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Chapel Hill: Louisville beats UNC 16-14

Louisville won 16-14 Saturday night at Kenan Stadium. The third quarter had no points. Carson Hilbert made three field goals. Benjamin Hall scored both Tar Heel touchdowns.

ConfirmedThe main facts are confirmed by official or first-hand sources.

By Alexandru Stanciu · Published

Franklin Street in downtown Chapel Hill

File photo: Mx. Granger (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons.

What we know

Confirmed

  • Louisville beat North Carolina 16-14 on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026, at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill. UNC's live football summary marks the game Final, with quarters of 3, 10, 0 and 3 for Louisville and 7, 0, 0 and 7 for North Carolina. ESPN's game feed for event 401858298 is status Final, away 16 and home 14, at Kenan Stadium, with the broadcast listed as ESPN2 and the start at 7:00 p.m. Eastern. CBS's gametracker prints FINAL, the same quarter line, Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill, a 7:00 p.m. listing, and ESPN2. USA Today's scoring table prints the same quarters and a final column of 16 and 14.Confirmed by UNC Athletics live summary; ESPN; CBS Sports; USA Today
  • The scoring plays that match on the ESPN scoring list, the CBS scoring list, and the USA Today scoring summary are Carson Hilbert's 46-yard field goal at 10:21 of the first quarter (3-0), Benjamin Hall's 11-yard run at 4:54 (then 7-3 after Rece Verhoff's kick), Hilbert's 32-yard field goal at 14:16 of the second (6-7), Lincoln Kienholz's 3-yard touchdown pass to Jaleel Skinner at 12:15 (13-7 after Hilbert's kick), Hilbert's 36-yard field goal at 7:28 of the fourth (16-7), and Hall's 6-yard run, listed at 3:43 on those three scoring summaries (16-14 after Verhoff's kick). CBS's play log times the 6-yard run at 3:46 and the kick at 3:43. The UNC summary's rendered clock beside that run is 3:46. No points are listed in the third quarter on any of those pages. CBS's scoring block says there was no scoring in that quarter.Confirmed by ESPN scoring plays; CBS Sports scoring list and play log; USA Today scoring summary; UNC Athletics live summary for the 3:46 clock and the 0-point third quarter
  • Drive lines that match on ESPN and CBS: the 46-yard field goal was 10 plays, 46 yards, 4:39; Hall's 11-yard score was 12 plays, 75 yards, 5:27; the 32-yard field goal was 10 plays, 60 yards, 5:38; the 3-yard touchdown was 4 plays, 21 yards, 1:55; Hall's 6-yard score was 9 plays, 75 yards, 3:45. The 36-yard field goal took 5:19 on both. ESPN lists that series at 60 yards and CBS at 55, so no yardage is used for it.Confirmed by ESPN drive chart; CBS Sports scoring drives
  • Hilbert is 3 of 4 on field goals on the ESPN kicking line and on CBS, with the three makes at 46, 32 and 36 yards, and 1 of 1 on extra points. Verhoff is 0 of 1 on field goals and 2 of 2 on extra points on both. CBS's play log lists a 48-yard Hilbert attempt as no good with 0:07 left in the second quarter. ESPN's drive chart calls the series a missed field goal and ends it at 0:02, without a distance. CBS lists a 39-yard Verhoff attempt as no good with 8:54 left in the third, on fourth-and-16. ESPN's drive chart calls that series a missed field goal and ends it at 8:50, without a distance.Confirmed by ESPN; CBS Sports play log
  • North Carolina's fourth-down line is 0 of 2 on ESPN and on CBS. Louisville's is 0 of 0 on both. A possession that began in the third quarter ended on downs early in the fourth. CBS's log shows an incomplete pass on fourth-and-4 at the Louisville 21 with 12:50 left. ESPN labels that series Downs and ends it at 12:47. The other failed fourth down is the missed field goal in the third quarter.Confirmed by ESPN drive chart and team stats; CBS Sports play log and team stats
  • Billy Edwards Jr. was sacked on the first play after Hilbert's 32-yard field goal, and Louisville recovered the fumble. CBS's play log describes the sack by Koen Entringer and the recovery by Joshua Donald at the North Carolina 21. ESPN lists Edwards with one fumble lost, and the following Louisville series is the 4-play touchdown drive. UNC's team passing line is 16 of 25 with one interception on the live summary, on ESPN, and on CBS. Travis Burgess is 6 of 11 for 59 yards with one interception on ESPN and on CBS. CBS's log has that interception at 1:08 of the fourth, caught by Jabari Mack at the North Carolina 44 and tackled at the North Carolina 12. ESPN lists Mack with one interception for 32 yards and ends the series at 0:58. The UNC summary lists one interception return for 32 yards.Confirmed by CBS Sports play log; ESPN; UNC Athletics live summary
  • Lincoln Kienholz is 23 of 31 for 154 yards, one touchdown and no interception on ESPN and on CBS. That matches the team passing line of 23 of 31 for 154 yards and no interception on the UNC summary. Benjamin Hall rushed 10 times for 48 yards and two touchdowns, with a long of 14, on ESPN and on CBS. Keyjuan Brown rushed 11 times for 78 yards with a long of 16 and no touchdown on ESPN. CBS lists K. Brown at 11 carries, 78 yards and a long of 16. Billy Edwards Jr. is 10 of 14 for 120 yards with no touchdown and no interception on ESPN. CBS prints 71.4 percent, 120 yards, no touchdown and no interception for him. Ten of 14 is 71.4 percent, and 10 plus Burgess's 6 completions is the team total of 16. Jelani Thurman caught 5 passes for 72 yards, with a long of 34, on ESPN and on CBS. Jordan Shipp caught 7 for 61, with a long of 18, on both. Neither catch was a touchdown.Confirmed by ESPN; CBS Sports; UNC Athletics live summary for the team passing line
  • Team totals that match on the UNC live summary, ESPN and CBS: 302 and 293 yards, 64 plays and 58, rushing 148 on 33 attempts and 114 on 33, first downs 19 and 17, third down 5 of 13 and 7 of 14, penalties 7 for 75 yards and 6 for 55, Louisville no turnovers and North Carolina two. Possession is 31:57 and 28:03 on the UNC summary and on ESPN. CBS's team table, as rendered here, did not include possession.Confirmed by UNC Athletics live summary; ESPN; CBS Sports
  • CBS's play log lists a 15-yard unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty on Joshua Donald once the last extra point was good. The UNC summary also prints that penalty on the kick, with the score already 16-14. The penalty did not change the score.Confirmed by CBS Sports play log; UNC Athletics live summary
  • The records printed beside the final on the UNC live summary, on the CBS line score, and on USA Today's scoring table are still Louisville 6-3 and North Carolina 5-4. Those are the overall records both teams carried into the game. CBS's preview text on the final page lists Louisville at 5-2 in the ACC and North Carolina at 2-3. ESPN's standings, in the same feed that marks this game final, list Louisville at 7-3 and 6-2 in the ACC, and North Carolina at 5-5 and 2-4. A school schedule line with those new records was not on the pages read here. This file does not print a record after the game.Confirmed by UNC Athletics live summary; CBS Sports; USA Today; ESPN standings

