From the start of the Fenway Bowl in Boston, Massachusetts, it was UConn coming out hitting hard. North Carolina and interim head coach Freddie Kitchens looked shell-shocked. Granted, UNC football was without several key starters from the season including Omarion Hampton and Jacolby Criswell for most of the game.

Connecticut thumps undermanned North Carolina 27-14 in Boston to put the final punctuation on the second Mack Brown era at UNC.

UNC is officially moving into a new era, as the school hired Bill Belichick as the Tar Heels' next head coach earlier this month.