{"id":1941569,"date":"2026-11-02T06:40:42","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T11:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1941569"},"modified":"2026-11-02T08:02:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T13:02:35","slug":"tar-heels-in-nfl-maye-sparks-second-half-comeback-with-three-tds-downs-scores-in-colts-loss-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1941569","title":{"rendered":"Tar Heels in NFL: Maye sparks second-half comeback with three TDs; Downs scores in Colts loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drake Maye needed a half to find his footing in rainy Miami. Once he did, the former Carolina quarterback supplied every touchdown New England needed. Maye threw two long touchdown passes and ran for another score Sunday, rallying the Patriots from a 13\u20133 halftime deficit to a 24\u201319 victory over the Dolphins. Josh Downs also reached the end zone, scoring Indianapolis\u2019 only touchdown on a difficult afternoon for several former Tar Heels in Week 8.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tarheeltribune.com\/2026\/11\/02\/tar-heels-in-nfl-maye-sparks-second-half-comeback-with-three-tds-downs-scores-in-colts-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read the full article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drake Maye needed a half to find his footing in rainy Miami. Once he did, the former Carolina quarterback supplied every touchdown New England needed. Maye&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1941570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tarheeltribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Tar-Heels-NFL-Update-Graphic.png?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1941569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-carolina-tar-heels","wpcat-80-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1941569"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1941573,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941569\/revisions\/1941573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1941570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1941569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1941569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1941569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}