2013 CAROLINA FOOTBALL UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA • GOHEELS.COM • @TARHEELFOOTBALL Game 12: vs. Duke • Nov. 30, 2013 • Chapel Hill, N.C. • Noon Carolina And Duke Square Off In Coastal Division Quick Hits Battle • More than 10,000 North Carolina elementary school kids and Looking to extend its current five game win streak, their familes will be in attendance at the sold out Duke game as Carolina faces No. 24 Duke on Saturday, Nov. 30, in what may be the most meaningful UNC-Duke foot- part of the athletic department’s Academic All-Stars program. ball game in nearly two decades. The 100th meeting • Of Carolina’s 47 total touchdowns this season, 39 have been between the two institutions will be televised on scored by freshmen or sophomores, including the last 23 in a row. ESPN2 at noon. It is the Tar Heels’ ninth game at ei- • Carolina is looking to extend its current win streak to six games ther noon or 12:30 p.m. this season. Carolina enters Saturday. The last time Carolina won six in a row came in 1997 the game 6-5 overall and 4-3 in the ACC. Duke is 9-2 when the Tar Heels won the first eight games of the year. Carolina overall and 5-2 in league action. has not closed out a regular season with six consecutive wins since Carolina is just the sxith team since the regular- 1972 (won last seven of the regular season and the bowl game) season expanded to 12 games in 2006 to start the • DE Kareem Martin ranks fourth in the country in tackles for loss season 1-5 and make a bowl game. Only one – and fifth in the nation in sacks. Through 11 games, he has posted Rutgers in 2008 – came from a BCS conference. The 19.0 tackles for loss and 11.0 sacks. He is just five shy of Julius turnaround is similar to the 2001 season when UNC opened with three losses, but rebounded to win five Peppers’ single-season school record of 24 TFL in 2000. QB Marquise Williams straight and make a bowl game. • QB Marquise Williams has been responsible for 18 touchdowns this year - 13 passing, four rushing and one receiving. Williams Coastal Division Implications tossed a school-record tying five TD passes last week vs. ODU. The Coastal Division title is still up for grabs enter- • Ebron has 774 yards receiving and is 97 yards shy of the ACC single-season record for receiving yards by a ing Saturday’s game. If Duke wins, the Blue Devils tight end, set by Maryland’s Vernon Davis with 871 in 2005. Ebron has 50 catches and needs just five more will win the Coastal outright and secure a spot in the to move into second place on the ACC single-season chart for catches by a tight end. ACC Championship game on Dec. 7. If Carolina wins, • Freshman Ryan Switzer has tied the single-season ACC record with four punt return touchdowns. All four the Tar Heels will earn a share of the division title have come in the last three games vs. Virginia, Pitt (2) and ODU. The NCAA single-season record is five by for the second straight season with a 5-3 record. Chad Owens of Hawaii in 2004. Switzer has also tied the NCAA record for consecutive games with a punt Regardless of the outcome, Duke will finish no worse return touchdown at three. than a tie for the Coastal Division and the possibil- ity exists for a five-way tie between Carolina, Duke, • Carolina is second in the country in punt returns with a 17.54 average. Carolina is the only school in the Georgia Tech, Miami and Virginia Tech. Georgia country with four punt returns for touchdowns. Tech has already completed its league schedule with • Carolina is limiting opponents to 3.4 yards per punt return, which ranks 10th in the country. The Tar a 5-3 record. Miami needs a win at Pitt and Virginia Heels have allowed just 55 total punt return yards, 23 of which came on one return by NC State. Tech must get past Virginia to also improve to 5-3. • Fourteen different Tar Heels have scored at least one touchdown this season. Nine of those 14 are either freshmen or sophomores (five are true freshmen). A Look At Last Week • WR Quinshad Davis has already caught 106 passes in his first two seasons. Only Hakeem Hicks (113) • Carolina scored a school-record 80 points and caught more in his first two seasons as a Tar Heel. became bowl eligible with an 80-20 win over ODU. 2013 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT SITE RESULT/TIME, TV SPECIAL EVENT NOTE Thurs. Aug. 29 South Carolina Columbia, S.C. L, 27-10, 6 p.m., ESPN Tar Heels fall in first