Bunting wins last home game as UNC topples NC State

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	21	17
Total Yards	341	260
Passing	261	137
Rushing	80	123
Penalties	9-82	5-60
3rd Down Conversions	2-12	6-13
4th Down Conversions	1-2	0-0
Turnovers	4	1
Possession	28:22	31:38

Individual Leaders

North Carolina State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Evans 22/41 261 0 3	North Carolina Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Dailey 8/15 137 0 0
North Carolina State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Baker 15 68 0 13 Brown 5 18 0 11 Eugene 1 13 0 13	North Carolina Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG McGill 26 101 1 19 Tate 1 15 0 15 Edwards 7 13 0 5
North Carolina State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Hill 7 84 0 26 Barrett 4 41 0 16 Blackman 4 31 0 14 Dunlap 3 36 0 19	North Carolina Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Edwards 3 36 0 19 Tate 2 38 0 26 Holley 1 24 0 24 Foster 1 20 0 20

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				NCST	UNC
	TD	6:28	RONNIE MCGILL 1 YD RUN (CONNOR BARTH KICK) Drive info: 11 plays, 74 yards.	0	7
	FG	0:40	CONNOR BARTH 20 YD FG Drive info: 9 plays, 53 yards.	0	10
SECOND QUARTER				NCST	UNC
	FG	6:54	JOHN DERANEY 22 YD FG Drive info: 13 plays, 93 yards.	3	10
	FG	0:00	JOHN DERANEY 44 YD FG Drive info: 13 plays, 67 yards.	6	10
THIRD QUARTER				NCST	UNC
	FG	8:16	CONNOR BARTH 54 YD FG Drive info: 7 plays, 21 yards.	6	13
	FG	1:15	CONNOR BARTH 37 YD FG Drive info: 9 plays, 56 yards.	6	16
FOURTH QUARTER				NCST	UNC
	FG	10:12	JOHN DERANEY 41 YD FG Drive info: 12 plays, 57 yards.	9	16
	TD	2:23	BRIAN RACKLEY 2 YD DEFENSIVE FUMBLE RETURN (CONNOR BARTH KICK)	9	23

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- Ronnie McGill rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown Saturday, and North Carolina forced three turnovers in the fourth quarter of its 23-9 win over North Carolina State, giving fired coach John Bunting a win in his final home game.

Brian Rackley returned a fumble 2 yards for the game-sealing touchdown with 2:33 remaining for the Tar Heels (2-9, 1-6 Atlantic Coast Conference), who beat a Division I-A team for the first time this season.

Connor Barth kicked field goals covering 20, 37 and a personal-best 54 yards for North Carolina.

Daniel Evans was 22-of-41 for 261 yards for North Carolina State, but had three late giveaways. He first was intercepted by Quinton Person near midfield with 6:11 to play, and his second miscue was far more costly.

Trailing 16-9, NC State got the ball back inside its own 15 with about 3 minutes left and couldn't go anywhere. On fourth down, Evans scrambled and was hit at the 2 by linebacker Melik Brown, who knocked the ball loose, and Rackley snatched it up and scored the clinching touchdown.

Kareen Taylor finished off the Wolfpack by intercepting Evans' final pass at the 2 with about 1 minute remaining.

Joe Dailey was 8-of-15 for 137 yards for the Tar Heels, while McGill finished with his seventh career 100-yard performance and scored the game's only offensive touchdown on a 1-yard dive midway through the first quarter.

It was enough to help North Carolina snap a seven-game losing streak and earn a victory in its first game since Butch Davis was hired as Bunting's replacement. Bunting was fired Oct. 22 after a lopsided loss at Virginia, but is finishing the season.

The Wolfpack (3-8, 2-6) outgained North Carolina 341-260 but could manage only three field goals from John Deraney covering 22, 44 and 41 yards in losing its sixth straight game.

At one point late in the first quarter, North Carolina had 147 total yards to NC State's 8. By halftime that had evened out, with the Tar Heels outgaining the Wolfpack 186-174.