Football Falls at North Carolina
| GAME LINKS | |
|---|---|
| Stats | Highlights |
| Notes | Condensed Replay |
| Full Broadcast | |
| POSTGAME REACTION | |
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| Larry Scott | Brad Kaaya |
| Lawrence Cager & Chris Herndon | Joe Yearby |
| SCORE BY QUARTER | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | |
| MIAMI | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 | |
| UNC | 7 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 59 | |
| TEAM STATS | ||
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| 1st Downs | 30 | 25 |
| Total Yards | 487 | 425 |
| Passing Yards | 189 | 326 |
| Rushing Yards | 298 | 99 |
| Penalties | 5-56 | 12-103 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 3 |
| Possession | 29:16 | 30:44 |
| INDIVIDUAL LEADERS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PASSING | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | |
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Williams | 11/16 | 105 | 9.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Kaaya | 24/43 | 326 | 13.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| RUSHING | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | |
|
Hood | 17 | 132 | 7.8 | 1 | 34 |
| Yearby | 13 | 74 | 5.7 | 0 | 16 | |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | |
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Fieulleteau | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 0 | 47 |
| Yearby | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 0 | 30 | |
Chapel Hill, N.C. – The Miami Hurricanes fell behind early and could not recover Saturday afternoon at Kenan Memorial Stadium, dropping their matchup with No. 23 North Carolina 59-21.
The Tar Heels (9-1, 6-0 ACC) outgained the Hurricanes 487-425, and led 31-0 at the half. North Carolina quarterback Marquise Williams finished the game 11-of-16 with 105 passing yards, and totaled 237 all-purpose yards.
Hurricanes quarterback Brad Kaaya was 24-for-43 and threw for one touchdown, an 8-yard completion to freshman Lawrence Cager. The TD was Cager’s first of his career.
Junior WR Stacy Coley led all Hurricanes with 5 catches, totaling 58 yards, while sophomore Joe Yearby grabbed four passes for 79 yards.
Sophomore RB Trayone Gray rushed for his second touchdown of the season, a 1-yard dive in the fourth quarter. Kaaya also rushed for a 1-yard touchdown on a quarterback sneak.
Junior Jermaine Grace led the Canes with eight total tackles, including four solo tackles and one sack. Sophomores Anthony Moten and Chad Thomas also combined for a sack.
Miami (6-4, 3-3 ACC) returns to action Nov. 21 with a matchup against Georgia Tech at Sun Life Stadium. Kickoff is set for 12:30 p.m. on the ACC Network.
