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Rutgers routs North Carolina in Quick Lane Bowl

Well, the Quick Lane Bowl went about as was expected for North Carolina's defense. It's just that the Tar Heel offense couldn't keep up with Rutgers' offense as the Scarlet Knights moved to 8-5 with a 40-21 win over UNC.

If you're looking for an encapsulation of North Carolina's day, just watch this GIF of Rutgers' extra point attempt after the Scarlet Knights' fourth touchdown of the game. Even when North Carolina looked like it was about to do something right it still went awry – make sure you watch the football that was most definitely not blocked.

Rutgers' quarterback Gary Nova finished with 184 yards passing and two touchdowns (and no interceptions) and opened the scoring with a touchdown pass to a wide-open Andre Patton from 34 yards out.

But it was the Rutgers ground attack that really gashed UNC. Rutgers finished with 340 yards rushing as Josh Hicks and Robert Martin both had 19 carries. Hicks piled up 202 yards and a touchdown while Martin finished with 100 yards and two scores.

By the time North Carolina's offense got rolling – and produced points – in the fourth quarter, it was already garbage time. The Tar Heels scored the final two touchdowns of the game, but were trailing 40-7 before those scores happened.

North Carolina let the game get away because of special teams miscues and turnovers in the first half. Two of the first four drives ended in fumbles and the third was stopped when a fake field goal inside the Rutgers' 20 was stopped short of a first down. In the second quarter, the Scarlet Knights blocked a North Carolina FG attempt that would have prevented a 23-0 halftime deficit.

The Tar Heels finish the season 6-7 and lost receiver Quinshad Davis to a right leg injury late in the fourth quarter on a fade pattern in the end zone. Davis, who has 21 career touchdown catches, was carted off the field with an air cast on his right lower leg.

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Nick Bromberg is the assistant editor of Dr. Saturday on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at nickbromberg@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter!