The UConn football program reached the nine-win mark for just the third time in its FBS history with a 27-14 victory over North Carolina in the Fenway Bowl.

New North Carolina coach Bill Belichick got a good look at what he's set to inherit in Chapel Hill on Saturday. UNC entered its Fenway Bowl matchup against UConn as a 2.5-point favorite under interim head coach Freddie Kitchens but fell into a 20-point deficit at the start of the fourth quarter and suffered its fifth straight bowl loss with a 27-14 defeat in Boston.

The North Carolina Tar Heels brought what has been a mess of a season to a close on Saturday, losing to the UConn Huskies 27-14 in the Wasabi Fenway Bowl. If it was any indication of things to come in Chapel Hill,