Still unknown

  • A record after the game. The school live summary, the CBS line score and USA Today still print 6-3 and 5-4. ESPN's standings read 7-3, 6-2 ACC and 5-5, 2-4 ACC. This file does not choose one
  • The clock on Hall's 6-yard run. The ESPN, CBS and USA Today scoring summaries list 3:43. The CBS play log and the UNC summary's rendered clock list 3:46. The kick is at 3:43 on the CBS log
  • The distance and the clock on Hilbert's missed field goal. CBS lists 48 yards at 0:07 of the second quarter. ESPN's drive chart ends that series at 0:02 and does not print a distance
  • The distance and the clock on Verhoff's miss. CBS lists 39 yards at 8:54 of the third. ESPN's drive chart ends that series at 8:50 and does not print a distance
  • The clock on the fourth-down stop. CBS lists 12:50 of the fourth. ESPN's drive chart ends the series at 12:47. It was not late in the third quarter
  • The clock on the interception. CBS lists 1:08. ESPN's drive chart ends the series at 0:58. The spots on the CBS log, from the North Carolina 44 to the North Carolina 12, are 32 yards, which is the return on ESPN and on the UNC summary
  • The yardage of the drive that ended with the 36-yard field goal. ESPN lists 60. CBS lists 55. Neither figure is used
  • A Louisville fumble that was not lost. ESPN lists one, with none lost. CBS's team line printed 0-0. That fumble is not in this story
  • Attendance. ESPN printed 0. No crowd is used
  • The temperature. USA Today printed 44 degrees. No second source had a weather line in the pages read here
  • A permanent GoHeels box-score page. The stats address for game 26885 said there were no stats to show. The live summary is the school page used here
  • Who coached either team in this game. The final pages used here do not say. Pregame notes are not treated as the sideline

