UConn 27, North Carolina 14 (Final) · Game tracker

FinalDec 28, 2024 · Fenway Park

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
UConn	10	14	3	0	27
North Carolina	7	0	0	7	14

Game flow

UConn won by 13 · 7 scores

Lead changes

0 times tied

UNC biggest lead

—

never led

CONN biggest lead

+20

Q3 7:40

Time in front

UNC 0% · CONN 93%

tied 7% · 0:00 vs 55:46 of game clock

The lead after every score: above the line North Carolina is ahead, below it UConn. Each dot is a score in the scoring team's colour; hover one.

Scoring summary

1st quarter

10:46

FG Chris Freeman 32 Yd Field Goal 8 plays, 61 yds, 4:14 · from CONN 25

CONN 3–0 UNC

3:45

TD Skyler Bell 38 Yd pass from Joe Fagnano (Chris Freeman Kick)2 plays, 51 yds, 0:31 · from CONN 49

CONN 10–0 UNC

3:24

TD Chris Culliver 95 Yd Kickoff Return (Lucas Osada Kick)

CONN 10–7 UNC

2nd quarter

14:10

TD Alex Honig 4 Yd pass from Joe Fagnano (Chris Freeman Kick)11 plays, 79 yds, 4:14 · from CONN 21

CONN 17–7 UNC

0:54

TD Cam Edwards 2 Yd Run (Chris Freeman Kick)14 plays, 56 yds, 5:54 · from CONN 44

CONN 24–7 UNC

3rd quarter

7:40

FG Chris Freeman 24 Yd Field Goal 11 plays, 40 yds, 4:56 · from UNC 46

CONN 27–7 UNC

4th quarter

6:46

TD John Copenhaver 17 Yd pass from Caleb Hood (Noah Burnette Kick)8 plays, 96 yds, 4:09 · from UNC 4

CONN 27–14 UNC

Drives

UNC 2/11 scoredCONN 5/12 scored

Q	Start	Team	From	Plays	Yds	Time	Result
Q1	15:00	CONN	CONN 25	8	61	4:14	Field Goal
Q1	10:46	UNC	UNC 27	3	7	2:21	Punt
Q1	8:25	CONN	CONN 31	5	20	2:17	Punt
Q1	6:08	UNC	UNC 19	3	1	1:52	Punt
Q1	4:16	CONN	CONN 49	2	51	0:31	Touchdown
Q1	3:45	UNC	CONN 0	0	0	0:21	Touchdown
Q1	3:24	CONN	CONN 21	11	79	4:14	Touchdown
Q2	14:10	UNC	UNC 34	3	-18	2:54	Punt
Q2	11:16	CONN	CONN 31	3	1	1:39	Punt
Q2	9:37	UNC	UNC 16	3	4	2:49	Punt
Q2	6:48	CONN	CONN 44	14	56	5:54	Touchdown
Q2	0:54	UNC	UNC 40	3	26	0:45	Interception

Win probability

UConn 100% · no pregame line on file, so it starts at 50–50

The pregame line (TDC's for this week's games, the closing betting line for past ones), blended with the score, clock and field position (calibrated on every 2024–25 FBS play). Gold dots mark the biggest swings; hover one.

Box score

Passing	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Joe Fagnano	16/23	151	6.6	2	0	65.8
Nick Evers	0/1	0	0.0	0	0	4.6

Rushing	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Mel Brown	11	96	8.7	0	47
Cam Edwards	17	74	4.4	1	13
Victor Rosa	7	21	3.0	0	11
Nick Evers	2	11	5.5	0	13
Joe Fagnano	8	10	1.3	0	8
Team	1	-2	-2.0	0	0

Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Skyler Bell	3	77	25.7	1	38
TJ Sheffield	5	31	6.2	0	17
Jasaiah Gathings	3	22	7.3	0	10
Alex Honig	2	10	5.0	1	6
Louis Hansen	2	6	3.0	0	5
Mel Brown	1	5	5.0	0	5

Defense	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Malik Dixon-Williams	7	4	0	0	1	0
Pryce Yates	6	6	1	3	0	0
Jayden McDonald	6	4	0	1	0	1
Aaron Key	4	3	1	1	0	0
Tui Faumuina-Brown	3	3	0	0	0	1
Jack Barton	3	2	0	2	0	0
Cam Chadwick Jr.	3	2	0	0	0	0
Jordan Wright	2	2	0	1	0	0

