CAROLINA FOOTBALL GAME NOTES NORTH CAROLINA QUICK FACTS GAME 8 Locaton: Chapel Hill, N.C. Enrollment: 18,523 (undergraduate) NORTH CAROLINA Founded: 1789 (1-6, 0-4 ACC) Nickname: Tar Heels School Colors: Carolina Blue & White Stadium (capacity): Kenan Stadium (63,000) VS. Surface: Natural Grass Conference: Atlantc Coast VIRGINIA TECH Chancellor: Carol L. Folt (5-1, 1-1 ACC) Athletc Director: Bubba Cunningham LANE STADIUM THIS WEEK’S MATCHUP BLACKSBURG, VA. NORTH CAROLINA OCT. 21, 2017 Record: 1-6, 0-4 Conference: ACC Head Coach: Larry Fedora (Austn College ‘85) GAME PREVIEW Twiter: @CoachFedora Carolina plays its second ACC road game of 2017 Saturday when the Tar Heels visit Lane Stadium to take Fedora’s Overall Record: 75-50, 10th season on No. 14 Virginia Tech at 3:30 p.m. on ESPN2. Fedora’s Record at UNC: 41-31, sixth season UNC fell to 1-6 on the year with a 20-14 loss to Virginia last weekend in Chapel Hill. Michael Carter VIRGINIA TECH rushed for a career-best 157 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Tar Heels, who had their seven-game Record: 5-1, 1-1 winning streak against Virginia snapped in the loss. Conference: ACC Virginia Tech was of last weekend, but the Hokies have risen to No. 14 in both natonal polls. In its last Head Coach: Justn Fuente on-feld acton, VT beat Boston College 23-10 in Chestnut Hill to improve to 5-1 and 1-1 in league play. Overall Record: 41-28, sixth season Freshman quarterback Josh Jackson threw for 322 yards and a score against the Eagles. Record at Virginia Tech: 15-5, second season CAROLINA-VIRGINIA TECH SERIES NOTES BROADCAST INFORMATION • Carolina and Virginia Tech are meetng for the 40th tme overall and 14th straight season since the Kickof: 3:30 p.m. Hokies joined the ACC. Virginia Tech leads the overall series, 21-12-6. Five of the six tes were scoreless. ESPN2: The last te was a 14-14 score in 1946. • Four of the last nine meetngs have been decided by a feld goal. Five of the last 10 have been decided Tar Heel Sports Network: Jones Angell, play-by-play; by a touchdown or less. Brian Simmons, analyst; Lee Pace, sideline • Last season in Chapel Hill, Jarod Evans threw for two touchdows and ran for a third as Virginia Tech won a top-25 showdown 34-3. Satellite Radio: XM 193, Sirius 108, Internet 964 • In the last meetng in Blacksburg, Carolina won 30-27 in overtme to clinch the ACC Coastal Division. Website: A live radio broadcast of the Tar Heel The Tar Heels led 24-10 in the fourth quarter before Virginia Tech mounted a tremendous comeback to Sports Network is available on UNC’s ofcial athletc te it in Frank Beamer's last home game. Afer a Virginia Tech feld goal in overtme, quarterback Marquise website, GoHeels.com. Williams found Quinshad Davis in the corner of the end zone for the winning score. • Carolina has not won consecutve games over Virginia Tech since winning fve straight from 1929 to Online Informaton: GoHeels.com (North Carolina); 1945. VirginiaSports.com (Virginia) • Carolina and Virginia Tech met at least twice in every decade from the 1890s to the 1940s. The teams met 25 tmes from 1890-1946 and 14 of those tmes at least one team did not score. UNC SOCIAL MEDIA HUB • Tar Heel great and College Football Hall of Fame member Charlie “Choo-Choo” Justce made his Hashtag: #GoHeels Twiter: @TarHeelFootball collegiate debut against Virginia Tech in a 14-14 te on September 28, 1946, in Kenan Stadium. Instagram: @TarHeelFootball • Eight current Tar Heels are from Virginia: defensive end Malik Carney (Alexandria), defensive tackle Facebook: /tarheels Jeremiah Clarke (Alexandria), defensive tackle Aaron Crawford (Ashburn), ofensive lineman Jay-Jay YouTube: /UNCTarHeelsAthletcs McCargo (Alexandria), wide receiver Dazz Newsome (Hampton), defensive end Tyler Powell (Midlothian), cornerback Patrice Rene (Alexandria) and cornerback M.J. Stewart (Arlington). 