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The North Carolina Tar Heels will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Campbell Fighting Camels at 12:00 p.m. ET at Kenan Memorial Stadium. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
North Carolina pushed their score all the way to 42 on Saturday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell to Georgia Tech 46-42. That's two games in a row now that North Carolina has lost by exactly four points.
Despite the loss, North Carolina had strong showings from Drake Maye, who threw for 310 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 12.4 yards per attempt, and Omarion Hampton, who rushed for 153 yards and two touchdowns. Hampton hasn't dropped below 100 rushing yards for three straight games.
Meanwhile, Campbell managed to keep up with Richmond until halftime on Saturday, but things quickly went downhill from there. It's going to take some time for Campbell to recover from the 44-13 bruising that Richmond dished out on Saturday.
This is the second loss in a row for North Carolina and nudges their season record down to 6-2. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the losses came by an average of only four points. As for Campbell, their loss dropped their record down to 4-4.
Keep an eye on the end zone in Saturday's game as North Carolina and Campbell haven't had much trouble getting there this season. The Tar Heels command a daunting offense this season, having averaged 4.5 touchdowns per game. However, it's not like the Fighting Camels struggle in that department as they've been even better at 4.6 per game. With these two high-octane teams facing off on Saturday, fans should be in for an exciting offensive matchup.
