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The 2021 season's largest margin: North Carolina 59, Georgia State 17. A 42-point win — the year's high-water mark.
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2021 — The Correction
2021 is a losing-side chapter for North Carolina. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
Lost the Duke's Mayo Bowl
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
Who carried it
- Sam HowellQB3,056 passing yards
- Ty ChandlerRB1,092 rushing yards
- British BrooksRB295 rushing yards
- D.J. JonesRB253 rushing yards
- Josh DownsWR1,335 receiving yards
- Antoine GreenWR612 receiving yards
- Emery SimmonsWR243 receiving yards
- Cedric GrayLB99 tackles
- Jeremiah GemmelLB74 tackles
- Cam'Ron KellyDB68 tackles
- Tomon FoxLB9 sacks
- Kaimon RuckerDE4 sacks
- Myles MurphyDL4 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: North Carolina 22, Georgia Tech 45. A 23-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: North Carolina fell to South Carolina 21-38 in the postseason.
"Go Heels"
2021 sits in North Carolina's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.