BOONE, N.C. — North Carolina escaped from Boone and its record-setting crowd of 40,168 with a 63-61 victory over Appalachian State in a game that featured wild swings and big plays.
The Tar Heels squandered a 20-point lead and the Mountaineers were seemingly in position to win the game with 31 seconds left. App State elected to go for two trailing 56-55, but quarterback Chase Brice threw a shade too high to a wide open DeShaun Davis and the try failed.
Carolina’s Bryson Nesbit returned the onside kick 43 yards for a touchdown with 28 seconds left, which in any normal game would have been enough.
