The 2017 season's largest margin: North Carolina 65, Western Carolina 10. A 55-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The Correction
2017 is a losing-side chapter for North Carolina. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Chazz SurrattLB1,342 passing yards
- Nathan ElliottQB926 passing yards
- Jordon Brown?613 rushing yards
- Michael CarterRB558 rushing yards
- Anthony Ratliff-WilliamsWR630 receiving yards
- Austin ProehlWR337 receiving yards
- Jordan CunninghamWR308 receiving yards
- Cole HolcombLB93 tackles
- Cayson CollinsLB83 tackles
- Myles DornDB71 tackles
- Malik CarneyDE5.5 sacks
- Tomon FoxLB4 sacks
- Jalen DaltonDT3 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: North Carolina 7, Virginia Tech 59. A 52-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Go Heels"
2017 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.