PITTSBURGH (AP) Pittsburgh has accomplished plenty since joining the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2013. The Panthers have beaten Clemson. They’ve taken down Penn State. They’ve won a Coastal Division championship.

One thing they haven’t done is find a way to get by North Carolina. That needs to change on Thursday night if Pitt (6-3, 3-2 ACC) wants to keep alive its hopes of capturing the Coastal for the second straight year. Pitt is 0-6 against the Tar Heels (4-5, 3-3).

“We're going to have to get after them boys,” defensive lineman Patrick Jones II said. “We can't keep losing to them if we want to accomplish our dreams ... This is a step we need to get over right here, beating North Carolina.”