CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) -- After a season filled with disappointment, humbling moments, and self-inflicted wounds, North Carolina showed signs of fight and improvement on Saturday.

Unfortunately for the Tar Heels, a spirited performance ended in a razor-thin overtime loss to No. 16 Virginia, 17-16.

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For the second time in two weeks, a goal-line gaffe by North Carolina proved costly when wide receiver Kobe Paysour fumbled at the 1 while stretching for the pylon early in the first quarter. The football trickled out of the end zone, resulting in a touchback.

A week earlier, in a loss to California, Nathan Leacock coughed up the ball in similar fashion as the Tar Heels were on the verge of grabbing a fourth-quarter lead and possibly their first ACC win under coach Bill Belichick

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