Notre Dame vs. North Carolina (Oct 3, 2026)

Passing Matchup

CJ Carr

ND QB #13

Billy Edwards Jr.

UNC QB #9

726

Pass Yds

611

6

Pass TD

3

0

Int

1

Rushing Matchup

Nolan James Jr.

ND RB #2

Benjamin Hall

UNC RB #7

169

Rush Yds

215

4.3

Yds/Rush

6.5

3

Rush TD

0

Receiving Matchup

Micah Gilbert

ND WR #14

Jelani Thurman

UNC TE #45

13

Rec

11

251

Rec Yds

183

1

Rec TD

1

ND

Team Stats

UNC

40.0

PPG

23.3

7.7

Opp PPG

13.7

1,223

Total Yds

1,098

833

Pass Yds

633

390

Rush Yds

465

2026 Independent

NDUNC

	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	3	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	1	.667

	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	3	0	1.000
2	Duke	3	0	1.000
3	Pittsburgh	3	0	1.000
4	California	2	1	.667
5	Clemson	2	1	.667
6	Louisville	2	1	.667
7	Virginia	2	1	.667
8	SMU	2	1	.667
9	Virginia Tech	3	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	1	.667
11	Georgia Tech	1	2	.333
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	2	1	.667
14	Florida State	1	2	.333
15	NC State	1	2	.333
16	Stanford	1	2	.333
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

ND

Last 5

UNC

Sat, Sep 19

Sat, Sep 19

Sat, Sep 12

Sat, Sep 12

Sun, Sep 6

Sat, Aug 29

Game Info

October 3, 2026

ESPN Networks

Kenan Stadium

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Team Leaders

PASS

726

Carr

RUSH

169

James

REC

251

Gilbert

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	RTG	TD%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
CJ Carr	3	53	73	72.6	24.3	726	9.9	242.0	6	183.3	8.2	61	2	9
Noah Grubbs N. Grubbs	1	7	11	63.6	11.0	78	7.1	78.0	0	123.2	0.0	21	0	0
Teddy Jarrard T. Jarrard	1	2	2	100.0	2.0	29	14.5	29.0	0	221.8	0.0	20	0	0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Nolan James Jr. N. James Jr.	3	39	13.0	169	4.3	56.3	3	17	46	242
Aneyas Williams A. Williams	3	38	12.7	144	3.8	48.0	3	16	41	166
Jonaz Walton J. Walton	2	9	4.5	47	5.2	23.5	0	15	9	47
Kedren Young K. Young	2	7	3.5	16	2.3	8.0	0	3	9	35
Brayden Robinson B. Robinson	1	1	1.0	11	11.0	11.0	0	11	1	11
Javian Osborne J. Osborne	1	5	5.0	4	0.8	4.0	0	6	5	4
CJ Carr	3	5	1.7	3	0.6	1.0	1	7	5	3

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Micah Gilbert M. Gilbert	3	13	15	4.3	251	19.3	83.7	1	61	13	251
Jordan Faison J. Faison	3	13	19	4.3	173	13.3	57.7	2	30	13	173
Nolan James Jr. N. James Jr.	3	7	7	2.3	73	10.4	24.3	1	28	46	242
Jerome Bettis Jr. J. Bettis Jr.	3	2	2	0.7	61	30.5	20.3	0	56	2	61
Jaden Greathouse J. Greathouse	3	4	5	1.3	54	13.5	18.0	0	23	4	54
Logan Saldate L. Saldate	1	3	3	3.0	36	12.0	36.0	0	21	3	36
Elijah Burress E. Burress	1	3	5	3.0	33	11.0	33.0	0	16	3	33
Mylan Graham M. Graham	3	3	6	1.0	32	10.7	10.7	0	20	3	32
Matt Jeffery M. Jeffery	3	2	2	0.7	28	14.0	9.3	0	18	2	28
Aneyas Williams A. Williams	3	3	4	1.0	22	7.3	7.3	0	11	41	166
Devin Fitzgerald D. Fitzgerald	2	1	1	0.5	20	20.0	10.0	0	20	1	20
Kedren Young K. Young	2	2	2	1.0	19	9.5	9.5	0	11	9	35
Cooper Flanagan C. Flanagan	3	3	3	1.0	15	5.0	5.0	1	8	3	15
James Flanigan J. Flanigan	3	2	3	0.7	10	5.0	3.3	1	7	2	10
Ty Washington T. Washington	3	1	2	0.3	6	6.0	2.0	0	6	1	6