What happened

In Chapel Hill, Louisville beat North Carolina 16-14 on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026, at Kenan Stadium.

UNC's live football summary marks it final. ESPN's feed for the game is final at the same score. CBS prints FINAL on its gametracker. USA Today's scoring table has a final column of 16 and 14. The quarters on all four are 3, 10, 0 and 3 for Louisville, and 7, 0, 0 and 7 for the Tar Heels. Halftime, from that line, was 13-7. The third quarter has no points. CBS's scoring block says the same.

The listing on CBS is 7:00 p.m. and ESPN2, at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill. ESPN's start time is 7:00 p.m. Eastern, and its broadcast line is ESPN2. No attendance figure is used. The ESPN feed printed 0. USA Today printed 44 degrees. Nothing else read here had a weather line, so this story leaves it out.

The records still sitting next to the final, on the UNC live page, on the CBS line score and on USA Today, are Louisville 6-3 and North Carolina 5-4. That is how the teams entered the night. CBS's preview text on the same final page lists Louisville at 5-2 in the ACC and North Carolina at 2-3. ESPN's standings, inside the feed that already calls the game final, list Louisville at 7-3 and 6-2 in the ACC, and North Carolina at 5-5 and 2-4. No school schedule read here had posted those new marks. This account does not print a record after the game.

Last week's road win is the 38-21 result at UConn. Earlier Kenan Stadium results on this site include the 31-30 overtime loss to Syracuse and the 38-35 loss to Miami. The road win at Pitt is the 21-17 file. Saturday's other Triangle finals include Syracuse at NC State and Miami against Duke.

How the score moved

Hilbert's 46-yard field goal at 10:21 of the first quarter made it 3-0. The drive was 10 plays and 46 yards. Hall's 11-yard run at 4:54, with Verhoff's kick, put North Carolina ahead 7-3. That series was 12 plays and 75 yards. USA Today spells the kicker Rece Verhoff. The school summary prints the same first name.

Hilbert's 32-yard kick at 14:16 of the second quarter made it 6-7. Ten plays covered 60 yards. On the next snap, Edwards was sacked and lost a fumble. CBS's log has Koen Entringer on the sack and Joshua Donald on the recovery at the North Carolina 21. ESPN lists one lost fumble for Edwards, and the next Louisville series is the short touchdown drive: four plays, 21 yards. Kienholz found Skinner for 3 yards at 12:15. Hilbert's kick made it 13-7.

The half ended with a missed Louisville field goal. CBS lists a 48-yard attempt, no good, with 7 seconds left. ESPN's drive chart calls it a miss and stops the series at 0:02, with no distance. Hilbert's line on both sheets is 3 of 4, so the three makes and one miss are the kicking total. The makes are the 46, the 32 and the 36.

The third quarter, then the fourth

Nobody scored during that 15-minute stretch. North Carolina did miss a field goal in it. CBS lists a 39-yard try by Verhoff, no good, with 8:54 left, on fourth-and-16. ESPN's chart calls that series a missed field goal and ends it at 8:50. Verhoff is 0 of 1 on field goals on both sheets, and 2 of 2 on extra points.

A later North Carolina possession began before the fourth quarter and died on downs early in the fourth. CBS shows an incomplete pass on fourth-and-4 at the Louisville 21 with 12:50 left. ESPN labels the series Downs and ends it at 12:47. The team line is 0 of 2 on fourth down. The other failure is the missed kick. It was not a late stop with time still left in the third.

