UNC came out of the gate strong on Saturday against Syracuse, and they kept their foot on the gas on their way to a very lopsided 40-7 victory. The win brings the Tar Heels to 5-0 on the season.
Syracuse was completely stifled offensively in the first half, accumulating just 70 total yards to Carolina’s 424. Drake Maye threw for 280 first half yards and two touchdowns. Carolina did a great job of owning the time-of-possession and forcing a struggling Orange defense to stay on the field while the Tar Heel defense pitched a shutout.
The Orange, who’d won the opening toss and deferred, did score with relative ease to open the second half, but that was really their only threat.