2020 TAR HEEL FOOTBALL GAME NOTES THIS WEEK’S MATCHUP GAME THREE NORTH CAROLINA NO. 8/9 NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS (2-0, 2-0 ACC) VS. Record: 2-0 (2-0) Conference: ACC NO. 17/18 VIRGINIA TECH (2-0, 2-0 ACC) Head Coach: Mack Brown (Florida State ‘74) Twitter: @CoachMackBrown Brown’s Overall Record: 253-128-1, 32nd year KENAN STADIUM (50,500) • CHAPEL HILL, N.C. 78-52-1, 12th year Brown’s Record at UNC: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2020 • NOON (ABC) VIRGINIA TECH Record: 2-0 (2-0) Series vs. Virginia Tech: VT leads 24-12-6 Conference: ACC Head Coach: Justin Fuente (Murray State, '99) Series Streak: VT won four straight Overall Record: 61-43, ninth year Last Meeting: 2019 (L, 41-43, 6OT) Record at Virginia Tech: 35-20, fifth year Last UNC Win: 2015 (W, 30-27, OT) BROADCAST INFORMATION Kickoff: Noon ET GAME INFO TAR HEELS AND HOKIES CAROLINA IN THE POLLS ABC: Bob Wischusen, play-by-play; Dan Orlovsky, • Carolina and Virginia Tech meet for the 17th suc- • Carolina is ranked No. 8 in the Associated Press analyst; Marty Smith, sideline cessive season on the football field on Saturday, Oct. poll this week. It's the highest ranking for the pro- 10 at noon on ABC. gram since it was No. 8 heading into the 2015 ACC Tar Heel Sports Network: Jones Angell, play-by-play; Brian Simmons, analyst; Lee Pace, sideline • The Tar Heels are coming off a thrilling 26-22 road Championship game. The Tar Heels sit at No. 9 in win at Boston College last Saturday. the Amway Coaches Poll. Satellite Radio: Sirius (XXX), XM (XXX), Internet • Virginia Tech won 38-31 at Duke. (XXX) • Last year, in what turned out to be the longest BROWN VS. VIRGINIA TECH game in ACC football history, host Virginia Tech • Mack Brown is 1-1 all-time against Virginia Tech. Website: A live radio broadcast of the Tar Heel Sports outlasted the Tar Heels, 43-41, in six overtimes in At Tulane, Brown defeated Virginia Tech, 57-38, in Network is available on UNC’s official athletic web- Blacksburg, Va. Sam Howell tied a UNC freshman 1987. Last year, the Tar Heels lost 43-41 in six over- site, GoHeels.com, as well as through the TuneIn app. quarterback record with five touchdown passes. times to the Hokies. • UNC is 4-8-2 at home against Virginia Tech. That • Brown never faced Virginia Tech during his first Online Information: GoHeels.com (North Carolina); includes a 1-7 mark since the Hokies joined the At- stint as head coach at North Carolina, however, the HokieSports.com (Virginia Tech) lantic Coast Conference for the 2004 season. two teams did square off in the Gator Bowl at the • Carolina's last win in Chapel Hill against the Hokies end of the 1997 season. UNC SOCIAL MEDIA HUB was a 48-34 result in 2012. Giovani Bernard rushed #CarolinaFootball | #BeTheOne Hashtags: for a personal-best 262 yards and QB Bryn Renner Twitter:@TarHeelFootball UP NEXT finished 17 of 30 for 194 yards with a touchdown Instagram: @TarHeelFootball • Carolina is scheduled to visit Florida State on Sat- Facebook: /TarHeelFootball pass and a 4-yard scoring rush. urday, Oct. 17. YouTube: /UNCTarHeelsAthletics • The series dates back to 1895 when the Tar Heels won 32-5 at a neutral site. In fact, 16 of the first 20 UNC ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS meetings were played at a neutral site with the oth- Jeremy Sharpe Director of Football Communications er four played in Chapel Hill. (520) 275-9895 • The first meeting in Chapel Hill came in 1900, a [email protected] 0-0 draw. Mark Kimmel Assistant Communications Director (Secondary Football Contact) (919) 619-3344 [email protected] 2020 CAROLINA FOOTBALL SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (TV) SPECIAL EVENT Mailing Addresses: Athletic Communications Sat. Sept. 12 Syracuse* Chapel Hill W, 31-6 P.O. Box 2126 Sat. Sept. 19 Charlotte Chapel Hill Canceled Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Sat. Oct. 3 at Boston College* Chestnut Hill, Mass. W, 26-22 Athletic Communications - overnight Sat. Oct. 10 Virginia Tech* Chapel Hill TBA Second Floor, Media & Communications Center 380 Skipper Bowles Drive Sat. Oct. 17 at Florida State* Tallahassee, Fla. TBA Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Sat. Oct. 24 NC State* Chapel Hill TBA Kenan Football Center Sat. Oct. 31 at Virginia* Charlottesville, Va. TBA 1 Stone Center Dr. Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Sat. Nov. 7 at Duke* Durham, N.C. TBA Sat. Nov. 14 Wake Forest* Chapel Hill TBA Fri. Nov. 27 Notre Dame* Chapel Hill TBA Sat. Dec. 5 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: 304-193-16 Surface: Synthetic Grass Conference: Atlantic Coast CAROLINA HEAD COACHES Chancellor: Kevin Guskiewicz 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 W.S. Keinholz 1906 1 1-4-2 Offensive Staff • 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 Stacey Searels Offensive Line: W.C. Martin 1912 1 3-4-1 Analyst: Josh Snow • 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 Jay Bateman Co-Defensive Coordinator/Safeties: Carl Snavely 1934-35, 1945-52 10 59-35-5 Co-Defensive Coordinator/ILBs: Tommy Thigpen • 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 Steven King Quality Control (Special Teams): George Barclay 1953-55 3 11-18-1 Analyst: Preston Mason • 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 • 2011 Advocare V100 Independence Bowl, Strength & Conditioning 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 78-52-1 • 2015 Russell Athletic Bowl, lost to Baylor, 49-38 Business/Equipment Staff *Torbush coached Carolina’s final game in 1997 • 2016 Sun Bowl, lost to Stanford, 25-23 Business Operations:Dominic Morelli 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.