Game-Changing 3 Plays · 2026 Week 5 · October 3, 2026

Rain, a 98-yard return and a fourth-down keeper: how No. 3 Notre Dame won at North Carolina

Notre Dame at North Carolina · 37-26 · Kenan Stadium

What happened

Game-Changing 3 Plays, Week 5. With the game tied at seven, Boubacar Traore tips a Billy Edwards Jr. pass and Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa intercepts it. North Carolina stops CJ Carr's fourth-and-goal throw to Cooper Flanagan and scores before halftime. After a kick-return touchdown cuts the lead to 21-20, Carr finishes a 17-play drive with a fourth-down touchdown run. Three snaps from the official play-by-play, redrawn on the board.

The plays

From the official play-by-play. Win-probability swing is the change on that snap.

WhenDownSpotPlayResultWP swing
Q1 6:311st & 10own 25Edwards interceptedInterception
Q2 7:344th & 2at the 2Carr to Flanagan, incompleteTurnover on downs
Q3 5:364th & 3at the 3Carr right +3, TDTouchdown

Narration

How did third-ranked Notre Dame win in the rain at North Carolina?

So, tied at seven. Edwards throws, Traore tips it, Viliamu-Asa picks it off.

Then, fourth and goal. CJ Carr looks for Flanagan, incomplete. North Carolina scores next.

Then, a kick-return score makes it one. Seventeen plays later, Carr scores on fourth down.

Final: Notre Dame thirty-seven, North Carolina twenty-six.

Players in this breakdown

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Questions

What decided Notre Dame at North Carolina?

Game-Changing 3 Plays, Week 5. With the game tied at seven, Boubacar Traore tips a Billy Edwards Jr. pass and Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa intercepts it. North Carolina stops CJ Carr's fourth-and-goal throw to Cooper Flanagan and scores before halftime. After a kick-return touchdown cuts the lead to 21-20, Carr finishes a 17-play drive with a fourth-down touchdown run. Three snaps from the official play-by-play, redrawn on the board.

Which plays are in the Notre Dame at North Carolina breakdown?

Q1 6:31 — 1st & 10: Edwards intercepted (Interception) Q2 7:34 — 4th & 2: Carr to Flanagan, incomplete (Turnover on downs) Q3 5:36 — 4th & 3: Carr right +3, TD (Touchdown)

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