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North Carolina vs Pittsburgh

Final · Week 7 · unranked vs No. 25 · Sat Oct 10 · 12:00 PM ET · Acrisure Stadium

North Carolina Tar HeelsNorth Carolina3-2

FinalOct 10, 2026

Pittsburgh PanthersPittsburgh5-1

TVESPN

Recap

North Carolina beat No. 25 Pittsburgh 21-17 at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh on Oct 10, 2026 to move to 3-2.

The go-ahead score came with 12:36 left in the fourth quarter: Shamar Easter 75 Yd pass from Billy Edwards Jr. (Rece Verhoff Kick). The lead changed hands 3 times. North Carolina won despite being outgained 369-269 in total yards.

Kalshi had North Carolina at 38% to win before kickoff.

Score by quarter

North Carolina Tar Heels and Pittsburgh Panthers, score by quarter
Team	1	2	3	4	T
NC	0	7	7	7	21
PITT	7	3	0	7	17

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During the game Kalshi had North Carolina as low as 42% and as high as 77%.

Scoring plays

First Quarter

PITTTouchdown · 9:49La'Vell Wright 2 Yd Run (Antonio Chadha Kick)0-7

Second Quarter

PITTField Goal · 7:46Antonio Chadha 41 Yd Field Goal0-10
NCTouchdown · 5:32Jelani Thurman 7 Yd pass from Billy Edwards Jr. (Rece Verhoff Kick)7-10

Third Quarter

NCTouchdown · 0:22Demon June 1 Yd Run (Rece Verhoff Kick)14-10

Fourth Quarter

PITTTouchdown · 12:47La'Vell Wright 1 Yd Run (Antonio Chadha Kick)14-17
NCTouchdown · 12:36Shamar Easter 75 Yd pass from Billy Edwards Jr. (Rece Verhoff Kick)21-17

Team stats

NCPITT

1st Downs: 13; 23
Total Yards: 269; 369
Passing: 249; 219
Rushing: 20; 150
3rd down efficiency: 3-11; 7-16
Turnovers: 2; 2
Possession: 23:28; 36:32

Top performers

North Carolina Tar HeelsPittsburgh Panthers

Passing

Billy Edwards Jr.18/26, 249 YDS, 2 TD, 2 INT

Holden Geriner27/44, 219 YDS, 2 INT

Rushing

Benjamin Hall12 CAR, 25 YDS

Damon Ferguson Jr.15 CAR, 49 YDS

Receiving

Jordan Shipp6 REC, 93 YDS

Malik Knight3 REC, 62 YDS

Sacks

Donovan Hoilette Jr.1

Alex Sanford Jr.1

Tackles

Derek McDonald12

Cruce Brookins11

Player stats

North Carolina · Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Billy Edwards Jr.	18/26	249	9.6	2	2	64.6

North Carolina · Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Benjamin Hall	12	25	2.1	0	9
Demon June	6	15	2.5	1	5
Team	2	-2	-1.0	0	0
Jaylen McGill	1	-4	-4.0	0	0
Billy Edwards Jr.	4	-14	-3.5	0	9

North Carolina · Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jordan Shipp	6	93	15.5	0	49
Shamar Easter	1	75	75.0	1	75
Jelani Thurman	6	29	4.8	1	7
C.J. Sadler	2	20	10.0	0	14
Benjamin Hall	1	16	16.0	0	16
Trech Kekahuna	2	16	8.0	0	10

North Carolina · Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD
Derek McDonald	12	6	0	1	0
Xavier Lewis	12	2	0.5	1	1
Greg Smith III	8	5	0	0	0
Peyton Seelmann	8	2	0	0	0
Leroy Jackson	7	1	0	0	0
Timir Hickman-Collins	6	4	0.5	0.5	0
Peyton Waters	5	4	0	0	0
Jaiden Patterson	5	3	0	0	1

North Carolina · Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Greg Smith III	1	25	0
Tre Miller	1	18	0

North Carolina · Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Rece Verhoff	0/0	0.0	0	3/3	3

Pittsburgh · Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Holden Geriner	27/44	219	5.0	0	2	43.7

Pittsburgh · Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Damon Ferguson Jr.	15	49	3.3	0	8
La'Vell Wright	9	45	5.0	2	15
Ja'Kyrian Turner	5	27	5.4	0	11
Justin Cook	3	15	5.0	0	7
Tony Kinsler	1	13	13.0	0	13
Censere Lee	1	2	2.0	0	2
Holden Geriner	7	-1	-0.1	0	3

Pittsburgh · Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Malik Knight	3	62	20.7	40
Carson Kent	7	61	8.7	15
Cataurus Hicks	6	50	8.3	14
La'Vell Wright	3	18	6.0	10
Damon Ferguson Jr.	5	17	3.4	12
Censere Lee	1	6	6.0	6
Bryce Yates	2	5	2.5	5

Pittsburgh · Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	QB HUR
Cruce Brookins	11	8	0	0	0
Alex Sanford Jr.	5	3	1	2.5	1
Jeremiah Marcelin	5	1	0	0.5	0
Shawn Lee Jr.	4	3	0	0	0
Sean FitzSimmons	3	2	0	0	0
Cole Woodson	3	2	0	0	0
DeMarco Ward	3	1	1	1	0
Isaiah Neal	3	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh · Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Shadarian Harrison	1	22	0
Cole Woodson	1	9	0

Pittsburgh · Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Antonio Chadha	1/2	50.0	41	2/2	5

Game info

VenueAcrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA

Attendance51,416

TVESPN · national

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