2012 ACC Football by the Numbers
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What’s Inside Release No. 12, Sunday, November 11, 2012 Media Information .......................... 2 2012 ACC Standings Ways to Follow the ACC .......................3 ACC Games Overall ACC SID Listing, Press Conferences ........ 4 Atlantic Division W L For Opp Hm Rd W L ...For Opp Hm Rd Nu Div. ... Streak XM/Sirius, ACC Network, National Radio ..5 Clemson .................6 1 ..310 171 3-0 3-1 ..... 9 1 ...429 224 5-0 3-1 1-0 3-1 ......Won 6 RSN TV Schedule, NFF Hall of Fame ....6 Florida State ...........6 1 ..277 110 4-0 2-1 ..... 9 1 ...431 130 6-0 3-1 0-0 3-1 ......Won 4 2012 Composite Football Schedule ......7 NC State .................3 3 ..152 160 2-1 1-2 ..... 6 4 ...266 223 4-1 2-2 0-1 3-0 ......Won 1 ACC Football By-The-Numbers Notes ....8 Wake Forest ...........3 5 ..132 235 2-2 1-3 ..... 5 5 ...201 289 4-2 1-3 0-0 1-4 ......Lost 1 Nov. 1-3 Game Summaries .....................9 Maryland ................2 4 ..104 152 1-2 1-2 ..... 4 6 ...189 240 2-3 2-3 0-0 1-3......Lost 4 Prime Time Performances ............... 10 Boston College .......1 5 ..121 219 1-2 0-3 ..... 2 8 ...205 299 2-3 0-5 0-0 1-3 ......Lost 2 Game Previews ........................ 11-12 ACC & ESPN Thursday Night .....13-15 Coastal Division W L For Opp Hm Rd W L For Opp Hm Rd Nu Div. Streak Game-by-Game Results, Stats ..... 16-18 Georgia Tech ..........4 3 ..278 209 2-1 2-2 ..... 5 5 ...382 302 3-3 2-2 0-0 2-2 ......Won 2 ACC Champ. Gm, Bowl, BCS Info .. 19-21 Miami .....................4 3 ..231 209 2-2 2-1 ..... 5 5 ...285 312 3-2 2-3 0-0 2-2 ......Lost 1 National Rankings, Overtime ....... 22-23 Duke .......................3 3 ..156 219 2-1 1-2 ..... 6 4 ...307 326 5-1 1-3 0-0 2-1 ......Lost 2 Top Performances, Long Plays ..... 24-26 *North Carolina ......3 3 ..216 212 2-1 1-2 ..... 6 4 ...405 257 5-1 1-3 0-0 2-2 ......Lost 1 Career Statistical Leaders ........... 27-34 Virginia ...................2 4 ..141 187 1-2 1-2 ..... 4 6 ...246 293 3-3 1-3 0-0 1-2 .....Won 2 ACC Individual and Team Statistics .. 35-87 Virginia Tech ..........2 4 ..146 181 2-1 0-3 ..... 4 6 ...266 250 4-1 0-4 0-1 2-2 ......Lost 3 *Due to NCAA sanctions, North Carolina is not eligible to play for the Coastal Division title, in the ACC Championship Game or a bowl game Week #12 Schedule: (AP/Coaches’ Ranking; All Times Eastern) Thursday, November 15 ............................................. Series Record ................... Last Meeting .......................... Network .................... Kickoff North Carolina (6-4) at Virginia (4-6) ............................. North Carolina (58-54-4) .......North Carolina, 28-17, 2011 ........ ESPN .......................... 7:30 Saturday, November 17 ............................................. Series Record ................... Last Meeting .......................... Network .................... Kickoff (--, 10, 6) Florida State (9-1) at Maryland (4-6) ................. Florida State (20-2-0) ..........Florida State, 41-16, 2011 .......... ESPNU .......................12:00 Virginia Tech (4-6) at Boston College (2-8) ...................... Virginia Tech (14-6-0) ..........Virginia Tech, 30-14, 2011 ......... ACC Network ................12:30 South Florida (3-6) at Miami (5-5) ................................. Miami (3-1-0) ................... Miami, 6-3, 2011 ..................... RSN ........................... 3:00 NC State (6-4) at (--, 11, 9) Clemson (9-1) ....................... Clemson (51-28-1) ..............NC State, 37-13, 2011 ............... ABC/ESPN2# ................. 3:30 Duke (6-4) at Georgia Tech (5-5) ................................... Duke (48-30-1) .................. Georgia Tech, 38-31, 2011 ......... ESPNU ........................ 