Hilbert's 36-yard field goal at 7:28 made it 16-7. Both charts give that series 5 minutes and 19 seconds. ESPN lists 60 yards and CBS lists 55, so the length is left out.

Hall's 6-yard run is timed at 3:43 on the ESPN scoring list, the CBS scoring list and the USA Today scoring table, and at 3:46 on the CBS play log and on the clock rendered beside that play on the UNC page. The kick is at 3:43 on the CBS log. Verhoff made it, and the score was 16-14. CBS then lists a 15-yard unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty on Donald. The school summary prints that penalty too. The score did not change.

Burgess threw the interception after that. CBS times it at 1:08, with Mack catching the ball at the North Carolina 44 and the tackle at the North Carolina 12. ESPN lists one interception for Mack, for 32 yards, and ends the series at 0:58. The school summary lists one return for 32 yards. Louisville had the ball when the quarter ended.

Who had the ball

Kienholz finished 23 of 31 for 154 yards, one touchdown and no interception. ESPN and CBS both print that line. The UNC passing total is the same 23 completions in 31 attempts for 154 yards, and no pick.

Edwards is 10 of 14 for 120 yards on ESPN, with no touchdown and no interception. CBS prints 71.4 percent, 120 yards, and zeros for the touchdown and the interception. Ten of 14 is that percentage. Burgess is 6 of 11 for 59 yards and the one interception on both ESPN and CBS. Six plus 10 is the team total of 16 completions in 25 attempts. The school summary, ESPN and CBS all show one interception in that team line.

Hall carried 10 times for 48 yards and the two scores. His long gain on both sheets is 14. Keyjuan Brown carried 11 times for 78 yards, with a long of 16 and no score, on the ESPN rushing line. CBS lists K. Brown at the same 11, 78 and 16. Jelani Thurman caught 5 passes for 72 yards, long 34. Jordan Shipp caught 7 for 61, long 18. ESPN and CBS agree on both lines, and neither catch was a score.

The sheet

Yards match on the UNC live page, ESPN and CBS: 302 for Louisville and 293 for North Carolina, on 64 plays and 58. Rushing is 148 on 33 carries and 114 on 33. First downs are 19 and 17. Third down is 5 of 13 and 7 of 14. Penalties are 7 for 75 yards and 6 for 55. Louisville did not turn the ball over. North Carolina lost the fumble and threw the interception. Possession on that UNC page and on ESPN is 31 minutes and 57 seconds, and 28 minutes and 3 seconds. The CBS team table read here did not include that clock.

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Why it matters

North Carolina is Chapel Hill's ACC football team. Saturday night's game at Kenan Stadium ended 16-14 for Louisville on the school live summary, on ESPN and on CBS.

Updates

  1. Nov 14, 2026, 10:30 PM

    First file. The 16-14 final and the quarters 3-10-0-3 and 7-0-0-7 are the UNC live summary, ESPN, CBS and USA Today. Scoring plays and the matching drive lines are ESPN and CBS, checked against USA Today's scoring summary. Player lines that both ESPN and CBS print are used. The 6-yard-run clock, the two missed field-goal distances, the fourth-down clock and the interception clock are left as disagreements. No postgame record is printed. lead is false. onTikTok is false. Text-only.

Sources

  1. Football vs Louisville live summary (UNC Athletics sidearm stats, read Nov. 14, 2026: FINAL, Louisville 16, North Carolina 14; quarters 3-10-0-3 and 7-0-0-7; records beside the final still 6-3 and 5-4; team lines 19 and 17 first downs, 33 and 33 rushes, 148 and 114 rushing yards, passing 23-31-0 for 154 and 16-25-1 for 179, 64 plays for 302 and 58 for 293, one interception return for 32 yards, penalties 7-75 and 6-55, punts 5-37.0 and 4-36.8, possession 31:57 and 28:03, third down 5-13 and 7-14; Hall 6-yard run with a rendered clock of 3:46; Verhoff kick and a 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalty on Joshua Donald after the score was 16-14; Kienholz rushes at the end of the fourth quarter. The separate box-score address for game 26885 had no stats. Text-only. No athletics photo is used.)

