After Months Of Build-Up, Bill Belichick's Tar Heels Fall Short Of Moment

Monday's spectacle met the moment in every way — every way except for the on-field product. The Tar Heels looked several steps behind their opponent in a 48-14 home loss to TCU, tarnishing a game that was Bill Belichick’s first college test. "It was a great environment tonight," Belichick said after the game. "Fans are awesome. We just didn’t do enough." (Inside Carolina)

No. 15 UNC Men’s Soccer Falls At College Of Charleston, 2-0

UNC Men's Soccer dropped its first match of the season with a 2-0 loss to College of Charleston on Monday. The Tar Heels hit the road for the first time but struggled to get anything going in attack and were caught by a deflected shot in the 64th minute to fall behind. The Cougars added a second in the 66th minute to seal the win. The Tar Heels fell to 3-1. (GoHeels.com)

Video: Locked On Tar Heels - Is Max Johnson the answer at QB? UNC Athletics' Mount Rushmore?

Who belongs on North Carolina's Mount Rushmore of sports legends? Many of the likely answers were in attendance Monday at Bill Belichick's debut college football game. Isaac Schade picks his greatest Tar Heel athletes and coaches of all time, discusses UNC Football's tough loss, and ponders a quarterback change. (View Video)

Good, Bad, and Ugly Report: UNC vs. TCU

I have probably written and re-written the opening paragraph for this piece three or four times. Words are hard to find for the egg that was laid in Kenan Stadium on Monday night for the debut of the most successful coach in NFL history. The 48–14 drubbing at the hands of Texas Christian was very bad, worse than the five-touchdown margin indicated. (Tar Heel Tribune)

UNC blown out by TCU in Bill Belichick's college coaching debut

If Bill Belichick were still in New England helming a team he had coached for a quarter century, when he won six Super Bowls, he could have shrugged off Monday's debacle against TCU as just a hiccup, answering his critics with his now ubiquitous retort: on to the next game. In Chapel Hill on Monday, what happened couldn't be shrugged off so easily. (ESPN.com)

North Carolina's Night Goes From Bad To Worse In Bill Belichick's College Football Debut

Entering Monday, it felt like there were two ways for UNC’s Labor Day opener to play out: either Bill Belichick’s NFL credentials were going to translate emphatically in his college debut, or the challenge of fielding a new team with a new coaching staff against a nine-win TCU squad would be too much to overcome. The latter proved true, and then some. (Inside Carolina)

Video: Bill Belichick Post-TCU Press Conference

North Carolina head football coach Bill Belichick speaks with the media following the Tar Heels' 48-14 season-opening loss to the TCU Horned Frogs on Monday night in Chapel Hill. (View Video)

Video: UNC Players Post-TCU Press Conference

North Carolina defensive back Kaleb Cost and quarterback Max Johnson speak with the media on Monday night following the Tar Heels' 48-14 season-opening loss to the TCU Horned Frogs at Kenan Stadium. (View Video)

Bill Belichick era starts with embarrassment, frustration

All day before the game and for one drive, the thrill and anticipation of the Bill Belichick era hit a fever pitch. That excitement quickly gave way to frustration and disbelief. Quarterback Gio Lopez went more than two hours between completions, which was followed by his third-quarter second turnover. By that time, TCU had scored 41 straight points. (Tar Heel Tribune)

Box Score: TCU 48, North Carolina 14

View the complete box score from the North Carolina Tar Heels' 48-14 season-opening loss to the TCU Horned Frogs on Monday night at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill. (View Box Score)

Belichick loses college coaching debut as TCU uses 2 defensive TDs on the way to 48-14 win over UNC

Bud Clark had a pick-six and Kevorian Barnes had a 75-yard touchdown run on the first second-half snap to help TCU spoil Bill Belichick’s college coaching debut by rolling past UNC 48-14 on Monday. The Tar Heels scored on the game’s first possession, but the Horned Frogs took control to drive a full-house crowd to the exits well before the fourth quarter. (Associated Press)

TCU Steals Season-Opening Spotlight, Slams North Carolina, 48-14

The curtain went up for North Carolina’s first act under the direction of Bill Belichick, and what followed unraveled into a season-opening disaster. TCU trounced the Tar Heels 48-14 in a beatdown Monday night at Kenan Stadium, stealing the spotlight and spoiling the NFL all-time great’s coaching debut on the college football level. UNC roared out of the gate. (Inside Carolina)

UNC Football Opens 2025 Season vs. TCU Monday Night - Pregame Notes

The 2025 North Carolina football season gets underway Monday night, as the Tar Heels host TCU at Kenan Stadium at 8 PM on ESPN. Bill Belichick became the 40th coach in program history and the 12th to lead the program since joining the ACC in 1953. Monday's game is the first non-Saturday season opener at home since Monday, Sept. 21, 1941. (GoHeels.com)

UNC football releases hype video ahead of TCU game

The final game of Week 1 of the 2025 college football season will take place in Chapel Hill as the Bill Belichick era officially gets underway. The Tar Heels will host TCU in primetime on ESPN. On Monday morning, the program's official X account put out a hype video that pays homage to the past of Carolina Football, including an appearance by the late Woody Durham. (Tar Heels Wire)

'Don't remember anything like this': Belichick debut pushes excitement for UNC football to new level

There have been big games at Kenan Stadium over the past three decades. Florida State in 1993 and, especially, in 1997 with ESPN’s “College GameDay” in Chapel Hill come to mind. So, too, do Notre Dame’s visits and Mack Brown’s first game back against Miami in 2019. But Bill Belichick’s coaching debut in Chapel Hill stands alone for long-time observers. (WRAL Sports Fan)

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