2020 Tar Heel Football Game Notes
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2020 TAR HEEL FOOTBALL GAME NOTES THIS WEEK’S MATCHUP GAME NINE NORTH CAROLINA #25/#23 NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS (6-2, 6-2 ACC) VS. Record: 6-2 (6-2) Conference: ACC #2/#2 NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH (8-0, 7-0 ACC) Head Coach: Mack Brown (Florida State ‘74) Twitt er: @CoachMackBrown Brown’s Overall Record: 257-130-1, 32nd year KENAN STADIUM (50,500/3,535) • CHAPEL HILL, N.C. Brown’s Record at UNC: 82-54-1, 12th year FRIDAY, NOV. 27, 2020 • 3:30 P.M. ET (ABC) NOTRE DAME Record: 8-0 (7-0) Series vs. ND: ND leads 18-2 Conference: ACC Head Coach: Brian Kelly Series Streak: ND won last two Overall Record: 271-94-2, 30th year Last Meeti ng at UNC: 2017 (L, 33-10) Record at ND: 100-37, 11th year Last UNC Win: 2008 (W, 29-24) BROADCAST INFORMATION Kickoff : 3:30 p.m. ET GAME INFO TAR HEELS AND FIGHTING IRISH LAST TIME OUT ABC: Chris Fowler, play-by-play; Kirk Herbstreit, • North Carolina and Notre Dame meet for the 21st • Sam Howell set school records for passing yards analyst; Maria Taylor, sideline ti me in a series that began in 1949. (550), total touchdowns (7) and passing touchdowns Tar Heel Sports Network: Jones Angell, play-by-play; • Notre Dame leads the series 18-2-0. Both Caro- (6) in leading Carolina to a 59-53 victory over Wake Lee Pace, analyst lina victories occurred in Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels Forest on Saturday, Nov. 14. scored a 12-7 decision in 1960 and beat the Fighti ng • Notre Dame extended the nati on’s longest winning Satellite Radio: Sirius (84), XM (84), Internet (84) Irish, 29-24, in 2008. streak to 14 games following a 45-31 win at Boston • This will be just the the second game in the series College on Nov. 14. Brian Kelly recorded his 100th Website: A live radio broadcast of the Tar Heel Sports when both teams are ranked. In the only previous career win at Notre Dame, tying Lou Holtz for the Network is available on UNC’s offi cial athleti c web- ti me in 1950, No. 1 Notre Dame won 14-7 over No. second most all-ti me wins in program history. site, GoHeels.com, as well as through the TuneIn app. 20 UNC in South Bend. • In the previous 20 meeti ngs, Notre Dame has Online Informati on: GoHeels.com (North Carolina); BROWN VS. NOTRE DAME UND.com (Notre Dame) been ranked in 13 of those. The Irish was ranked • Mack Brown has never faced Notre Dame in his No. 1 in the country in three of the previous meet- head coaching career that spans 32 seasons. UNC SOCIAL MEDIA HUB ings and in the top 10 on eight occasions. Hashtags: #CarolinaFootball | #BeTheOne • North Carolina faced Notre Dame every season UP NEXT Twitt er:@TarHeelFootball from 1949 to 1956 and 12 ti mes between 1949 and • Carolina hosts Western Carolina on Dec. 5. Instagram: @TarHeelFootball 1962. This season will be the fourth meeti ng since Facebook: /TarHeelFootball 2006. YouTube: /UNCTarHeelsAthleti cs UNC ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Jeremy Sharpe Director