UNC Football's Complete Defensive Collapse

Posted Sep 4, 2025
In his 511 games as a head coach in the NFL, Bill Belichick never saw one of his teams give up 48 or more points in a single game. In his first game at North Carolina, his Tar Heels yielded 48 points to TCU, and that number could have been higher if Horned Frogs coach Sonny Dykes hadn’t mercifully simplified his team’s play-calling in the second half. (Chapelboro.com)

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