meeting in Columbia since 1990 Sat. Sept. 7 Middle Tennessee Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 40-20, 12:30 p.m., ACC Net Football Lettermen/Monogram Day Offense posts 511 total yards of offense in win Sat. Sept. 21 Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. L, 28-20, Noon, ESPN GT scored 21 unanswered points in comback victory Sat. Sept. 28 East Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. L, 55-31, 12:30 p.m., ACC Net Military Appreciation/Family Weekend Carolina gives up 603 yards on defense Sat. Oct. 5 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. L, 27-17, 12:30 p.m., ACC Net QB Marquise Williams makes first career start Thurs. Oct. 17 Miami Chapel Hill, N.C. L, 27-23, 7:45 p.m., ESPN Rams Club Day/Zero Dark Thursday Miami scores with 16 seconds remaining to win Sat. Oct. 26 Boston College Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 34-10, 3:30 p.m., RSN NCHSAA Day/1963 Gator Bowl Reunion Tar Heels efficient in easy win Sat. Nov. 2 NC State Raleigh, N.C. W, 27-19, 12:30 p.m., ACC Net Carolina overcomes early 10-0 deficit Sat. Nov. 9 Virginia Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 45-14, 12:30 p.m., ACC Net Homecoming Tar Heels score on punt return and INT return Sat. Nov. 16 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, a.P W, 34-27, 12:30 p.m., ACC Net Switzer returns two punts for touchdowns Sat. Nov. 23 Old Dominion Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 80-20, Noon, RSN Carolina scores a school-record 80 points Sat. Nov. 30 Duke Chapel Hill, N.C. Noon, ESPN2 UNC has lost to Duke in Chapel Hill just once since 1989 GOHEELS.COM • 1 2013 CAROLINA FOOTBALL Eric EbronUNIVERSITY - OF All-America NORTH CAROLINA • GOHEELS.COM Candidate • @TARHEELFOOTBALL All-America Candidate Eric Ebron Sets School Marks • All-America candidate Eric Ebron leads the team with 50 catches for 774 yards and has three touch- downs. His catches and yards are a single-season school record, bettering the marks he set last year. • He also holds the UNC record for career catches (100) and receiving yards (1,606) by a tight end. • Ebron is ranked as the No. 12 overall player on ESPN NFL draft analyst Mel Kiper’s Big Board. He is No. 14 on ESPN’s Todd McShay’s list. Both have him as the top tight end in the country. • Ebron had three catches for 73 yards, including a 58-yarder, in the win at Pittsburgh. He left the game in the second half with a shoulder injury, but later returned and caught a pass. • Ebron made a season-low two catches against Virginia, but those catches established the UNC career record for catches by a tight end with 96. He came into the game tied with Zack Pianalto, who caught 94 from 2007-10. • The last time a tight end led Carolina in recep- tions in a season was Mike Chatham with 20 in 1980. The only tight ends to ever lead the Tar Heels in receptions were Chatham (1979, 1980), Bob Loomis (1978), Brooks Williams (1977) and Tony Blanchard (1969). • Ebron was named a first-team midseason All- America by Phil Steele and a second-team pick by SI.com and CBSsports.com. • Ebron hauled in a career-high eight catches for a career-high 199 yards and his third touchdown of the season in Carolina’s 27-23 loss to No. 10 Miami to earn Mackey Award national tight end of the week honors. His 199 yards are a single-game UNC record for receiving yards by a tight end and the sixth-most by any Carolina player. The previous mark was 144 yards, set by Tony Blanchard against Wake Forest in 1968. Ebron scored on a 71-yard catch and run in the first quarter, his eighth career touchdown. • Ebron leads all ACC tight ends in both receptions per game (4.5) and yards receiving per game (70.4). In the overall ACC rankings, he is eighth in receptions per game and 10th in receiving yards per game. • Nationally, Ebron is ranked second among tight ends in receiving yards per game (70.4) and second in receptions per game (4.5) behind only Texas Tech’s Jace Amaro. ERIC EBRON - CAREER STATISTICS • Ebron caught six passes for 108 yards and a Year Rec. Yards Avg. TD LP touchdown against Georgia Tech. The touchdown, a 2011 10 207 20.7 1 47 one-handed 19-yard reception in the second quar- 2012 40 625 15.6 4 49 2013 50 774 15.5 3 71 ter, was featured on SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays. Totals 100 1,606 16.1 8 71 • Ebron finished with six catches for 70 yards and a touchdown at Virginia Tech.