Bill Belichick beats Duke for first time to match 2025 win total in six games

The Belichicks can lastly breathe a sigh of relief.

More than 70 years after Steve Belichick lost to Duke 3 times in a row as a North Carolina assistant coach, his boy Bill Belichick broke the household curse and led the Tar Heels to a 24-20 success over their competitor on Saturday.

It’s another strong win in what has actually been a strong turn-around for the famous coach in his 2nd season in the college ranks at North Carolina. Through 6 video games, Belichick currently has actually matched the win overall from his launching season (4) in half the variety of contests.

“It’s everything about character. These guys fought all the method,” Belichick stated. “Battled all the method versus Notre Dame, Clemson. We’ve been battling all the method. I do not have any concerns about their competitiveness, character, durability.”

A night that ended with a beaming Belichick absolutely calling the recovered Victory Bell effectively might’ve ended in catastrophe and made fans question if the Chapel Bill experiment was headed towards another failure.

After leaping out to a 17-0 lead in the 2nd quarter, the Tar Heels stayed inactive for almost 42 minutes while enabling Duke to score 20 unanswered points, consisting of a fumble recuperated for a goal at North Carolina’s own 9-yard line.

North Carolina fumbled the ball once again at a loss zone near completion of the 3rd quarter, squandering what was otherwise a strong drive by quarterback Billy Edwards Jr. that might have put the Tar Heels up 24-10 and moved momentum back in their instructions.

They looked defenseless for the majority of the 4th quarter up until the two-minute caution, when they lastly retreated. Jaylen McGill broke through on a 24-yard goal go to put the Tar Heels up for great. An interception with 14 seconds left sealed the offer for Belichick’s team.

Belichick and the Tar Heels want to keep it rolling next week versus Syracuse before hosting No. 3 Miami on Halloween.