North Carolina: Video Shows Major Fight Break Out After Loss to Louisville

The North Carolina Tar Heels showed a lot of fight on Saturday night, but things turned ugly as a brawl broke out after their 16-14 loss to Louisville.

The Tar Heels had to turn to quarterback Travis Burgess in the second half after Billy Edwards suffered an injury. Burgess went 6 of 11 for 59 yards and one interception that came on the final offensive drive for UNC, killing any chance of winning the game.

After the interception, Louisville opted to run out the clock to improve to 7-3. As the clock was running down to triple zeros, some pushing and shoving started to break out between UL's offensive line and the Tar Heels’ front seven. Video of the incident went viral on social media.

It was understandable that the Tar Heels would have some frustrations after the loss. UNC dropped to 5-5 on the season after battling against a good Cardinals team. Louisville improved to 7-3 overall and 6-2 in the ACC. The Cardinals are third in the ACC behind Miami and Wake Forest. UNC dropped to 2-4 in ACC play.

North Carolina has shown promise this season, playing close against Miami and beating Duke. But the Tar Heels have had off games, dropping one to Syracuse.

The Tar Heels had a chance to make a statement about becoming a contender in the ACC with a win over Louisville, but were unable to make enough plays to earn a win at Kenan Stadium.

Edwards started the night going 10 of 14 passing for 120 yards. North Carolina led 7-3 in the first quarter, but the Cardinals outscored UNC 10-0 in the second quarter and held the lead the rest of the way.

Running back Benjamin Hall had a solid day for UNC, gaining 48 yards on the ground and two scores on 10 carries. As a whole, North Carolina rushed for 114 yards on 33 carries.

North Carolina has two more games remaining in the regular season. The Tar Heels will host Virginia next week before hosting NC State on Nov. 28. 

UNC will need to win at least one of those contests to become bowl eligible. That would show progress for head coach Bill Belichick after going 4-8 in his first season with the program in 2025. 

Both Virginia and NC State are winnable games for the Tar Heels, but the injury to Edwards could be troubling for those efforts.