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 tme a reigning Heisman Trophy winner (Lamar Jackson) has played the Tar Heels since 1975 when Carolina faced Archie Grifn’s Ohio State Buckeyes in Columbus. Sat. Sept. 16 at Old Dominion Norfolk, Va. W, 53-23 • Carolina’s frst trip to Old Dominion. Heels have scored a combined 133 points in two wins over ODU. Sat. Sept. 23 Duke* Chapel Hill L, 17-27 • The earliest meetng with the Blue Devils in series history. The previous earliest meetng was Oct. 10, 1925. Sat. Sept. 30 at Georgia Tech* Atlanta, Ga. L, 7-33 • Carolina dropped just its second true road game in 12 tries with the 33-7 setback. Sat. Oct. 7 Notre Dame Chapel Hill L, 10-33 • Notre Dame’s seventh visit to Chapel Hill and frst since 2008, a 29-24 UNC victory; Irish scored 19 of the game's fnal 22 points to secure the win. CAROLINA FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Sat. Oct. 14 Virginia* Chapel Hill L, 14-20 Family Weekend/Rams Club Day/Health Awareness Day • Snapped a seven-game winning streak against the Cavaliers, UNC’s longest since a nine-game streak from 1974-82. Sat. Oct. 21 at Virginia Tech* Blacksburg, Va. 3:30 p.m., ESPN2 • Carolina won the Coastal Division ttle in its last visit to Blacksburg in 2015 with a 30-27 overtme 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 Pitsburgh* Pitsburgh, Pa. 7:30 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 Appreciaton Day • This is the frst meetng between the two schools. Western Carolina is located a litle more than four hours west of Chapel Hill in Cullowhee, N.C. Sat. Nov. 25 at NC State * Raleigh, N.C. TBD • Carolina and NC State will meet in the regular-season fnale for the third consecutve season. Sat. Dec. 2 ACC Championship Game Charlote, N.C. 7:45 p.m., ESPN or 8 p.m., ABC • Carolina earned its frst ACC ttle game appearance in 2015 against Clemson. 2017 CAROLINA FOOTBALL STAFF Head Coach Defensive Staf (f-feld level; pb-press box level) Operatons Head Coach: Larry Fedora (Austn College ‘85) Defensive Coordinator: John Papuchis (pb) Associate A.D./Football: Corey Holliday Twiter: @CoachFedora Linebackers: Mike Ekeler (f) Director of Football Operatons: Joe Haydon Fedora’s Overall Record: 75-50, 10th season Defensive Line: Deke Adams (f) Director of Kenan Football Center: James Spurling Fedora’s Record at UNC: 41-31, 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 Operatons Assistants: Dana Byrnes, Zack Craig, Andrew Graduate Assistant: Tony Gilbert Steele, Taylor Vippolis Ofensive Staf (f-feld level; pb-press box level) Quality Control: Kynjee’ Coton Assoc. HC/Ofensive Coordinator/OL: Chris Kapilovic (f) Player Personnel Co-Ofensive Coordinator/WRs: Gunter Brewer (f) Strength & Conditoning Director of High School Relatons: Jason Tudryn Passing Game Coordinator/QBs/Recruitng 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 Scot (pb) Assistant S&C Coach: A.J. Blue Head Athletc Trainer for Football: Luke Ross Graduate Assistant/Special Teams: Zach Hanson S&C Assistant: Zach Duprey Staf Athletc Trainers: Manny Andreoulakis, David Graduate Assistant: Jarrod James Mincberg Quality Control: Alex Marrs Business/Equipment Staf Nutritonist: Kelsee Gomes Business Operatons: 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 10 of its last 12 true road games dating to 2014 - wins at Georgia Tech, Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech, Florida State, NC State, Illinois, Florida State, Miami, Virginia and Old Dominion. CAROLINA FOOTBALL GAME NOTES UNC scored six rushing touchdowns against ODU, matching the most rushing scores for the Tar Heels under Larry Fedora. Sophomore TB Jordon Brown had a career-high 123 rushing yards and two TDs to lead the attack. Sophomore Anthony Ratliff-Williams set a school record with 199 kickoff return yards on five returns against Louisville. 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. Making his third straight start against Duke, Surratt finished 17 of 32 for 259 yards and a touchdown. He also ran for a 56-yard touchdown, the longest by a Carolina QB in 14 years. The redshirt freshman is third nationally among first-year players in both passing and total offense and is responsible for 10 touchdowns through six games.