{"id":303982,"date":"2026-10-10T20:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T20:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/303982\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T20:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T20:54:13","slug":"unc-upsets-no-25-pittsburgh-21-17-wral-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/303982\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC upsets No. 25 Pittsburgh, 21-17 :: WRAL.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The North Carolina Tar Heels took down No. 25 Pittsburg on Saturday after rallying, final score 21-17.<\/p>\n<p>The Tar Heels looked a little shaky to start the game, but soon found their footing after a touchdown in the second quarter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Touchdown No. 4 for 45 this year \ud83d\ude4c<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa ESPN https:\/\/t.co\/mY1Zgt5GcL<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carolina Football (@UNCFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UNCFootball\/status\/2108967106318327955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>North Carolina was able to put another 7 points up in the third quarter, taking the lead to end the quarter, 14-10.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh was able to grab a another touchdown to take the lead, but the Tar Heels answered back with one of their own with 12:36 left, putting the game at 21-17.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Things we love to see: <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa ESPN https:\/\/t.co\/2AhWyJdLt5<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carolina Football (@UNCFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UNCFootball\/status\/2108993084398964942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Defense was able to hold off Pittsburgh for the rest of the game, giving North Carolina a substantial win.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"nl\" dir=\"ltr\">HEELS WIN <\/p>\n<p>#GoHeels x @WellsFargo https:\/\/t.co\/MDgci109aV<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carolina Football (@UNCFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UNCFootball\/status\/2109002048213762353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UNC next takes on Duke in Durham on Oct. 17 at 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The North Carolina Tar Heels took down No. 25 Pittsburg on Saturday after rallying, final score 21-17. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[303,73,75,74,124964],"class_list":["post-303982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-football","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-unc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}