Sep 13, 2025; Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Invoice Belichick with Richmond Spiders head coach Russ Huesman earlier than the sport at Kenan Stadium. Obligatory Credit score: Bob Donnan-Imagn Photographs
Gio Lopez threw for 2 touchdowns and ran for a rating as North Carolina used protection to regulate visiting Richmond in a 41-6 victory Saturday in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Each landing passes went to Jordan Shipp and Demon June rushed for 148 yards for the Tar Heels.
It marked the primary collegiate home-field victory for first-year North Carolina coach Invoice Belichick.
North Carolina (2-1) additionally recorded a landing by its protection with Mikai Gbayor returning a fumble 62 yards for a landing within the first minute of the fourth quarter.
Gomez was 10-for-18 for 119 yards within the air. June, who had a 45-yard landing run within the fourth quarter, did his work on 14 carries.
Richmond (1-2), taking part in in its third consecutive highway recreation, was bottled up on offense for many of the recreation and completed with 199 yards of whole offense. The Spiders scored on a pair of area targets.
North Carolina scored on its first possession on Rece Verhoff’s 27-yard area objective. Lopez handed 29 yards to Shipp for the sport’s first landing on UNC’s second drive.
Trailing 10-0, the Spiders gambled on fourth down and got here up a yard brief, giving the ball again on the Richmond 25. North Carolina settled for Verhoff’s 22-yard area objective on the second play of the second quarter for a 13-0 lead.
Lopez ran 1 yard for an additional landing because the Tar Heels constructed a 20-0 edge, whereas Richmond remained with no first down.
The Spiders lastly bought shifting, going 76 yards in 14 performs and scoring on Jayden Alsheskie’s 25-yard area objective with 1:11 to play within the first half. That drive consumed almost 9 minutes.
Nonetheless, North Carolina held a 193-58 benefit in whole yards within the first half.
The third-quarter landing drive, capped by Shipp’s 3-yard catch, required solely 34 yards following a Richmond fumble. That marked the Tar Heels’ third consecutive scoring drive that concerned lower than 40 yards of positive factors.
–Subject Degree Media
