The first possession of the Bill Belichick era with North Carolina football ended with a touchdown.
It was downhill from there for the Tar Heels, as the TCU at one point scored 41 unanswered points and put a spoiler on Belichick’s collegiate coaching debut on Monday, Sept. 1, at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
UNC led 7-0 following a Caleb Hood rushing touchdown with 10:55 left in the first quarter. The Horned Frogs tied the game at 7-7 on a touchdown pass from Josh Hoover to Jordan Dwyer just over six game clock minutes later. It was all TCU from there.
Here’s a look at some reactions on social media from fans on Belichick’s dud debut at the collegiate level:
Social media reactions to TCU blowing out UNC
In his pregame interview, Belichick said he hoped this debut was better than his first NFL game against the Cowboys.
That final score: 26-14.— Matt Baker (@MattBakerCFB) September 2, 2025
ESPN should’ve done an alternate broadcast that’s just a live cam on the Board of Trustees
— Mitchell Northam (@primetimeMitch) September 2, 2025
#NorthCarolina is down 41-7. Shut down the program! #MeltdownAlertpic.twitter.com/HuGOfL8CVd
— Message Board Geniuses (@BoardGeniuses) September 2, 2025
Mass exodus in Chapel Hill as TCU takes a 34-7 lead on UNC. After a great opening drive for the Tar Heels, this has been the antithesis of a Bill Belichick performance. Pick 6, allowed a kick return, and now the defense is breaking down. @WRAL#uncpic.twitter.com/HnvzpC7MIW
— Pat Welter WRAL (@PatrickWelter) September 2, 2025
UNC fans watching TCU get a scoop-n-score and take a 41-7 lead pic.twitter.com/cEMgIBR8UJ
— ESPN BET (@ESPNBET) September 2, 2025
Most hilarious part about bill belichick led unc getting cooked by tcu is he’s gonna try to bench players but he can’t because the boosters are paying them 500k to play pic.twitter.com/ocABrc8fEm
— John (@iam_johnw) September 2, 2025
Everybody was hyping UNC Football and Belichick’s college coaching debut.
TCU players: pic.twitter.com/AdM6eTzVW3
— Jorts Jefferson (@AR15Helmet) September 2, 2025
TCU literally had no idea what offense UNC was going to run tonight (no one did), so not surprising UNC cruised down on the field on the opening drive.
Looks like Andy Avalos adjusted from there.
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) September 2, 2025
OK we have officially left behind “TCU” is just good territory to this being an embarrassment for UNC
— Andrew Schnittker (@aschnitt53) September 2, 2025
“TCU 41, UNC 7.”
“How much time’s left?” 😂🤣 pic.twitter.com/iv5QBU3SV4— Eric Lindquist (@EricLindquist) September 2, 2025
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: UNC score vs TCU football: Social reactions to Tar Heels blowout