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08/29 16:18 CDT North Carolina opens Bill Belichick's second season with 15-10
win over TCU in Ireland
North Carolina opens Bill Belichick's second season with 15-10 win over TCU in
Ireland
DUBLIN (AP) --- New North Carolina quarterback Billy Edwards Jr. threw for 232
yards, Aeron Burrell kicked two field goals and the Tar Heels opened coach Bill
Belichick's second season with a 15-10 win over TCU on a rainy Saturday in
Ireland for the Aer Lingus Classic.
TCU didn't score again after going up 10-3 on its first two drives. The Horned
Frogs got the ball eight more times, and were stopped on fourth-and-short deep
in Tar Heels territory on their last two drives.
The 74-year-old Belichick, who won six Super Bowls coaching the New England
Patriots, was 4-8 in his college debut with the Tar Heels last year. That
season began with a 48-14 home loss to TCU in prime time on Labor Day.
"I'm just happy for the players. They've worked really hard," Belichick said.
"To have positive results back up that hard work, reinforces it. I think
they've been believing in what we're doing, but I think this just gives
everybody a little bit more belief and we've just got to keep building."
The Tar Heels ran out the final 4:05 after new TCU quarterback Jaden Craig
threw an incompletion when rolling left on fourth-and-2 from the 10, when the
Harvard transfer may have been able to run for a first down. Craig finished
20-of-32 passing for 175 yards.
Jeremy Payne, who ran for 142 yards, was stuffed on fourth-and-1 from the 5 on
TCU's previous drive.
"Looking back now obviously, I wish we had kicked the two field goals, but at
the time, it makes sense to try," TCU coach Sonny Dykes said. "When you're not
moving the football, you've got to try to get the ball in the end zone."
After Payne was stopped, the Frogs got the ball for the last time after North
Carolina had a 13-play drive that ended with Burrell missing a 42-yard field
goal attempt.
Payne had a 48-yard run on TCU's opening drive and the Frogs had 111 yards on
the ground by halftime. They had only 26 after halftime.
"Once we kind of got settled down a little bit on the outside runs ... we kind
of forced him to cut back and those guys did a good job inside," Belichick said
about his defensive front. "They hit the quarterback, they didn't really let
him step up in the pocket and throw much."
North Carolina last season never had a halftime lead against a Power Four
opponent, but went ahead 12-10 on a safety with 1:49 left in the first half of
the first major college football game this season. TCU punter John Hoyet Chance
kicked the ball out of the back of the end zone after the snap sailed over his
head.
Edwards, a transfer from Wisconsin, completed 16 of 28 passes. Jordan Shipp had
five catches for 71 yards and Jaylen McGill had the Tar Heels' only TD, on a
9-yard run in the first quarter after they had converted a fourth-and-7.
Heels strong on defensive front Burrell's second field goal, a 28-yarder that made it 15-10 early in the second half, was set up by Melkart Abou Jaoude's blindside sack of Craig that forced a fumble recovered by Jaylen Harvey at the TCU 31. Abou Jaoude had 10 1/2 sacks last season. Xavier Lewis had 4 1/2 tackles for loss with two sacks.
Big game for Small TCU's only touchdown was set up by Ed Small's 33-yard punt return to the UNC 25, then he had a 13-yard catch. Jon Denman scored on a 2-yard run for a 10-3 lead with four minutes left in the first quarter. Small had nine catches for 65 yards.
The takeaway North Carolina had 10 points and 141 total yards in the first quarter with new offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino. The Tar Heels scored 10 points in the first quarter only once last year but never had more yards. They finished with 322 total yards. TCU had scored at least 30 points in its last 10 season openers, which was the longest active FBS streak.
Up next Both teams have an open date before their home openers Sept. 12. North Carolina hosts East Tennessee State, and TCU plays Grambling State. ___ Sign up for Top 25 poll alerts here. Visit the Top 25 here and see AP's full college football coverage here.
Heels strong on defensive front Burrell's second field goal, a 28-yarder that made it 15-10 early in the second half, was set up by Melkart Abou Jaoude's blindside sack of Craig that forced a fumble recovered by Jaylen Harvey at the TCU 31. Abou Jaoude had 10 1/2 sacks last season. Xavier Lewis had 4 1/2 tackles for loss with two sacks.
Big game for Small TCU's only touchdown was set up by Ed Small's 33-yard punt return to the UNC 25, then he had a 13-yard catch. Jon Denman scored on a 2-yard run for a 10-3 lead with four minutes left in the first quarter. Small had nine catches for 65 yards.
The takeaway North Carolina had 10 points and 141 total yards in the first quarter with new offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino. The Tar Heels scored 10 points in the first quarter only once last year but never had more yards. They finished with 322 total yards. TCU had scored at least 30 points in its last 10 season openers, which was the longest active FBS streak.
Up next Both teams have an open date before their home openers Sept. 12. North Carolina hosts East Tennessee State, and TCU plays Grambling State. ___ Sign up for Top 25 poll alerts here. Visit the Top 25 here and see AP's full college football coverage here.
