North Carolina, 16th Ranked Virginia Teams That Are On Losing Streak , Winning Streak Are Opposing Each Other Saturday At Noon In Charlottesville
North Carolina comes into the game with Virginia with on a three game losing streak because they’ve lost three straight games while 16th ranked Virginia comes into the game with North Carolina on a five game winning streak.
One of those streaks is going to come to conclusion, end Saturday at noon in Charlottesville
North Carolina comes into the game with Virginia with record of 2-4 overall 0-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference is fifteenth in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because they’ve lost three straight games.
North Carolina’s most recent loss?
A narrow 21-18 loss to California on Friday October 17, 2025 in Berkely California where they fumbled the football three times where perhaps the most important fumble was shy of the goal line when California’s Brent Austin punched the football from Leacock grasp with less than four minutes to go in the game
Offensively running Davion Gause ran for 4 yards where quarterback Gio Lopez completed pass to Benjamin Hall for two point conversion where California Defensive Back Brent Austin punched the ball out of
Before North Carolina completed two point conversion California quarterback Jaron - Keawe Sagpolutele ran for 3 yard touchdown while Chase Meyer kicked, made extra point giving California a 7-0 lead before North Carolina would go on to even the score at 7-7 with running Benjamin Hall running for 18 yard touchdown , Rece Verhoff would kick, make extra point before California would retake the lead at 14-7 on wide receiver Jacob De Jesus 7 yard pass for touchdown . Chase Meyer would kick, make extra point . In 2nd quarter North Carolina would get within 14-10 on Rece Verhoff kicking , making 41 yard field goal. In the 3rd quarter California would go up on North Carolina 10 points at 21-10 as running back Kendrick Raphael would score touchdown on 2 yard run while Chase Meyer would kick, make extra point.
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Following North Carolina’s narrow 21-18 loss to California on Friday October 17, 2025 in Berkely California Head Coach Bill Belichick had this to say about the North Carolina, California game!
Real competitive game here,”A couple big mistakes hurt us. [There were] a lot of things we could’ve done better in all three phases. Just came up a little bit short here today.”
“I mean, I thought we played with confidence,”“We competed and our group showed toughness. Just have to do some things fundamentally better.”
According to Shelby Swanson News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/article312484326.html
Virginia meanwhile comes into the game with North Carolina with record of 6-1 overall 3-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference is second in the standings behind Georgia Tech because they’ve won five straight games.
Virginia’s most recent win?
A 22-20 win for then 18th ranked Virginia on Saturday October 18, 2025 when opposing Washington State in Charlottesville where the winning points came on a safety in 4th quarter. Before Virginia scored on safety in 4th quarter to win the game Washington State took 7-0 lead on wide receiver Joshua Meredith from quarterback Zevi Eckhaus, Jack Steven’s kicked, made extra point giving Washington State 7-0 lead. Though,
Washington State’s lead would be short lived as Virginia wide receiver Cam Ross would run for 19 yard touchdown , Will Bettridge would kick, make extra point evening score 7-7 in 1st quarter. In 2nd quarter Zevi Eckhaus would run for 1 yard touchdown , Jake Steven’s would kick, make extra point putting Washington State ahead 14-7 before Washington State would extend their lead over Virginia this time on Jack Stephens 37 yard field goal . In 3rd quarter Virginia would get within 17-10 on Will Bettridge 47 yard field goal before Washington State would kick , make field goal of their own as Jack Steven’s would kick, make 42 yard field goal extending Washington State lead 20-10 . In the 4th quarter it was Virginia doing the all the scoring as running back Harrison Waylee would run for 2 yard touchdown , Will Bettridge would make extra cutting in Washington State’s lead trimming Virginia’s deficit to 20-17 before Will Bettridge would kick, make 34 yard fielding evening the score at 20.
Following Virginia’s winning streak being extended to five games Head Coach Tony Elliott had this to say!
There’s a lot of things we can learn from it,”But at the end of the day, the football team made a decision at the half to come out and find a way to win the football game, and they did.”
According to https://virginiasports.com/news/2025/10/18/fourth-quarter-defensive-heroics-lift-no-18-virginia-over-washington-state/
Kickoff is set for 12:00pm from Kenan Memorial Stadium!
The game is going to be televised on ACC Network with Wes Durham, Steve Addazio, Dana Boyle commentating!
Wes Durham is a play-by-play commentator for ESPN and ACC Network, ESPN’s network devoted to Atlantic Coast Conference sports. Durham, a highly respected and accomplished broadcaster who has been around college sports and the ACC his entire life, calls college football and basketball games on ESPN platforms in addition to contributing to ACCN studio shows.
One of the original hires when ACC Network launched in 2019, Durham previously co-hosted the Packer and Durham morning show alongside Mark Packer – a program they started in 2018 as ACC This Morning on SiriusXM ACC Radio. After three years on ACCN, Durham shifted to a play-by-play-centric role for the network.
In 2023, Durham was named the play-by-play voice for ACC Primetime Football, where he calls weekly high-profile ACC games with Tom Luginbill and Dana Boyle. During the men’s college basketball season, Durham is also one of the network’s lead game-callers.
Durham’s name has been synonymous with the ACC for years. He was the radio voice for Georgia Tech from 1995-2013 before joining Fox Sports South/Raycom Sports to handle play-by-play duties for ACC football, basketball and baseball games. Durham’s family also has a special history in the conference. His father, Woody, was the legendary “Voice of the Tar Heels” for 40 years.
Since 2020, Durham has contributed to ESPN’s coverage of the PGA Championship as a play-by-play commentator on Featured Group streams on ESPN+
In addition to working in the ACC, Durham had stints early in his career as the radio announcer of athletic teams at Marshall, Radford and Vanderbilt.
Beyond his ESPN roles, Durham has been the radio play-by-play voice for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons since 2004.
A native of Cary, N.C., Durham graduated from Elon University with a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications.
Durham learned about broadcasting while working at Elon’s WSOE student radio, where he called 150 football and basketball games in four years as an undergraduate.
Durham was inducted into the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 2015, while Elon’s School of Communications honored him as its Distinguished Alumnus in April 2013. An 11-time winner of the Georgia Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sports Media Association (NSMA), Durham is a longtime member of the NSMA board and in 2022 he became president of the board.
Steve Addazio was hired as a college football analyst in August 2024, bringing more than three decades of coaching experience to the broadcast booth. Addazio calls games across ESPN platforms and is currently paired with Wes Durham and Dana Boyle on ACC Network’s ACC Primetime Football.
With an accomplished resume, Addazio brings a wealth of knowledge and impactful insight to ESPN’s coverage. Addazio’s extensive career includes head coaching tenures at Boston College, Temple and Colorado State, as well as assistant and associate head coaching stints at Syracuse, Indiana, Notre Dame, Florida – where he was a two-time BCS National Champion – and most recently, Texas A&M.
A Farmington, Conn. native, Addazio was a four-year starter at Central Connecticut State University, where he earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in physical education. He began his coaching career at Western Connecticut State before leading Cheshire High School to national prominence with 49 consecutive wins and three state titles.
Dana Boyle is a college football and lacrosse reporter, who was named the sideline reporter for ACC Primetime Football on ACC Network in July 2024. She works alongside play-by-play voice Wes Durham and analyst Tom Luginbill.
Boyle joined ESPN and ACC Network in 2020, serving as an analyst and sideline reporter for college lacrosse and PLL coverage. Boyle has also reported on college hockey coverage across ESPN platforms and prior to joining ESPN, she interned with the College Football Playoff.
A University of Virginia graduate, Boyle is a former All-ACC lacrosse player for the Cavaliers.
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