Notre Dame 37, North Carolina 26 · Box Score

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Final · Week 5 · Sat, Oct 3, 2026

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ND	14	7	6	10	37
UNC	7	7	6	6	26

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Team stats

ND		UNC
26	First downs	18
475	Total yards	285
234	Passing yards	208
21-29	Comp-Att	17-28
8.1	Yards per pass	7.4
241	Rushing yards	77
45	Rushes	23
5.4	Yards per rush	3.3
4-11	3rd down	5-10
3-5	4th down	1-1
4-32	Penalties-yards	3-20
0	Turnovers	2
0	Fumbles lost	0
0	Interceptions thrown	2
37:04	Time of possession	22:56
1	Sacks	0
4	Tackles for loss	2
5	QB hurries	2
5	Passes defended	5
0	Defensive TDs	1
28	Kick return yards	98
20	Punt return yards	—
4	Passing TDs	3
1	Rushing TDs	0
7	Kicking points	2

Advanced stats

ND		UNC
+0.27	EPA per play	+0.17
55%	Success rate	37%
1.01	Explosiveness	1.46
+0.23	Rushing EPA per play	+0.01
56%	Rushing success rate	23%
+0.40	Passing EPA per play	+0.35
57%	Passing success rate	50%
63%	Standard downs success	39%
25%	Passing downs success	35%
3.96	Line yards per rush	3.12
1.16	Second-level yards	0.91
0.56	Open-field yards	0.09
9%	Stuff rate	27%
83%	Power success	0%
22%	Havoc caused	9%
8	Scoring chances	3
3.75	Points per chance	6.67
Own 37	Avg. starting field position	Own 23
3	Explosive plays	2
100%	Postgame win expectancy	0%

Offense unless noted. EPA, success rate, explosiveness and the rushing numbers leave out garbage time. The better number in each row is bold. Hover or tap-and-hold a stat for what it means.

Scoring summary

Q19:34
North CarolinaTD
(09:39) Shotgun #9 B.Edwards Jr. pass complete short right to #84 S.Easter caught at ND 07, for 6 yards to the ND 00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:34, 1ST DOWN #90 R.Verhoff kick attempt good (H: #93 J.Horvath, LS: #48 G.Burt)
Drive: 7 plays, 74 yds
0-7
Q16:41
Notre DameTD
(06:47) No Huddle-Shotgun #13 C.Carr pass complete deep middle to #6 J.Faison caught at UNC00, for 28 yards to the UNC00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:41, 1ST DOWN #35 S.Porath kick attempt good (H: #39 J.Scaife, LS: #96 J.Vinci)
Drive: 7 plays, 75 yds
7-7
Q16:26
Notre DameTD
(06:29) Shotgun #13 C.Carr pass complete short right to #1 J.Greathouse caught at UNC00, for 12 yards to the UNC00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:26, 1ST DOWN #35 S.Porath kick attempt good (H: #39 J.Scaife, LS: #96 J.Vinci)
Drive: 1 plays, 12 yds
14-7
Q214:53
Notre DameTD
(14:58) Shotgun #13 C.Carr pass complete deep right to #6 J.Faison caught at UNC00, for 39 yards to the UNC00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 14:53, 1ST DOWN #35 S.Porath kick attempt good (H: #39 J.Scaife, LS: #96 J.Vinci)
Drive: 9 plays, 77 yds
21-7
Q20:21
North CarolinaTD
(00:25) Shotgun #9 B.Edwards Jr. pass complete short right to #45 J.Thurman caught at ND 00, for 14 yards to the ND 00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:21, 1ST DOWN #90 R.Verhoff kick attempt good (H: #93 J.Horvath, LS: #48 G.Burt)
Drive: 15 plays, 97 yds
21-14
Q314:46
North CarolinaTD
(15:00) #36 M.Drescher kickoff 63 yards to the UNC02 #24 J.Jefferson return 98 yards to the ND 00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 14:46 #93 J.Horvath pass attempt failed PENALTY UNC Holding declined
21-20
Q35:36
Notre DameTD
(05:44) No Huddle-Shotgun #13 C.Carr rush right for 3 yards gain to the UNC00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:36 PENALTY UNC Offside declined #39 J.Scaife rush attempt failed
Drive: 17 plays, 75 yds
27-20
Q414:54
Notre DameTD
Nolan James Jr. 6 Yd pass from CJ Carr (Spencer Porath Kick)
Drive: 8 plays, 68 yds
34-20
Q47:05
Notre DameFG
(07:07) #35 S.Porath field goal attempt from 31 yards GOOD (H: #39 J.Scaife, LS: #96 J.Vinci), clock 07:05
Drive: 11 plays, 52 yds
37-20
Q42:36
North CarolinaTD
(02:39) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 B.Edwards Jr. pass complete short left to #45 J.Thurman caught at ND 03, for 10 yards to the ND 00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 02:36, 1ST DOWN #90 R.Verhoff kick attempt failed ( blocked by #28 L.Talich) (H: #93 J.Horvath, LS: #48 G.Burt), out of bounds at ND 00
Drive: 11 plays, 75 yds
37-26

Score shown ND-UNC.

Player stats

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	QBR
C.J. Carr	21/29	234	8.1	4	0	93.1

Rushing

Player	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Jonaz Walton	23	120	5.2	0	18
Nolan James Jr.	9	65	7.2	0	11
Aneyas Williams	8	42	5.3	0	24
C.J. Carr	4	15	3.8	1	9
Team	1	-1	-1.0	0	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Jordan Faison	8	132	16.5	2	39
Micah Gilbert	3	34	11.3	0	14
Jonaz Walton	2	28	14.0	0	15
Jaden Greathouse	2	18	9.0	1	12
Nolan James Jr.	1	6	6.0	1	6
Ty Washington	1	6	6.0	0	6
Aneyas Williams	3	6	2.0	0	3
Cooper Flanagan	1	4	4.0	0	4

Defense

Player	Tot	Solo	Sacks	TFL	PD	QB Hur
Boubacar Traore	6	6	0	1	1	4
Jaylen Sneed	4	3	0	0	0	0
Armel Mukam	3	3	0	1	0	0
Luke Talich	3	3	0	1	0	0
Jayden Sanders	3	3	0	0	0	0
Francis Brewu	3	2	1	1	0	1
Adon Shuler	3	2	0	0	1	0
Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa	3	2	0	0	0	0
Drayk Bowen	2	1	0	0	1	0
Jaiden Ausberry	1	1	0	0	0	0
Christian Gray	1	1	0	0	0	0
Leonard Moore	1	1	0	0	2	0
Joey O'Brien	1	1	0	0	0	0
Dylahn McKinney	1	0	0	0	0	0
Loghan Thomas	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bryce Young	1	0	0	0	0	0

Interceptions

Player	Int	Yds	TD
Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa	1	14	0
Luke Talich	1	0	0

Fumbles

Player	Fum	Lost	Rec
Team	1	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	Pct	Long	XP	Pts
Spencer Porath	1/1	100.0	31	4/4	7

Punting

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TB	In 20	Long
Jasper Scaife	1	34	34.0	0	0	34

Kick returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Jonaz Walton	1	28	28.0	28	0

Punt returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Jordan Faison	2	20	10.0	14	0