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CAROLINA FOOTBALL GAME NOTES NORTH CAROLINA QUICK FACTS GAME 3 Location: Chapel Hill, N.C. Enrollment: 18,523 (undergraduate) NORTH CAROLINA Founded: 1789 (0-2, 0-1 ACC) Nickname: Tar Heels School Colors: Carolina Blue & White Stadium (capacity): Kenan Stadium (63,000) VS. Surface: Natural Grass Conference: Atlantic Coast OLD DOMINION Chancellor: Carol L. Folt (2-0, 0-0 C-USA) Athletic Director: Bubba Cunningham THIS WEEK’S MATCHUP FOREMAN FIELD NORTH CAROLINA NORFOLK, VA. Record: 0-2 SEPT. 16, 2017 Conference: ACC Head Coach: Larry Fedora (Austin College ‘85) GAME PREVIEW Twitter: @CoachFedora Carolina hits the road for the first time in 2017 when the Tar Heels visit Foreman Field to face Old Fedora’s Overall Record: 74-46, 10th season Dominion Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Fedora’s Record at UNC: 40-27, sixth season Carolina fell to 0-2 on the year with last week's 47-35 loss to No. 17/16 Louisville. Quarterbacks OLD DOMINION Brandon Harris and Chazz Surratt combined to complete 29 of 37 passes for 384 yards and three touch- Record: 2-0 downs in the game, and senior Austin Proehl established career highs of eight catches and 120 receiving Conference: C-USA yards. Head Coach: Bobby Wilder Old Dominion is 2-0 after a scrappy 17-7 win at UMass last week. The Monarchs recorded a school- Overall Record: 69-30, ninth year record eight sacks and limited UMass to just 332 yards of total offense in the victory. Jonathan Duhart Record at ODU: same scored his 19th career touchdown to help ODU stay undefeated on the year. Saturday's game will be televised by the Stadium network. BROADCAST INFORMATION Kickoff: 3:30 p.m. ROAD OPENER Stadium: Ron Thulin, play-by-play; Max Starks, • Carolina has won back-to-back road openers - last year's victory at Illinois and the 2015 win at analyst Georgia Tech. • Last season, UNC scored a convincing 48-23 win in Champaign. Mitch Trubisky completed 19 of 24 Tar Heel Sports Network: Jones Angell, play-by-play; passes for 265 yards and two touchdowns and ran for two more as the Tar Heels pulled away in the Brian Simmons, analyst; Lee Pace, sideline fourth quarter to rout the Illini. Elijah Hood added a pair of rushing scores, including a 62-yarder late. • In 2015, Marquise Williams led the Tar Heels to their biggest comeback in program history when Satellite Radio: XM 201, Sirius 108, Internet 961 Carolina rallied from 21-0 down to beat Georgia Tech 38-31 in Atlanta. Williams tossed a pair of touch- Website: A live radio broadcast of the Tar Heel downs and caught another from Quinshad Davis in the victory, which sparked a perfect 8-0 ACC season. Sports Network is available on UNC’s official athletic website, GoHeels.com. CAROLINA-ODU SERIES NOTES/CONNECTIONS • Saturday will be just the second meeting between Carolina and Old Dominion on the gridiron. Online Information: GoHeels.com (North Carolina); • UNC won the only previous matchup 80-20 in Chapel Hill in 2013. The Tar Heels led just 14-13 after ODUSports.com (Old Dominion) one quarter, but outscored the Monarchs 35-0 in the second quarter. T.J. Logan returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown and Ryan Switzer scored three times, including a 64-yard punt return for a score. UNC SOCIAL MEDIA HUB Hashtag: #GoHeels The punt return TD was his fourth in three games, tying an NCAA record for consecutive games with a Twitter:@TarHeelFootball punt return score. Instagram: @TarHeelFootball • The 80 points scored established a new school record and were two shy of the ACC record for points Facebook: /tarheels in a game. YouTube: /UNCTarHeelsAthletics • The Tidewater region of Virginia has long been a fertile recruiting ground for Carolina. A short list of Tar Heels from the area includes NFL Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor (Williamsburg), two-time ACC Player of the Year Mike Voight (Chesapeake), two-time All-America defensive tackle William Fuller (Chesapeake), linebacker Dwight Hollier (Hampton), four-time 1,000-yard back Amos Lawrence (Norfolk), three-time first-team All-America cornerback Dre' Bly (Chesapeake) and record-setting quarterback Ronald Curry (Hampton). 