Irish certainly can lean on their sturdy ground game. They entered ranked second nationally with 20 rushing touchdowns, third in yards per carry (7.14) and seventh in rushing yards per game (301.4). It certainly offered unflashy reliability Saturday, particularly with steady rain during much of the game.
UNC: The Tar Heels have been in this position before under sixth-year coach Larry Fedora, starting 1-5 in 2013 before running off five straight wins and winning a bowl game. But matching that seems beyond this year's group, which entered the year with inexperience throughout a traditionally strong offensive unit and has been hammered since by injuries. That list grew again Saturday, with starting punter Tom Sheldon leaving after the first with an unspecified injury and starting safety Donnie Miles exiting in the third with an apparent right arm injury.
UP NEXT
Notre Dame: The Fighting Irish have a bye week before hosting Southern California on Oct. 21.
UNC: The Tar Heels host Virginia in an Atlantic Coast Conference division game on Oct. 14.
Team Stats
ND
NC
Total Yards
487
265
Pass Yards
146
179
Rushing Yards
341
86
Penalty Yards
80
104
1st Downs
27
13
3rd Downs
5
6
4th Downs
3
0
TOP
36:32
23:28
2nd Quarter
ND 7, NC 0
ND - SMITH, Cam 6 yd pass from BOOK (YOON kick) 15 plays, 80 yards, TOP 4:57
ND 14, NC 0
ND - ADAMS, Josh 73 yd run (YOON kick), 2 plays, 73 yards, TOP 0:17
ND 14, NC 7
NC - Ratliff, A 25 yd pass from Surratt, C (Jones, F kick) 6 plays, 47 yards, TOP 1:49
ND 16, NC 7
ND - HAYES, Jay 1 yd safety
3rd Quarter
ND 19, NC 7
ND - YOON 29 yd field goal 7 plays, 5 yards, TOP 2:47
ND 26, NC 7
ND - McINTOSH 35 yd run (YOON kick), 2 plays, 46 yards, TOP 0:28
4th Quarter
ND 26, NC 10
NC - Jones, F 34 yd field goal 16 plays, 56 yards, TOP 4:31
ND 33, NC 10
ND - McINTOSH 24 yd run (YOON kick), 11 plays, 75 yards, TOP 5:06
Game Leaders
Passing Leaders
CMP
19
TD
1
YDS
179
INT
1
Players Mentioned
Safety
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Wide Receiver
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Punter
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