Miami holds off North Carolina 38-35 to improve to 8-0

Miami stayed unbeaten with a 38-35 win at Kenan Stadium. The Hurricanes scored 14 in the fourth quarter and survived a late North Carolina touchdown. Darian Mensah was the player of the game, going 22 of 29 for 274 yards and three touchdowns.

North Carolina tied it 7-7 on Billy Edwards Jr.'s 8-yard pass to Jelani Thurman. Mensah hit Fletcher Jr. from 31 yards for a 14-7 Miami lead. Edwards and Thurman connected again from 8 yards to make it 14-14, and Jonathan Weinberg's 25-yard field goal put Miami up 17-14 at the half. Edwards found Shipp for 16 yards to put the Tar Heels ahead 21-17. Fletcher ran in from 2 yards to retake the lead at 24-21. Demon June scored from 1 yard for a 28-24 North Carolina edge. Fletcher scored again from 2 yards for a 31-28 Miami lead, and Mensah found Malachi Toney from 9 yards to make it 38-28.

Edwards answered with a 15-yard score to Kekahuna with 1:38 left, finishing 28 of 34 for 341 yards and four scores. Chirp's Sim gave Miami a 78% chance.