North Carolina Is Returning To Action To Gridiron Is Hosting East Tennessee State University Saturday At Noon In Chapel Hill
North Carolina had a bye last week!
North Carolina is returning to action to gridiron is hosting East Tennessee State University at noon in Chapel Hill.
North Carolina is a member of Atlantic Coast Conference while East Tennessee State University is a member of Southern Conference!
North Carolina comes into game with East Tennessee State University with record of 1-0 following avenging their 48 -14 loss to TCU a season ago with 15-10 win in 2026 season Saturday August 29, 2026 in Dublin Ireland.
How?
In the 1st quarter Aeron Burrell kicked 20 yard field goal to give North Carolina 3-0 lead before Jaylen McGill ran for for 9 yard touchdown while Aeron Burrell kicked, made extra point. at the time evening North Carolina, TCU score 10-10 in 1st quarter following TCU evening up score 3-3 on a Kyle Lemmermann 31 yard field goal a Jon Denman before TCU would take the lead on Jon Denman 2 yard run, Kyle Lemmermann making field goal at the time giving TCU 10-3 lead. Though, TCU’s lead would be brief as Jaylen McGill would run for 9 yard touchdown , Aeron Burrell would kick, make extra point evening score at 10-10. In 2nd quarter North Carolina would score on a safety taking lead over TCU 12-10 before Aeron Burrell would make field goal putting North Carolina ahead of TCU 12-10 in 3rd quarter Turns out that would be final score because neither team would score in 4th quarter.
According to ESPN App
Following North Carolina avenging their 48-14 loss to TCU in 2025 season with 15-10 win in 2026 season in Dublin Ireland Head Coach Bill Belichick shared his thoughts by saying . I’m just happy for the players they’ve worked really hard to have positive results to backup that hard work. I think they’ve been believing what we’ve been doing . but it just gives everybody a little more belief in what we’re doing
According to ESPN App
East Tennessee state is a member of Southern Conference comes to the game with North Carolina with record of 1-1 because they beat Tushe ETSU football team earned its first win of the 2026 season on Saturday with a 48-14 victory over Tusculum. With Saturday's win, the Buccaneers evened their record at 1-1 on the season as ETSU had a balanced offensive attack in Saturday's win over the Pioneers, finishing the night with 259 passing yards and 225 rushing yards. Quarterback Mason Mims finished the game 13-for-21 for 242 yards and three touchdowns. Suderian Harrison (three catches, 71 yards, one touchdown) and Tyler Griffin (three catches, 50 yards) were Mims' top targets. Brandon Winton and Charlie Browder also hauled in touchdowns from Mims in the win.
On the ground, the Buccaneers averaged 6.6 yards per carry against Tusculum. TJ Peyton had a career day rushing for 121 yards on 11 carries (11.1 yards per carry) with two touchdowns. D'Marius Rucker and Jason Albritton also found the end zone for the Bucs on the ground. Jaiden Daniels also created a spark with seven carries for 56 yards (8.0 yards per carry).
Defensively, Dre Delinois paced the Bucs in tackles for the second consecutive week with 11. Jarvis Johnson wasn't far behind with eight tackles and a sack. As a defense, the Bucs had five more tackles for loss, three quarterback hurries, and two pass breakups.
ETSU started with some fireworks early on Saturday. A three-play, 59-yard drive was capped by a 55-yard strike from Mims to Harrison to open the scoring. A few punts and turnovers on downs on multiple drives accounted for the next few possessions. Tusculum tied the score on a one-yard touchdown run that was set up by a big 45-yard pass from Tedros Gleaton to Zion Job.
Before the first quarter came to a close, the Bucs received another jolt of momentum on a 41-yard touchdown run by Peyton to make the score 13-7. As play moved on to the second quarter, Peyton punched it across the goal line for another touchdown to make the score 20-7 ETSU after two quarters of action.
As the second half began, ETSU was efficient on its offensive drives, even with time of possession heavily tilted toward Tusculum. In the second half, the Bucs scored a touchdown on all four drives to expand their lead. The Pioneers scored their second touchdown of the game on a 57-yard touchdown run by Lavante Adams.
ETSU's touchdowns in the second half came on a 45-yard pass from Mims to Winton and a 31-yard strike from Mims to Browder. The Buccaneers' running backs also got into the end zone in the second half from Albritton (one-yard touchdown) and Rucker (10-yard touchdown).
According to https://etsubucs.com/news/2026/9/5/football-bucs-down-tusculum-48-14-for-first-win-of-2026.aspx
Kick-off is set for 12:00pm from Kenan Memorial Stadium!
The game is going to be televised on ACC Network with Roxy Bernstein, , Dave Clawson, Madison Hock commentating!
Roxy Bernstein joined ESPN as a play-by-play commentator for men’s college basketball in 2011, and since has added college football, women’s college basketball, college baseball and NHL to his growing list of responsibilities. He can also be heard on ESPN Radio calling bowl games and MLB.
Bernstein also worked for the Pac-12 Network, doing play-by-play for basketball, football and baseball telecasts. From 1997 through 2014, he was the voice of the Cal Golden Bears basketball team, which is also his alma mater. Bernstein also does national college football play-by-play on the Touchdown Radio Network alongside 1992 Heisman Trophy winner Gino Torretta.
Bernstein regularly broadcasts for the Oakland Athletics, is a talk show host for KGMZ 95.7 FM The Game in San Francisco and also has years of play-by-play experience for the Miami Marlins, San Francisco Giants and San Jose Sharks.
The San Francisco Bay Area native graduated from University of California, Berkeley in 1996 with a degree in American Studies, just one year before taking over as the broadcast voice on the IMG Sports/Cal Basketball Radio Network.
Dave Clawson is a college football analyst who joined ESPN in 2025 following a 36-year collegiate coaching career, including 25 seasons as a head coach. In 2026, he joins Roxy Bernstein and Madison Hock in the broadcast booth to call games on the ACC Network.
Clawson is the only coach in Division I history to lead four programs — Fordham, Richmond, Bowling Green and Wake Forest — to 10-win seasons. The 2021 ACC Coach of the Year, he led Wake Forest to its first top-10 ranking in school history, a program-record seven consecutive bowl games and an ACC Championship Game berth in 2021.
A native of Youngstown, New York, Clawson graduated from Williams College with a bachelor’s degree in political economy in 1989, where he was a member of the football and basketball teams. He began his coaching career at the University at Albany, where he also earned a master’s degree in liberal studies. Clawson and his wife, Catherine, are the parents of two adult children, Courtney and Eric.
Madison Hock joined ESPN full-time in 2026 as a college football sideline reporter.
A former Division I basketball player at Belmont University, Hock began her broadcasting career at WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee. She later served as a reporter and host for FanDuel Sports Network, where she was a pre & postgame host for the Texas Rangers during its World Series Championship season. Madison also served as a studio analyst and sideline reporter for the New Orleans Pelicans, San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder.
Madison currently works as a sideline reporter for Atlanta Hawks telecasts and calls select Big 12 games for FOX Sports as a color analyst. Hock has also contributed to games across ACCNX, SECN+, and ESPN+.
Hock has a degree in Mass Communications and Sports Media from Belmont University.
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