2017 CAROLINA FOOTBALL SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT SITE RESULT/TIME, TV SPECIAL EVENT Sat. Sept. 2 California Chapel Hill L, 30-35 Home Opener • Tar Heels outscored 21-13 in the second half to drop season opener. Sat. Sept. 9 Louisville* Chapel Hill L, 35-47 1992 Football Reunion • First time a reigning Heisman Trophy winner (Lamar Jackson) has played the Tar Heels since 1975 when Carolina faced Archie Griffin’s Ohio State Buckeyes in Columbus. Sat. Sept. 16 at Old Dominion Norfolk, Va. 3:30 p.m., Stadium • Carolina’s first trip to Old Dominion. The Tar Heels scored a school-record 80 points against the Monarchs in Kenan Stadium in 2013. Sat. Sept. 23 Duke* Chapel Hill 3:30 p.m., ESPNU • This is the earliest meeting with the Blue Devils in series history. The previous earliest meeting was Oct. 10, 1925. Sat. Sept. 30 at Georgia Tech* Atlanta, Ga. TBD • Carolina ended an eight-game road losing streak to the Yellow Jackets in 2015 with a 38-31 come-from-behind victory. Sat. Oct. 7 Notre Dame Chapel Hill TBD • This is Notre Dame’s seventh visit to Chapel Hill and first since 2008, a 29-24 UNC victory. CAROLINA FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Sat. Oct. 14 Virginia* Chapel Hill TBD Family Weekend/Rams Club Day/Health Awareness Day • Carolina has won seven in a row against the Cavaliers, UNC’s longest winning streak since a nine-game streak from 1974-82. Sat. Oct. 21 at Virginia Tech* Blacksburg, Va. TBD • Carolina won the Coastal Division title in its last visit to Blacksburg in 2015 with a 30-27 overtime victory. Sat. Oct. 28 Miami* Chapel Hill TBD Homecoming/Monogram Day • Carolina has won two in a row over the Hurricanes and sports an 11-9 overall record against Miami. Thurs. Nov. 9 at Pittsburgh* Pittsburgh, Pa. 8 p.m., ESPN • Tar Heels have won four in a row over the Panthers, including last season’s 37-36 comeback win in Chapel Hill. Sat. Nov. 18 Western Carolina Chapel Hill TBD Senior Day/Military Appreciation Day • This is the first meeting between the two schools. Western Carolina is located a little more than four hours west of Chapel Hill in Cullowhee, N.C. Sat. Nov. 25 at NC State * Raleigh, N.C. • Carolina and NC State will meet in the regular-season finale for the third consecutive season. Sat. Dec. 2 ACC Championship Game Charlotte, N.C. 7:45 p.m., ESPN or 8 p.m., ABC • Carolina earned its first ACC title game appearance in 2015 against Clemson. 2017 CAROLINA FOOTBALL STAFF Head Coach Defensive Staff (f-field level; pb-press box level) Operations Head Coach: Larry Fedora (Austin College ‘85) Defensive Coordinator: John Papuchis (pb) Associate A.D./Football: Corey Holliday Twitter: @CoachFedora Linebackers: Mike Ekeler (f) Director of Football Operations:Joe Haydon Fedora’s Overall Record: 74-46, 10th season Defensive Line: Deke Adams (f) Director of Kenan Football Center: James Spurling Fedora’s Record at UNC: 40-27, sixth season Defensive Backs: Terry Joseph (f) Director of S-A Development: Ochuko Jenije 2016 Record: 8-5 overall, 5-3 ACC Coastal (T2nd) Graduate Assistant: Rod Ojong Operations Assistants:Dana Byrnes, Zack Craig, Andrew Graduate Assistant: Tony Gilbert Steele, Taylor Vippolis Offensive Staff (f-field level; pb-press box level) Quality Control: Kynjee’ Cotton Assoc. HC/Offensive Coordinator/OL:Chris Kapilovic (f) Player Personnel Co-Offensive Coordinator/WRs: Gunter Brewer (f) Strength & Conditioning Director of High School Relations: Jason Tudryn Passing Game Coordinator/QBs/Recruiting Head S&C Coach: Lou Hernandez Director of Player Personnel: John Mark Hamilton Coordinator: Keith Heckendorf (pb) Assistant S&C Coach: Simon Haake Running Backs: DeAndre Smith (f) Assistant S&C Coach: Dean Moege Sports Medicine Tight Ends/Hybrids: Chad Scott (pb) Assistant S&C Coach: A.J. Blue Head Athletic Trainer for Football:Luke Ross Graduate Assistant/Special Teams: Zach Hanson S&C Assistant: Zach Duprey Staff Athletic Trainers:Manny Andreoulakis, David Graduate Assistant: Jarrod James Mincberg Quality Control: Alex Marrs Business/Equipment Staff Nutritionist:Kelsee Gomes Business Operations:Dominic Morelli Equipment Manager: Jason Freeman Video & Technology Assistant Equipment Manager: Travis Hipps Director of Video & Technology: Chris Luke IT Services: Andrew Gibson Assistant Video Director: Darryl Sanders Special Projects/Graphics: Jordan Sain QUICK HITS Carolina has won nine of its last 10 true road games, including wins at Georgia Tech, Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech, Florida State, NC State, Illinois, Florida State, Miami and Virginia. CAROLINA FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Sophomore Anthony Ratliff-Williams set a school record with 199 kickoff return yards on five returns. The previous record was 184 yards (eight returns) by Marcus Wall vs. Clemson in 1994. Ratliff-Williams had a 94-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, his first career touchdown, in the third quarter. He was named ACC Specialist of the Week for his efforts. Chazz Surratt completed 12 of 14 passes for 168 yards and two touchdowns against Louisville to earn ACC Rookie of the Week honors. Tom Sheldon averaged 53.5 yards on four punts against Louisville. He hit a career-long 66-yarder in the second quarter and three of his four punts were downed inside the UL 20. He was named Ray Guy Award National Punter of the week for his efforts. Senior Austin Proehl set career highs with eight catches and 120 receiving yards against Louisville. His previous highs were seven catches vs.