    Official sourcePublished by UNC Athletics · Checked Nov 14, 2026, 10:30 PM

  2. Louisville at North Carolina (ESPN game event 401858298, read Nov. 14, 2026: status Final; Louisville 16, North Carolina 14; Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill; broadcast ESPN2; start 2026-11-15T00:00Z, which is 7:00 p.m. Eastern; scoring plays Hilbert 46 at 10:21, Hall 11 at 4:54, Hilbert 32 at 14:16, Kienholz to Skinner 3 at 12:15, Hilbert 36 at 7:28, Hall 6 at 3:43; Kienholz 23/31, 154, 1 TD, 0 INT; Edwards 10/14, 120, 0 TD, 0 INT; Burgess 6/11, 59, 0 TD, 1 INT; Hall 10 carries, 48 yards, 2 TD, long 14; Keyjuan Brown 11 carries, 78 yards, long 16; Hilbert 3/4, long 46, 1/1 extra points; Verhoff 0/1 and 2/2; team totals 302 and 293 yards, 148 and 114 rushing, 19 and 17 first downs, third down 5-13 and 7-14, fourth down 0-0 and 0-2, penalties 7-75 and 6-55, turnovers 0 and 2, possession 31:57 and 28:03; Mack 1 interception for 32 yards. Attendance printed 0 and is not used. Standings in this feed list Louisville 7-3, 6-2 ACC and North Carolina 5-5, 2-4 ACC. Those records are not adopted. Text-only. No ESPN photo is used.)

    Third-party sourcePublished by ESPN · Checked Nov 14, 2026, 10:30 PM

  3. Louisville at North Carolina gametracker (CBS Sports, NCAAF_20261114_LVILLE@UNC, read Nov. 14, 2026: FINAL 16-14; quarters 3-10-0-3 and 7-0-0-7; line score still labeled Louisville 6-3 and North Carolina 5-4; Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill; 7:00 p.m.; ESPN2; the same six scoring plays; drive yardages match ESPN except the 36-yard field goal series, listed at 55 yards against ESPN's 60; Kienholz 23/31 for 154, 1 TD, 0 INT; K. Brown 11 for 78, long 16; Hall 10 for 48, 2 TD, long 14; Burgess 6/11 for 59, 0 TD, 1 INT; Edwards 71.4 percent, 120 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT; Hilbert 3/4 and 1/1; Verhoff 0/1 and 2/2; team totals 302 and 293, plays 64 and 58, rushing 148 and 114, first downs 19 and 17, third down 5-13 and 7-14, fourth down 0-0 and 0-2, penalties 7-75 and 6-55, turnovers 0 and 2. Play log: 48-yard miss at 0:07 of the second, 39-yard miss at 8:54 of the third, fourth-and-4 incompletion at 12:50 of the fourth, Edwards fumble recovered by J. Donald, Mack interception at 1:08, unsportsmanlike penalty on J. Donald after the last kick. The preview paragraph still on the page lists the entering conference records 5-2 and 2-3. That paragraph is not used as a recap. Text-only. No CBS photo is used.)

    Third-party sourcePublished by CBS Sports · Checked Nov 14, 2026, 10:30 PM

  4. Louisville Cardinals at North Carolina Tar Heels game summary (USA Today sports data, game 2969410, read Nov. 14, 2026: End of the fourth quarter; scoring table Louisville 3-10-0-3, 16, and North Carolina 7-0-0-7, 14; records on that table still 6-3 and 5-4; Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill; ESPN2; scoring plays Hilbert 46 at 10:21, Hall 11 at 4:54 with a Rece Verhoff kick, Hilbert 32 at 14:16, Jaleel Skinner 3-yard catch from Lincoln Kienholz at 12:15, Hilbert 36 at 7:28, Hall 6 at 3:43 with a Verhoff kick. A game-fact line on the same page said 3:46 for the 6-yard run. The scoring table is the clock used from this page. It printed 44 degrees. That weather line is not used. Text-only. No USA Today photo is used.)

    Third-party sourcePublished by USA Today · Checked Nov 14, 2026, 10:30 PM

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