Interceptions	INT	YDS	TD
Tui Faumuina-Brown	1	3	0

Kicking	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Chris Freeman	2/3	66.7	32	3/3	9

Punting	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Connor Stutz	4	175	43.8	0	4	51

Biggest plays

UNC +27% Q1 3:24 Chris Freeman kickoff for 60 yds , Chris Culliver return for 95 yds for a TD (Lucas Osada KICK)

CONN +17% Q1 3:45 Joe Fagnano pass complete to Skyler Bell for 38 yds for a TD (Chris Freeman KICK)

CONN +15% Q2 14:10 Joe Fagnano pass complete to Alex Honig for 4 yds for a TD (Chris Freeman KICK)

UNC +13% Q1 10:46 Chris Freeman kickoff for 61 yds , Chris Culliver return for 23 yds to the UNC 27

UNC +12% Q2 14:10 Chris Freeman kickoff for 58 yds , DeAndre Boykins return for 27 yds to the UNC 34

Team stats

Stat	CONN	UNC
1st Downs	20	10
3rd down efficiency	8-16	0-9
4th down efficiency	1-1	1-3
Total Yards	361	206
Passing	151	110
Comp/Att	16/24	11/14
Yards per pass	6.3	7.9
Rushing	210	96
Rushing Attempts	46	28
Yards per rush	4.6	3.4
Penalties	4-30	9-55
Turnovers	0	1
Fumbles lost	0	0
Interceptions thrown	0	1
Possession	34:50	25:10

Play by play

Q4 0:00 End of 4th Quarter

Q4 0:01 3rd & 4 at 50 Cam Edwards run for 10 yds to the UNC 40 for a 1ST down

Q4 0:23 2nd & 5 at CONN 49 Cam Edwards run for 1 yd to the 50 yard line

Q4 1:05 1st & 10 at CONN 44 Cam Edwards run for 5 yds to the CONN 49

Q4 1:14 4th & 1 at CONN 44 Michael Merdinger pass incomplete to John Copenhaver

Q4 1:45 3rd & 1 at CONN 44 Darwin Barlow run for no gain to the CONN 44

Q4 2:00 2nd & 14 at UNC 43 Michael Merdinger pass complete to Kobe Paysour for 13 yds to the CONN 44

Q4 2:30 1st & 10 at UNC 47 Michael Merdinger sacked by Pryce Yates for a loss of 4 yards to the UNC 43

Q4 2:40 4th & 1 at UNC 25 Michael Merdinger pass complete to Kobe Paysour for 22 yds to the UNC 47 for a 1ST down

Q4 2:50 3rd & 10 at UNC 16 Michael Merdinger pass complete to Darwin Barlow for 9 yds to the UNC 25

Q4 3:33 2nd & 13 at UNC 13 Caleb Hood run for 3 yds to the UNC 16

Q4 3:42 2nd & 13 at UNC 13 Timeout North Carolina, clock 03:42

Q4 4:11 1st & 15 at UNC 11 Caleb Hood run for 2 yds to the UNC 13

Q4 4:16 1st & 10 at UNC 16 North Carolina Penalty, False Start (Malik McGowan) to the UNC 11

Q4 4:16 4th & 11 at CONN 34 Connor Stutz punt for 50 yds, downed at the UNC 16

Q4 5:00 3rd & 5 at CONN 40 Joe Fagnano sacked by Cade Law for a loss of 6 yards to the CONN 34

Q4 6:00 2nd & 6 at CONN 39 Mel Brown run for 1 yd to the CONN 40

Q4 6:35 1st & 10 at CONN 35 Cam Edwards run for 4 yds to the CONN 39

Q4 6:46 Lucas Osada kickoff for 35 yds

Q4 6:46 2nd & 9 at CONN 17 Caleb Hood pass complete to John Copenhaver for 17 yds for a TD (Noah Burnette KICK)

Q4 7:11 1st & 10 at CONN 18 Darwin Barlow run for 1 yd to the CONN 17

Q4 7:37 1st & 10 at CONN 32 Darwin Barlow run for 14 yds to the CONN 18 for a 1ST down

Q4 8:00 1st & 10 at CONN 48 Caleb Hood run for 16 yds to the CONN 32 for a 1ST down

Q4 8:47 1st & 10 at UNC 41 Caleb Hood run for 11 yds to the CONN 48 for a 1ST down

Q4 9:12 1st & 10 at UNC 25 Caleb Hood run for 16 yds to the UNC 41 for a 1ST down