Tar Heel fans within Kenan Stadium started to get a little nervous after the first quarter of today’s game against Campbell, with the two teams tied at seven points apiece.
The Camels were moving the ball at ease against UNC’s porous defense – just like UVA and Georgia Tech did the two weeks prior. Carolina started slow offensively, another cause for concern.
It didn’t take long for UNC to start showcasing its ACC-leading offense, as it scored 52 unanswered points en route to a 59-7 victory.
It was Omarion Hampton’s day, as the Carolina sophomore running back reached 1,000 yards on the season, via his first of two second-quarter touchdown runs. UNC quarterback Drake Maye threw four touchdown passes on just 16 completions, meaning a quarter of his completions went for scores. J.J. Jones, Carolina’s leading receiver, finally scored his first 2023 touchdown in the third quarter.
UNC’s defense even played solid, limiting an opponent to single-digits for the second time this year (Syracuse, Week 6). Campbell’s offense is nowhere near the level of an ACC program, but it was making solid gains in the opening quarter.
Let’s see what fans thought of the dominating Carolina victory, which was much-needed after the Heels’ worst stretch of football during 2023: