Notre Dame survived a brief scare from UNC to win 37-26 in rainy conditions on Saturday afternoon at Kenan Stadium.
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Notre Dame quarterback C.J. Carr starred in the win, completing 21 of his 29 passes for 234 yards with four touchdown passes while rushing for 15 yards and a touchdown.
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Star wide receiver Jordan Faison hauled in eight passes for 132 yards and two touchdowns.
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While No. 3 Notre Dame ended up cruising to victory with a strong second half, UNC started fast.
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The Tar Heels forced a punt on Notre Dame’s first possession of the game and then marched down the field on a seven-play, 74-yard drive that ended with quarterback Billy Edwards Jr. connecting with Shamar Easter on a 6-yard touchdown pass to go up 7-0.
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Notre Dame scored 21 straight points.
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The Fighting Irish responded with a touchdown drive, then intercepted Edwards on the first play of UNC’s ensuing possession deep in Tar Heel territory.
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On the first play after Edwards’ interception, Notre Dame quarterback Carr found Jaden Greathouse for a 12-yard touchdown to go up 14-7.
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Edwards then threw another interception, this time in Notre Dame territory, and the Fighting Irish quickly went down the field to go up 21-7 on Carr’s 39-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Faison.
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It looked like Notre Dame was going to roll.
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Up 21-7 with about 7 1/2 minutes left in the second quarter, the Fighting Irish went for the kill shot.
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At the UNC 3-yard line, Notre Dame went for it on fourth-and-goal.
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However, the UNC defense stood tall, forcing an incompletion and a turnover on downs.
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The Tar Heels’ offense then put together its best drive of the day, going 97 yards in 15 plays, using more than seven minutes off the clock and scoring a touchdown just before halftime.
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Edwards connected with Jelani Thurman for a 14-yard touchdown, making it a 21-14 game.
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UNC got the ball first after halftime and came out firing, as Jaden Jefferson returned the opening kickoff of the second half 98 yards for a touchdown.
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However, in the rainy conditions, the snap from the long snapper was errant, and UNC did not convert the extra point, leaving the score at 21-20.
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Notre Dame answered with a mammoth 17-play, 75-yard touchdown drive that included three separate fourth-down conversions.
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Carr, battling through the rain, scrambled outside the pocket and scored from 3 yards out on fourth-and-goal.
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However, Notre Dame then scored again, this time without as much drama, on an eight-play, 68-yard drive capped by a 6-yard touchdown pass to running back Nolan James Jr.
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This time, the extra point was successful, putting Notre Dame up 34-20 early in the fourth quarter.
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Notre Dame then scored again, this time without as much drama, on an eight-play, 68-yard drive capped by a 6-yard touchdown pass to running back Nolan James Jr.
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This time, the extra-point was successful, putting Notre Dame up 34-20 early in the fourth quarter.
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Notre Dame’s defense once again shut down North Carolina, and the offense drove down the field but this time settled for a 31-yard field goal by Spencer Porath to go up 37-20 and make it a three-score game.
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Thurman scored his second touchdown of the game, UNC's first offensive touchdown of the second half, late in the fourth quarter to cut the lead to 37-26, but at that point it was too late.
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Notre Dame improved to 5-0 with the win and will look to keep things rolling when they host Stanford (2-3) next Saturday.
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UNC falls to 2-2 with the loss, and will look to bounce back when they play Pittsburgh on the road next Saturday.
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