2020 TAR HEEL FOOTBALL GAME NOTES THIS WEEK’S MATCHUP GAME ONE NORTH CAROLINA NO. 18 NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS (0-0) VS. Record: 0-0 (0-0) Conference: ACC SYRACUSE ORANGE (0-0) Head Coach: Mack Brown (Florida State ‘74) Twitt er: @CoachMackBrown Brown’s Overall Record: 251-128-1, 32nd year KENAN STADIUM (50,500) • CHAPEL HILL, N.C. Brown’s Record at UNC: 76-52-1, 12th year SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2020 • NOON (ACC NETWORK) SYRACUSE Record: 0-0 (0-0) Series vs. Syracuse: SU leads 3-2 Conference: ACC Head Coach: Dino Babers (Hawaii, '84) Series Streak: SU won two Overall Record: 60-42, ninth year Last Meeti ng: 2018 (L, 37-40 2OT) Record at Syracuse: 23-26, fi ft h year Last UNC Win: 2002 (W, 30-22) BROADCAST INFORMATION Kickoff : Noon ET GAME INFO TAR HEELS AND ORANGE BROWN VS. SYRACUSE ACCN: Wes Durham, play-by-play; Roddy Jones, • North Carolina and Syracuse will meet in the 2020 • Mack Brown is 1-1 all-ti me against Syracuse. analyst; Taylor Davis, sideline season opener on Saturday, Sept. 12 in Chapel Hill • UNC lost 20-9 in the fi rst ever game between the two schools on the football fi eld in 1995 in Kenan. Tar Heel Sports Network: Jones Angell, play-by-play; for a noon kickoff on ACC Network. • The following year the Tar Heels went into Central Brian Simmons, analyst; Lee Pace, sideline • The Tar Heels are coming off a 7-6 record in the New York and came away with a 27-10 victory. 2019 season. UNC defeated Temple, 55-13, in the Satellite Radio: Sirius (105), XM (193), Internet (955) Military Bowl to earn its fi rst winning season since PRESEASON RANKINGS Compass Media Radio: TJ Rives, play-by-play, Tiki 2016. • Carolina begins a season ranked for the fi rst ti me Barber, analyst • Syracuse posted a 5-7 overall record in 2019 and since 2016. The Tar Heels were selected No. 18 in went 2-6 against the ACC, winning two of its last the Associated Press top 25 poll, while the Amway Website: A live radio broadcast of the Tar Heel Sports Coaches Poll listed UNC at No. 19. three games against Duke and Wake Forest. Network is available on UNC’s offi cial athleti c web- site, GoHeels.com, as well as through the TuneIn app. • The two teams matched up as conference oppo- ACC PRESEASON POLL nents for the fi rst ti me ever in 2018 in a three-over- • Carolina is predicted to fi nish third in the ACC Pre- Online Informati on: GoHeels.com (North Carolina); ti me thriller that went to the host Orange, 40-37. season Poll. The Tar Heels trail only Clemson and Cuse.com (Syracuse) • Carolina last hosted Syracuse in the 2003 cam- Notre Dame in the 15-team poll. paign, and ironically enough, the Orange won in UNC SOCIAL MEDIA HUB ALL-ACC HONORS Hashtags: #CarolinaFootball | #BeTheOne three overti mes that day as well, 49-47. • Three Tar Heels, Michael Carter (All-Purpose), Dazz Twitt er:@TarHeelFootball • The Tar Heels fi rst win against the Orange was a Newsome (WR) and Chazz Surratt (LB), were named Instagram: @TarHeelFootball 27-10 win inside the Carrier Dome in 1996. Facebook: /TarHeelFootball to the 2020 Preseason All-ACC Football Team. • The fi rst meeti ng in the series was held in Chapel YouTube: /UNCTarHeelsAthleti cs Hill in 1995 and the result went in favor of the visit- UP NEXT UNC ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS ing Orange, 20-9. The game is probably best known • Carolina hosts its lone non-conference game of the Jeremy Sharpe Director of Football Communicati ons as the launch of the Donovan McNabb era at SU. season next Saturday against in-state foe Charlott e. (520) 275-9895 Kick off is slated for 3:30 pm on ACC Regional Sports [email protected] Network. Mark Kimmel Assistant Communicati ons Director (Secondary Football Contact) 2020 CAROLINA FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (919) 619-3344 DAY DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (TV) SPECIAL EVENT [email protected] Sat. Sept. 12 Syracuse* Chapel Hill Noon (ACCN) Mailing Addresses: Sat. Sept. 19 Charlotte Chapel Hill 3:30 p.m. (ACC RSN) Athletic Communications P.O. Box 2126 Sat. Oct. 3 at Boston College* Chestnut Hill, Mass. TBA Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Sat. Oct. 10 Virginia Tech* Chapel Hill TBA Athletic Communications - overnight Sat. Oct. 17 at Florida State* Tallahassee, Fla. TBA Second Floor, Media & Communications Center Sat. Oct. 24 NC State* Chapel Hill TBA 380 Skipper Bowles Drive Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Sat. Oct. 31 at Virginia* Charlottesville, Va. TBA Kenan Football Center Sat. Nov. 7 at Duke* Durham, N.C. TBA 1 Stone Center Dr. Sat. Nov. 14 Wake Forest* Chapel Hill TBA Chapel Hill, NC 27514 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 First Year of Football: 1888 First Game: Nov. 12, 1927, UNC 27, Davidson 0 Location: Chapel Hill, N.C. 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: 303-193-16 Surface: Synthetic Grass Conference: Atlantic Coast Chancellor: Kevin Guskiewicz CAROLINA HEAD COACHES POSTSEASON BOWL APPEARANCES Athletic Director: Bubba Cunningham Head Coach 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, Strength & Conditioning Carl Torbush 1997*-2000 3 17-18-0 defeated Tennessee, 30-27 (2OT) Head S&C Coach: Brian Hess Assistant S&C Coaches: A.J. Blue, Myles Brown, Jon Heck, John Bunting 2001-06 6 27-45-0 • 2011 Advocare V100 Independence Bowl, Dean Moege Butch Davis 2007-10 4 28^-23-0 lost to Missouri, 41-24 Everett Withers 2011 1 7-6-0 • 2013 Belk Bowl, defeated Cincinnati, 39-17 Business/Equipment Staff Larry Fedora 2012-18 7 45-43-0 • 2014 Quick Lane Bowl, lost to Rutgers, 40-21 Business Operations:Dominic Morelli Mack Brown 1988-1997, 2019 11 76-52-1 • 2015 Russell Athletic Bowl, lost to Baylor, 49-38 Equipment Manager: Jason Freeman Assistant Equipment Managers: Travis Hipps, Mike *Torbush coached Carolina’s final game in 1997 • 2016 Sun Bowl, lost to Stanford, 25-23 Mangili ^16 wins later vacated due to NCAA penalty (revised • 2019 Military Bowl, defeated Temple, 55-13 record 12-23-0) Operations Associate A.D./Football: Corey Holliday Director of Football Operations:Joe Haydon CAROLINA HEAD COACHES MOST WINS ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS Football Operations Assistant: Carrigan Bain, Mitchell 1.