Notre Dame Fighting Irish @ North Carolina Tar Heels — Oct 3, 2026

NCAA Division FBS·Round 1 October 3, 2026
Fighting Irish Notre Dame ND 5-0, 2-0 Away
37
Final
26
Tar Heels North Carolina UNC 1-2, 0-1 Home
1 2 3 4 T
ND 14 7 6 10 37
UNC 7 7 6 6 26
Top Performers
Passing Yards
C. Carr QB ND
234 PASS
B. Edwards QB UNC
208 PASS
Rushing Yards
J.
J. Walton RB ND
120 RUSH
B. Hall RB UNC
36 RUSH
Receiving Yards
J. Faison WR ND
132 REC
J. Shipp UNC
109 REC
Passing
Notre Dame
PLAYER C/ATT YDS TD INT SACK QBR
C. Carr 21/29 234 4 0 0 135.6
North Carolina
PLAYER C/ATT YDS TD INT SACK QBR
B. Edwards 17/28 208 3 2 1 89.6
Rushing
Notre Dame
PLAYER CAR YDS AVG TD LONG
N. James 9 65 7.2 0 11
C. Carr 4 15 3.8 1 9
A. Williams 8 42 5.3 0 24
J. Walton 23 120 5.2 0 18
North Carolina
PLAYER CAR YDS AVG TD LONG
J. McGill 4 15 3.8 0 12
B. Hall 10 36 3.6 0 8
B. Edwards 3 13 4.3 0 10
D. June 6 13 2.2 0 6
Receiving
Notre Dame
PLAYER REC TGTS YDS AVG TD LONG DROPS
C. Flanagan 1 4 4 4.0 0 4 0
N. James 1 2 6 6.0 1 6 0
J. Faison 8 9 132 16.5 2 39 0
J. Greathouse 2 3 18 9.0 1 12 0
A. Williams 3 3 6 2.0 0 3 0
M. Gilbert 3 4 34 11.3 0 14 0
T. Washington 1 1 6 6.0 0 6 0
J. Walton 2 2 28 14.0 0 15 0
North Carolina
PLAYER REC TGTS YDS AVG TD LONG DROPS
S. Easter 3 4 24 8.0 1 12 0
B. Hall 0 1 0 - 0 0 0
J. Shipp 7 7 109 15.6 0 44 0
D. June 1 1 12 12.0 0 12 0
J. Thurman 5 8 50 10.0 2 15 0
C. Sadler 1 3 13 13.0 0 13 0
C. Sneed 0 1 0 - 0 0 0
T. Kekahuna 0 1 0 - 0 0 0
Defense
Notre Dame
PLAYER TKLS SOLO AST SACK TFL INT INT YDS PD FF
L. Moore 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
K. Viliamu-Asa 3 2 1 0 0 1 14 1 0
J. Ausberry 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A. Mukam 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
D. McKinney 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
A. Shuler 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
F. Brewu 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
B. Traore 6 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
J. Sanders 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L. Thomas 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Bowen 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Sneed 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
L. Talich 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
C. Gray 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B. Young 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. O'Brien 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Carolina
PLAYER TKLS SOLO AST SACK TFL INT INT YDS PD FF
J. Patterson 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
P. Seelmann 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
K. Cost 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
G. Smith 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
T. Miller 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
L. Jackson 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. McDonald 11 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
P. Waters 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
I. Johnson 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Hoilette 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Harvey 4 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
J. Agumadu 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
T. Giddens 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
N. Maggio 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
T. Hickman-Collins 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
K. Dopson III 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Butts 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kicking
Notre Dame
PLAYER FG XP PTS BLK
S. Porath 1/1 4/4 7 0
North Carolina
PLAYER FG XP PTS BLK
R. Verhoff 0/0 2/3 2 0
Returns
Notre Dame
PLAYER NO YDS AVG TD LONG FC
J. Walton 1 28 28.0 0 28 0
North Carolina
PLAYER NO YDS AVG TD LONG FC
J. Jefferson 1 98 98.0 1 98 1
C/ATT - Completions/Attempts · YDS - Yards · TD - Touchdowns · INT - Interceptions · SACK - Sacks · QBR - Passer Rating · CAR - Carries · AVG - Average · REC - Receptions · TGTS - Targets · TKLS - Total Tackles · SOLO - Solo Tackles · AST - Assisted Tackles · TFL - Tackles for Loss · PD - Passes Defensed · FF - Forced Fumbles · FG - Field Goals · XP - Extra Points · PTS - Points · FC - Fair Catches
Team Statistics
Notre Dame
North Carolina
475 Total Yards 285
26 First Downs 18
15 Passing 13
11 Rushing 4
1 Penalty 0
4/11 3rd Down Eff. 5/10
234 Passing Yards 208
241 Rushing Yards 77
0 Turnovers 2
4-32 Penalties 3-20
37:04 Possession 22:56
4/5 Red Zone 3/3
Play-by-Play
Q4 10 - 6 37 - 26
37 - 26 2:36
J. Thurman TD
FG S. Porath
37 - 20 7:05
XP S. Porath
34 - 20 14:54
TD N. James
33 - 20 14:54
Q3 6 - 6 27 - 20
TD C. Carr
27 - 20 5:36
21 - 20 14:46
J. Jefferson TD
Q2 7 - 7 21 - 14
21 - 14 0:21
R. Verhoff XP
21 - 13 0:21
J. Thurman TD
XP S. Porath
21 - 7 14:53
TD J. Faison
20 - 7 14:53
Q1 14 - 7 14 - 7
XP S. Porath
14 - 7 6:26
TD J. Greathouse
13 - 7 6:26
XP S. Porath
7 - 7 6:41
TD J. Faison
6 - 7 6:41
0 - 7 9:34
R. Verhoff XP
0 - 6 9:34
S. Easter TD
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 0 Biggest Lead: ND +17 Times Tied: 1
Highlights
Notre Dame 37 - 26 North Carolina
October 3, 2026
League
NCAA Division FBS
Season
NCAA 26/27
Round
Round 1
Date
October 3, 2026
Time
4:00 pm
Duration
1h 0m