3:30 Wake Forest (5-5) at (--, 3, 3) Notre Dame (10-0) ............... Notre Dame (1-0-0) .............Notre Dame, 24-17, 2011 ........... NBC............................ 3:30 # Televised regionally on ABC, to other parts of the nation on ESPN2 6th-Ranked Florida State Heads to Maryland With Atlantic Title on the Line 9th-Ranked Clemson Looks to Keep Pace Hosting NC State Duke and Georgia Tech Meet in Key Coastal Clash Dr Pepper ACC FB Championship Media Credential Applications: www.sportssystems.com/acc In college football, every game counts...And with two weeks re- tions, which fi rst take into account overall conference record; time the Blue Devils were bowl-eligible...Miami, led by maining in the Atlantic Coast Conference 2012 regular season then head-to-head competition; divisional record; and wins QB Stephen Morris and RB Duke Johnson, is looking to that adage rings true in the ACC...6th-ranked (USA Today) Flor- against the top-ranked teams in the division...There are other clinch bowl-eligibility at Sun Life Stadium (3 p.m., RSN) ida State can clinch a berth in the Dr Pepper ACC Football Cham- tiebreakers in addition to the above (page 19), but they are against the Bulls, coached by Skip Holtz...USF won in its pionship game with a victory at Maryland (Noon, ESPNU)... not anticipated to be needed this year...Four ACC teams are last trip to Miami Gardens...In College Park, Florida State, But if the Seminoles of Coach Jimbo Fisher should stumble, bowl eligible in FSU, Clemson, Duke and NC State, while three led by QB EJ Manuel is looking to nail down the Atlantic 9th-ranked Clemson, which hosts NC State at Memorial Sta- others enter this weekend looking for their 6th victory of the Division title against a Maryland team, coached by Randy dium in Clemson (3:30 p.m., ABC/ESPN2), coached by Dabo year in Miami, Georgia Tech and Wake Forest...Three other Edsall, which has suffered an inordinate amount of in- Swinney, can claim the Atlantic Division title with a win over ACC schools have four wins each and need victories in their jury this fall but is still looking for postseason play... In the Wolfpack, coached by Tom O’Brien...On the Coastal side, fi nal two games of the year to secure post-season opportuni- Clemson, the Tigers are led by QB Tajh Boyd, who has the issue is a bit more complicated...Duke, coached by David ties in Virginia, Maryland and Virginia Tech...The Cavaliers thrown for 13 TD passes in his last 3 games...The Wolf- Cutcliffe, can earn a berth in Charlotte with a win over Georgia of Coach Mike London begin the week, hosting North Caro- pack counters with senior QB Mike Glennon, who has Tech this Saturday in Atlanta (3:30 p.m., ESPNU) and a win lina, coached by Larry Fedora and led by QB Bryn Renner at 22 scoring tosses on the year...In Chestnut Hill, Mass., over Miami at home in Durham on Nov. 24...Miami, coached by Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Va. in a nationally-televised Boston College, coached by Frank Spaziani and led by Al Golden, steps out of conference this week to play USF of the Thursday night game (7:30 pm, ESPN)...Virginia’s two-game QB Chase Rettig, hosts Virginia Tech, coached by Frank Big East Conference and can clinch a berth to Charlotte with a resurgence has been led by the improved play of its quarter- Beamer, at Alumni Stadium (12:30 pm, ACC Network)... win over the Blue Devils in Durham and a loss by Georgia Tech back tandem of sophomore Phillip Sims and junior Michael the Hokies, led by QB Logan Thomas, hope to keep their or North Carolina...Georgia Tech’s path is more convoluted... Rocco...The two teams will be meeting for the 117th time in bowl hopes alive ...Wake Forest, coached by Jim Grobe, is The Yellow Jackets, coached by Paul Johnson and winners of football, the ACC’s most-played series...Georgia Tech, also also looking for its elusive sixth win which would make it two straight, need a triumph over the Blue Devils Saturday and winners of two straight after an ACC-record 68-50 win over bowl eligible, but the Demon Deacons, led by QB Tanner either a Miami loss to Duke, or wins by North Carolina in its North Carolina, has also benefi tted from improved QB play Price, will face a tough task...Wake travels to South Bend, fi nal two games and a tiebreaker scenario which would have from redshirt freshman Vad Lee...Duke, behind QB Sean Ind., to face the 3rd-ranked and unbeaten Fighting Irish Virginia as the Coastal’s fourth-place team...Though ineligible Renfree and WR Conner Vernon, is looking to snap a two- of Notre Dame, coached by Brian Kelly (3:30 pm, NBC)... for the title and a trip to post-season, North Carolina’s results game losing streak and claim its fi rst win over Tech since The Irish are 10-0 for the fi rst time since 1993 and are led and records still fi gure into the league’s tiebreaker computa- 2003 and its fi rst win in Atlanta since 1994, ironically the last by LB Manti Te’o. 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