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UNC Football: Top takeaways from 41-19 loss to East Carolina

By Brandon Croce

CHAPEL HILL, NC - NOVEMBER 05: General view of the game between the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Kenan Stadium on November 5, 2016 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
CHAPEL HILL, NC - NOVEMBER 05: General view of the game between the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Kenan Stadium on November 5, 2016 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /
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CHAPEL HILL, NC – SEPTEMBER 02: Head coach Larry Fedora of the North Carolina Tar Heels watches during their game against the California Golden Bears at Kenan Stadium on September 2, 2017 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Cal won 35-30. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
CHAPEL HILL, NC – SEPTEMBER 02: Head coach Larry Fedora of the North Carolina Tar Heels watches during their game against the California Golden Bears at Kenan Stadium on September 2, 2017 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Cal won 35-30. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /

The UNC football team failed once again to earn their first win of the season, falling to East Carolina University by a final score of 41-19.

After a lackluster performance in Cal until the final quarter, the UNC football team failed in their second attempt of earning their first win of the 2018 season. The loss this week though will be much tougher to swallow as it was at home and against an FCS opponent in East Carolina University.

The Tar Heels did a good job of keeping close in the first half and entering halftime were only down 21-19. However, it was all Pirates in the second half as they scored 20 unanswered points to put the game too far out of reach.

There is plenty of blame to go around for this loss as there is things to point to on both sides of the ball that attributed to the blowout loss. On the offensive side of the ball, Nathan Elliott once again struggled to consistently move the ball and finished with 219 passing yards and no touchdowns.

On the defensive side of the ball, they couldn’t get off the field and the Pirates moved the ball almost with ease. They finished the game with 510 total yards of offense and converting on 11 of 19 third down attempts.

These are the top takeaways from the second loss of the season for the UNC football team.

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