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35–38
Final
 Kenan Stadium, Chapel HillPITT -3
FINALPittsburgh 35, North Carolina 38UPSETUNC covered +3CLOSED PITT -3

Highlights

5 CLIPS · ESPN
Williams strikes first with 37-yard UNC TDVIDEO: ESPN ↗

Win probability

EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODEL
UNC WINNING
PITT WINNING
KICKQ2Q3Q4FINAL

KICKOFF: UNC 64% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 16 PTS

Scoring plays

11 SCORES
Q1
Rushing Touchdown

Antonio Williams 37 Yd Run (Freeman Jones Kick)

7:02
0-7
Rushing Touchdown

Kenny Pickett 7 Yd Run (Alex Kessman Kick)

2:31
7-7
Q2
Rushing Touchdown

Antonio Williams 1 Yd Run (Freeman Jones Kick)

14:36
7-14
Rushing Touchdown

Qadree Ollison 2 Yd Run (Alex Kessman Kick)

7:56
14-14
Passing Touchdown

Michael Carter 31 Yd pass from Nathan Elliott (Freeman Jones Kick)

5:56
14-21
Rushing Touchdown

Darrin Hall 65 Yd Run (Alex Kessman Kick)

3:07
21-21
Passing Touchdown

George Aston 1 Yd pass from Kenny Pickett (Alex Kessman Kick)

0:35
28-21
Q3
Rushing Touchdown

Jordon Brown 1 Yd Run (Freeman Jones Kick)

7:17
28-28
Passing Touchdown

Dyami Brown 19 Yd pass from Nathan Elliott (Freeman Jones Kick)

4:12
28-35
Field Goal Good

Freeman Jones 37 Yd Field Goal

1:36
28-38
Q4
Passing Touchdown

Maurice Ffrench 16 Yd pass from Kenny Pickett (Alex Kessman Kick)

3:12
35-38

What happened

ESPN RECAP

North Carolina beats Pittsburgh 38-35 in its ACC opener

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- North Carolina finally got its offense playing with sustained efficiency and its defense providing sacks and third-quarter stops, a combination that helped turn things around in its Atlantic Coast Conference opener, The Tar Heels are hoping it helps leave that 0-2 start completely in the past, too. Antonio Williams and Nathan Elliott turned in career-best performances Saturday in the Tar Heels' best offensive showing of the season, helping UNC beat Pittsburgh 38-35 in its return after having a game canceled due to Hurricane Florence. UNC (1-2, 1-0 ACC) lost at California and East Carolina to start the season, then Florence canceled last weekend's home game against No. 16 UCF and took the Tar Heels out of in-season routines. "I don't think it hurt us at all," Elliott said. "I think our team's pretty mature and we used that to our advantage.

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Top performers

PITT
PASSINGKenny Pickett19/33, 174 YDS, 2 TD
RUSHINGDarrin Hall6 CAR, 84 YDS, 1 TD
RECEIVINGTaysir Mack2 REC, 76 YDS
UNC
PASSINGNathan Elliott22/31, 313 YDS, 2 TD
RUSHINGAntonio Williams16 CAR, 114 YDS, 2 TD
RECEIVINGDazz Newsome6 REC, 110 YDS

Team stats

PITT · UNC
402
TOTAL YARDS
486
174
PASSING
313
228
RUSHING
173
20
1ST DOWNS
23
8-16
3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY
7-15
1
TURNOVERS
1
5-45
PENALTIES
5-45
30:36
POSSESSION
29:24

KENAN STADIUM, CHAPEL HILL · ATTENDANCE 44,168

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