of Football Communicati ons (520) 275-9895 [email protected] Mark Kimmel Assistant Communicati ons Director (Secondary Football Contact) (919) 619-3344 [email protected] 2020 CAROLINA FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Mailing Addresses: DAY DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (TV) SPECIAL EVENT Athletic Communications P.O. Box 2126 Sat. Sept. 12 Syracuse* Chapel Hill W, 31-6 (ACCN) Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Sat. Sept. 19 Charlotte Chapel Hill Canceled Sat. Oct. 3 at Boston College* Chestnut Hill, Mass. W, 26-22 (ABC) Athletic Communications - overnight Second Floor, Media & Communications Center Sat. Oct. 10 Virginia Tech* Chapel Hill W, 56-45 (ABC) 380 Skipper Bowles Drive Sat. Oct. 17 at Florida State* Tallahassee, Fla. L, 28-31 (ABC) Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Sat. Oct. 24 NC State* Chapel Hill W, 48-21 (ESPN) Kenan Football Center Sat. Oct. 31 at Virginia* Charlottesville, Va. L, 41-44 (ACCN) 1 Stone Center Dr. Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Sat. Nov. 7 at Duke* Durham, N.C. W, 56-24 (ESPN2) Sat. Nov. 14 Wake Forest* Chapel Hill W, 59-53 (ACCN) Fri. Nov. 27 Notre Dame* Chapel Hill 3:30 p.m. (ABC) Sat. Dec. 5 Western Carolina Chapel Hill TBA Sat. Dec. 12 at Miami* Miami Gardens, Fla. TBA NORTH CAROLINA QUICK FACTS FOOTBALL INFORMATION KENAN STADIUM INFORMATION Location: Chapel Hill, N.C. First Year of Football: 1888 First Game: Nov. 12, 1927, UNC 27, Davidson 0 Enrollment: 19,117 (undergraduate) ACC Championships: 6 Stadium Capacity: 50,500 Founded: 1789 Bowl Games: 34 (15-19) Surface: FieldTurf (artificial) new in 2019 Nickname: Tar Heels School Colors: Carolina Blue & White All-America Honors: 86 Largest Crowd: 62,000 (vs. No. 2 FSU, 11/8/97 Stadium (capacity): Kenan Stadium (50,500) First Round NFL Draft Picks: 24 Overall Record: 307-193-16 Surface: Synthetic Grass Conference: Atlantic Coast Chancellor: Kevin Guskiewicz CAROLINA HEAD COACHES POSTSEASON BOWL APPEARANCES Athletic Director: Bubba Cunningham Coach Tenure Yrs W-L-T (34 total, 15 wins, 19 losses) Hector Cowan 1889 (spring) 1 2-2-0 • 1947 Sugar, lost to Georgia, 20-10 FOOTBALL STAFF V.K. Irvine 1894 1 6-3-0 • 1949 Sugar, lost to Oklahoma, 14-6 T.C. Trenchard 1895, 1913-15 4 26-9-2 • 1950 Cotton, lost to Rice, 27-13 Head Coach Gordon Johnston 1896 1 3-4-1 • 1963 Gator, defeated Air Force, 35-0 Mack Brown (Florida State ‘74) W.A. Reynolds 1897-1900 4 27-7-4 • 1970 Peach, lost to Arizona State, 48-26 Advisors Charles Jenkins 1901 1 7-2-0 • 1971 Gator, lost to Georgia, 7-3 Senior Advisor to the Head Coach: Darrell Moody H.B. Olcott 1902-03 2 11-4-3 • 1972 Sun, defeated Texas Tech, 32-28 Senior Advisor to the Head Coach: Sparky Woods R.R. Brown 1904 1 5-2-2 • 1974 Sun, lost to Mississippi State, 26-24 Volunteer Advisor to the Head Coach: Ken Browning William Warner 1905 1 4-3-1 • 1976 Peach, lost to Kentucky, 21-0 Offensive Staff W.S. Keinholz 1906 1 1-4-2 • 1977 Liberty, lost to Nebraska, 21-17 Offensive Coordinator/QBs: Phil Longo Otis Lamson 1907 1 4-4-1 • 1979 Gator, defeated Michigan, 17-15 Wide Receivers: Lonnie Galloway Edward Green 1908 1 3-3-3 • 1980 Bluebonnet, defeated Texas, 16-7 Running Backs: Robert Gillespie A.E. Brides 1909-10 2 8-8-0 • 1981 Gator, defeated Arkansas, 31-27 Tight Ends: John Lilly Branch Bocock 1911 1 6-1-1 • 1982 Sun, defeated Texas, 26-10 Offensive Line:Stacey Searels Analyst: Josh Snow W.C. Martin 1912 1 3-4-1 • 1983 Peach, lost to Florida State, 28-3 Graduate Assistants: Josh Cochran, Joe Sabatini Thomas Campbell 1916, 1919 2 9-7-1 • 1986 Aloha, lost to Arizona, 30-21 Quality Control: Alex Marrs M.E. Fuller 1920 1 2-6-0 • 1993 Peach, defeated Mississippi St., 21-17 Bob & Bill Fetzer 1921-25 5 30-12-4 • 1993 Gator, lost to Alabama, 24-10 Defensive Staff Chuck Collins 1926-33 8 38-31-9 • 1994 Sun, lost to Texas, 35-31 Co-Defensive Coordinator/Safeties: Jay Bateman Co-Defensive Coordinator/ILBs: Tommy Thigpen Carl Snavely 1934-35, 1945-52 10 59-35-5 • 1995 Carquest, defeated Arkansas, 20-10 Cornerbacks: Dré Bly Ray Wolf 1936-41 6 38-17-3 • 1997 Gator, defeated West Virginia, 20-13 Defensive Line: Tim Cross Jim Tatum 1942, 1956-58 4 19-17-3 • 1998 Gator, defeated Virginia Tech, 42-3 Special Teams Coordinator/OLBs: Jovan Dewitt* Tom Young 1943 1 6-3-0 • 1998 Las Vegas, defeated SDSU, 20-13 Analyst (Special Teams): Zach Crespo Gene McEver 1944 1 1-7-1 • 2001 Peach, defeated Auburn, 16-10 Quality Control (Special Teams): Steven King Analyst: Preston Mason George Barclay 1953-55 3 11-18-1 • 2004 Continental Tire, lost to Boston College, 37-24 Graduate Assistants: Taylor Anderson, Tyree Holder Jim Hickey 1959-66 8 36-45-0 • 2008 Meineke Car Care Bowl, lost to WVU, 31-30 Quality Control: Jeff Schoettmer Bill Dooley 1967-77 11 69-53-2 • 2009 Meineke Car Care Bowl, lost to Pittsburgh, 19-17 Dick Crum 1978-87 10 72-41-3 • 2010 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl, * - Seated in the Coaches Booth Carl Torbush 1997*-2000 3 17-18-0 defeated Tennessee, 30-27 (2OT) John Bunting 2001-06 6 27-45-0 Strength & Conditioning • 2011 Advocare V100 Independence Bowl, Head S&C Coach: Brian Hess Butch Davis 2007-10 4 28^-23-0 lost to Missouri, 41-24 Assistant S&C Coaches: A.J. Blue, Myles Brown, Jon Heck, Everett Withers 2011 1 7-6-0 • 2013 Belk Bowl, defeated Cincinnati, 39-17 Dean Moege Larry Fedora 2012-18 7 45-43-0 • 2014 Quick Lane Bowl, lost to Rutgers, 40-21 Mack Brown 1988-1997, 2019 12 82-54-1 • 2015 Russell Athletic Bowl, lost to Baylor, 49-38 Business/Equipment Staff *Torbush coached Carolina’s final game in 1997 Business Operations:Dominic Morelli • 2016 Sun Bowl, lost to Stanford, 25-23 Equipment Manager: Jason Freeman ^16 wins later vacated due to NCAA penalty (revised • 2019 Military Bowl, defeated Temple, 55-13 Assistant Equipment Managers: Travis Hipps, Mike record 12-23-0) Mangili Operations CAROLINA HEAD COACHES MOST WINS ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS Associate A.D./Football: Corey Holliday 1. Mack Brown, 1988-97, 2019 82 1963 (shared, 9-2 overall, 6-1 ACC) • Hickey Director of Football Operations:Joe Haydon 2.