Gio Lopez threw for 2 touchdowns and ran for a rating as North Carolina used protection to manage 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 sport, was bottled up on offense for a lot of the sport and completed with 199 yards of whole offense. The Spiders scored on a pair of discipline objectives.
North Carolina scored on its first possession on Rece Verhoff’s 27-yard discipline aim. 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 discipline aim on the second play of the second quarter for a 13-0 lead.
Lopez ran 1 yard for one more landing because the Tar Heels constructed a 20-0 edge, whereas Richmond remained with no first down.
The Spiders lastly bought transferring, going 76 yards in 14 performs and scoring on Jayden Alsheskie’s 25-yard discipline aim with 1:11 to play within the first half. That drive consumed practically 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 aspects.
–Discipline Stage Media
