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FOOTBALL

North Carolina Gets Edged By Miami In Chapel Hill

North Carolina lost their fifth straight Saturday as they got beat by Miami at Kenan Memorial Stadium.

Malik Rosier threw for a career-high 356 yards with three touchdowns to help eighth-ranked Miami hold off North Carolina 24-19 on Saturday. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/10/28/football-no-8-miami-tops-north-carolina-24-19.aspx?path=football

Rosier had a 51-yard touchdown throw to Christopher Herndon IV late in the first half and a 78-yarder to Jeff Thomas to open the third quarter. His 5-yarder to Braxton Berrios gave the Hurricanes (7-0, 5-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) a 24-13 fourth-quarter lead. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/10/28/football-no-8-miami-tops-north-carolina-24-19.aspx?path=football

Still, Miami had to come up with a couple late plays after UNC made it a one-score game. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/10/28/football-no-8-miami-tops-north-carolina-24-19.aspx?path=football

First the Hurricanes recovered a fumble by Jordon Brown after the Tar Heels had pushed near the Miami 35 with 2:11 left. Then Rosier ran for a chains-moving keeper near the 2-minute mark, allowing Miami to run out the clock. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/10/28/football-no-8-miami-tops-north-carolina-24-19.aspx?path=football

Nathan Elliott  threw for one touchdown and three interceptions for the Tar Heels (1-8, 0-6) after starter Chazz Surratt  was knocked from the game in the opening quarter. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/10/28/football-no-8-miami-tops-north-carolina-24-19.aspx?path=football

THE TAKEAWAY
Miami:
The Hurricanes went from squeaking by in their last three wins by a combined 13 points to struggling much of the day against a 1-7 team relying on a third-string quarterback. Not the best way to go into the November stretch run, even as they remain unbeaten. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/10/28/football-no-8-miami-tops-north-carolina-24-19.aspx?path=football

UNC: The Tar Heels responded to last week's blowout loss at Virginia Tech with a better showing. Still, UNC's offense struggled in the red zone by getting just three points on three first-half trips. And the defense repeated its habit of surrendering a couple huge plays to wipe out long stretches of solid execution. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/10/28/football-no-8-miami-tops-north-carolina-24-19.aspx?path=football

North Carolina now has a bye week before they travel to  Pittsburgh for a Thursday night game on November 9th. The game will be televised on ESPN. "according to http://goheels.com/schedule.aspx?path=football