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Drayk Bowen D. Bowen	3	11	7	18	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Jaiden Ausberry J. Ausberry	3	8	6	14	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Adon Shuler A. Shuler	3	9	3	12	1	0.0	1	1	9	9	0	9
Jaylen Sneed J. Sneed	3	7	4	11	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Luke Talich L. Talich	3	9	1	10	2	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Bryce Young B. Young	3	7	3	10	3	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
Tionne Gray T. Gray	3	3	5	8	1	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
Francis Brewu F. Brewu	3	4	2	6	1	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa K. Viliamu-Asa	2	3	3	6	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Leonard Moore L. Moore	3	5	0	5	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Boubacar Traore B. Traore	3	5	0	5	2	2.0	0	0	0		0	0
Armel Mukam A. Mukam	3	4	0	4	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Christian Gray C. Gray	3	3	1	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Rodney Dunham R. Dunham	3	2	2	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Ethan Long E. Long	3	2	2	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Loghan Thomas L. Thomas	3	2	2	4	1	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
Keon Keeley K. Keeley	3	1	2	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Teddy Rezac T. Rezac	3	1	2	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Elijah Hughes E. Hughes	3	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Matt Jeffery M. Jeffery	3	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Kahanu Kia K. Kia	3	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Joey O'Brien J. O'Brien	3	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Mark Zackery IV M. Zackery IV	2	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Brauntae Johnson B. Johnson	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Brandon Logan B. Logan	2	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Jayden Sanders J. Sanders	3	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Sean Sevillano Jr. S. Sevillano Jr.	3	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Joseph Vinci J. Vinci	3	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Ja'Kobe Clapper J. Clapper	3	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Madden Faraimo M. Faraimo	3	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
DJ McKinney	3	0	1	1	0	0.0	1	1	55	55	1	55
Jason Onye J. Onye	1	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0

Team Leaders

PASS

611

Edwards

RUSH

215

Hall

REC

183

Thurman

	Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
	Billy Edwards Jr. B. Edwards Jr.	3	44	78	56.4	26.0	611	7.8	203.7	3	1	132.3	3.8	1.3	35	7	42
	Miles O'Neill M. O'Neill	1	3	6	50.0	6.0	22	3.7	22.0	0	0	80.8	0.0	0.0	14	0	0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Benjamin Hall B. Hall	3	33	11.0	215	6.5	71.7	0	25	37	257
Demon June D. June	3	25	8.3	115	4.6	38.3	4	13	25	115
Jaylen McGill J. McGill	3	13	4.3	86	6.6	28.7	1	12	14	106
JoJo Troupe J. Troupe	3	5	1.7	20	4.0	6.7	0	14	5	20
Miles O'Neill M. O'Neill	1	1	1.0	15	15.0	15.0	0	15	1	15
Billy Edwards Jr. B. Edwards Jr.	3	15	5.0	7	0.5	2.3	0	17	15	7
Charleston French C. French	1	2	2.0	4	2.0	4.0	0	5	2	4
Crew Davis C. Davis	1	1	1.0	3	3.0	3.0	0	3	2	7

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jelani Thurman J. Thurman	3	11	21	3.7	183	16.6	61.0	1	35	11	183
Jordan Shipp J. Shipp	3	13	18	4.3	164	12.6	54.7	0	23	13	164
C.J. Sadler	2	4	6	2.0	73	18.3	36.5	0	28	4	73
Trech Kekahuna T. Kekahuna	3	6	9	2.0	71	11.8	23.7	0	21	6	71
Benjamin Hall B. Hall	3	4	6	1.3	42	10.5	14.0	2	26	37	257
Mason Humphrey M. Humphrey	3	3	10	1.0	38	12.7	12.7	0	17	3	38
Shamar Easter S. Easter	3	2	5	0.7	23	11.5	7.7	0	14	2	23
Jaylen McGill J. McGill	3	1	2	0.3	20	20.0	6.7	0	20	14	106
Carson Sneed C. Sneed	3	1	1	0.3	11	11.0	3.7	0	11	1	11
Crew Davis C. Davis	1	1	1	1.0	4	4.0	4.0	0	4	2	7
Zamaurious Robertson Z. Robertson	1	1	1	1.0	4	4.0	4.0	0	4	1	4

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	AVG
Derek McDonald D. McDonald	3	12	8	20	0	0.0	0	0
Xavier Lewis X. Lewis	3	11	2	13	8	6.0	0	0
Greg Smith G. Smith	3	10	2	12	0	0.0	2	2	0
Peyton Seelmann P. Seelmann	3	8	2	10	0	0.0	0	0
Leroy Jackson L. Jackson	3	5	5	10	1	1.0	0	0
Jaiden Patterson J. Patterson	3	9	0	9	0	0.0	0	0
Kaleb Cost K. Cost	3	8	1	9	0	0.0	0	0
Coleman Bryson C. Bryson	3	6	2	8	0	0.0	0	0
Jaylen Harvey J. Harvey	3	5	3	8	3	2.0	0	0
Jonathan Agumadu J. Agumadu	3	4	2	6	0	0.0	0	0
Peyton Waters P. Waters	3	4	1	5	0	0.0	0	0
Isaiah Johnson I. Johnson	3	2	3	5	0	0.0	0	0
Melkart Abou Jaoude M. Abou Jaoude	1	3	1	4	0	1.0	0	0
Donovan Hoilette Jr. D. Hoilette Jr.	3	2	2	4	0	0.0	0	0
Jaziel Hart J. Hart	3	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0
Javion Butts J. Butts	2	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Kenton Dopson III K. Dopson III	3	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Trey Giddens T. Giddens	3	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Timir Hickman-Collins T. Hickman-Collins	3	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Calvin Thomas C. Thomas	3	1	0	1	1	0.0	0	0
David Jackson III D. Jackson III	3	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0
Tre Miller T. Miller	3	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0

Notre Dame ND

North Carolina UNC