CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS — The North Carolina football team beat Illinois 48-23 on Saturday night for its first win of the season.
What happened?
It only took Illinois three plays to get on the scoreboard. Less than a minute and a half into the game, running back Ke’Shawn Vaughn ran through a gaping hole in the offensive line for a 65-yard touchdown.
UNC responded a few minutes later, when quarterback Mitch Trubisky plunged into the endzone from a yard away for his first touchdown of the night.
The Tar Heels and Fighting Illini traded points and turnovers for the rest of the first quarter.