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GAME 8 • OCT. 25, 2014 • NORTH CAROLINA AT VIRGINIA • SCOTT STADIUM (61,500) • CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS Asst. AD for Media Relations (coach interviews): Jim Daves O: (434) 243-2467 • C: (434) 962-7668 • [email protected] Football Contact (player interviews): Vincent Briedis O: (434) 982-5533 • C: (434) 362-3792 • [email protected] LIVE STATS: VirginiaSports.com VIRGINIA 7 COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAMERS • 3 NFL HALL OF FAMERS • 28 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS • 116 FIRST-TEAM ALL-ACC 2014 SCHEDULE/RESULTS VIRGINIA GAME DETAILS Date Opponent Time /Result TV Venue Scott Stadium Stadium CAVALIERS Capacity 61,500 Aug. 30 No. 7 UCLA L/20-28 ESPN Record: 4-3 ACC: 2-1 Sept. 6 RICHMOND W/45-13 ESPN3 Playing Surface Natural Grass Sept. 13 No. 21 LOUISVILLE* W/23-21 ACC Network Series vs. UNC: UNC leads, 60-54-4 Sept. 20 at No. 21 BYU L/33-41 ESPN HEAD COACH: Mike London, fifth season In Charlottesville: UVa leads, 24-23 Sept. 27 KENT STATE W/45-13 ESPN3 UVa Record: 22-34 • Career Record: 46-39 • Record vs. UNC: 0-4 Last Meeting: 2013 (UNC 45, UVa 14) Oct. 4 PITTSBURGH* W/24-19 RSN Television Radio Oct. 18 at Duke* L/13-20 ACC Network NORTH CAROLINA Oct. 25 NORTH CAROLINA1* 12:30 p.m. ACC Network Nov. 1 at Georgia Tech* 3:30 p.m. ESPNU TAR HEELS Nov. 8 at Florida State* TBA Record: 3-4 ACC: 1-2 Nov. 22 MIAMI (FLA.)* TBA School Websites: VirginiaSports.com Nov. 28 at Virginia Tech* TBA ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU HEAD COACH: Larry Fedora, third season UNC Record: 18-14 • Career Record: 52-33 • Record vs. UVa: 4-0 GoHeels.com All Times Eastern; *ACC game; 1Homecomings #UNCvsUVA AT A GLANCE VIRGINIA COACHING STAFF On the Field VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA SQUARE OFF IN THE SOUTH’S OLDEST RIVALRY Mike London ....................................................... Head Coach • Virginia and North Carolina will meet for the 119th time in the South’s Oldest Rivalry, a series that was first Larry Lewis ............................ Special Teams Coordinator/RBs played in 1892. The Cavaliers have faced the Tar Heels more than any other school (118) in program history. Mike Archer ...............................................................Safeties • Saturday is Homecomings at UVa and Cavaliers own a 45-42-2 (.517) all-time Homecomings record. Marques Hagans ............................................Wide Receivers Jappy Oliver..................................................... Defensive Line • UVa is 1-1 all-time against UNC on Homecomings, winning in 1983 (17-14) and losing in 2010 (44-10). Chip West ............................................................Cornerbacks Scott Wachenheim ...........................................Offensive Line VIRGINIA VS. NORTH CAROLINA Zach Tenuta (GA) .............................................Defensive Line • Virginia trails the all-time series with North Carolina, 60-54-4, and trails the series in Chapel Hill, 31-12-3. • There is a difference in the series record between the two schools because of the game in 1956 that North In the Press Box Carolina forfeited for using an ineligible player. All of UNC’s games in 1956 were forfeited by conference Tom O’Brien ...................................Assoc. HC for Offense/TEs action. Jon Tenuta ...................Assoc. HC for Defense/Def. Coord./LBs • Saturday’s game will tie the rivalry for the third-longest series in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision history; Steve Fairchild .............................. Offensive Coordinator/QBs it was the seventh series in FBS history to reach 100 meetings with the 1995 game. Sean Cascarano (GA) ........................Offensive Line/Tight Ends • The two schools have met every season since 1919 and there have been only four seasons since 1900 Jacob Hodges (GA) ....................................................Defense when they did not meet (1906, 1909 and 1917-18, when football was postponed at both schools because Clint Sintim (GA) ...............................Offense/Wide Receivers of World War I). TELEVISION: ACC Network Teams (Date of 2014 Meeting) Games 1st Game Play-by-Play: .......................................................... Tim Brant 1. Minnesota/Wisconsin (Nov. 29) 123 1890 Analyst: .............................................................Riley Skinner 2. Kansas/Missouri 120 1891 Sidelines ......................................................Rachel Baribeau 3. Virginia/North Carolina (Oct. 25) 119* 1892 Miami (Ohio)/Cincinnati (Sept. 20) 119 1888 RADIO: Virginia Sports Network 5. Texas/Texas A&M 118 1894 Play-by-Play: .......................................................Dave Koehn 6. Nebraska/Kansas 117 1892 Analyst: ..........................................................Tony Covington Auburn/Georgia (Nov. 15) 117 1892 Sidelines ................................................................Jay James Oregon/Oregon State (Nov. 29) 117 1894 9. Indiana/Purdue (Nov. 29) 116 1891 SATELLITE RADIO: ..................................Sirius 108, XM 193 Cal/Stanford (Nov. 22) 116 1892 *- includes this week’s meeting FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT’S INSIDE • UVa and UNC will be playing for the 119th time, which Game Information ...........................................................................1 Scoring Drives ................................................................................32 Media Information/Schedule ...........................................................2 Drives ........................................................................................33-36 is tied for the third-longest rivalry in FBS history. University of Virginia Facts ...............................................................3 Game-By-Game Statistics .........................................................37-42 Virginia vs. North Carolina .............................................................4-5 Miscellaneous Tackles Leaders/Special Teams Tackles Leaders ........43 • UVa and UNC first met in 1892 and since 1919 the Team Stats.....................................................................................6-8 Money Plays ...................................................................................44 series has been played continuously every season ACC Standings/Preseason Poll ..........................................................6 Long Plays of 20 Yards or Longer ....................................................45 Career Starts/2014 UVa Opponents/UVa Overtime Games ...............8 The Last Time ............................................................................46-47 following UVa’s two-year football hiatus (1917-18) National Polls ...................................................................................9 Participation ..................................................................................48 because of World War I. Kevin Parks .....................................................................................10 Career Highs ..............................................................................49-50 Offensive Notes .........................................................................11-13 Player Capsules .........................................................................51-52 • Quin Blanding leads UVa and the ACC with 70 tackles Game-Opening/Second Half-Opening Drives .................................13 Individual and Career Statistics .................................................53-56 Last Minute Game-Winning Scores/Goal-to-Goal ..........................13 Game-By-Game Summaries ......................................................57-60 and is one of two freshmen in the nation to lead his Defensive Notes ........................................................................14-15 Virginia and Opponent Long Plays .................................................61 team in tackles. Joining Blanding is NC State’s Jerod Fer- Special Teams Notes/ Game-Winning Field Goals ...........................16 Virginia Numerical/Alphabetical Roster ....................................62-63 NCAA & ACC Stat Leaders/Cavaliers in the NFL/NFL Draft Picks .......17 Virginia Depth Chart .......................................................................64 nandez (R-Fr.) with 58 through seven games. Blanding Did You Know?/National Award Watch Lists/Honors & Awards .......18 also leads the nation’s freshmen with his 70 stops. Quarterback Greyson Lambert/Matt Johns/David Watford ........19-21 Fun Facts ........................................................................................22 SOCIAL MEDIA • #UVAFB • UVa is the only team in the nation with three players Head Coach Mike London ...............................................................23 Team Statistics ..........................................................................24-25 ranked nationally in the Top 45 in sacks: Henry Coley Individual Statistics ...................................................................26-27 (18), Eli Harold (22) and Max Valles (31). Defensive Statistics/Game-by-Game Starters............................28-29 What Happens on First Down/Third Down Conversions ..................30 • Kevin Parks is No. 7 in the nation among active players Starting Field Position/Penalties ....................................................30 with 2,976 career rushing yards. Season Drive & Turnover/Takeaway Analysis ..................................31 @UVa_Football @VirginiaFootball VirginiaSports MEDIA INFORMATION PAGE 2 WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE On each Monday during the football season, the UVa SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY