Carolina Visits No. 14 Virginia Tech Saturday

Saturday, October 21

Blacksburg, Va.

3:30 PM

North Carolina

Virginia Tech

October 20, 2017 | Football

Game Notes Game Day Information

BLACKSBURG, Va. --- Carolina plays its second ACC road game of 2017 Saturday when the Tar Heels visit Lane Stadium to take on No. 14 Virginia Tech at 3:30 p.m. on ESPN2.

UNC fell to 1-6 on the year with a 20-14 loss to Virginia last weekend in Chapel Hill. Michael Carter rushed for a career-best 157 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Tar Heels, who had their seven-game winning streak against Virginia snapped in the loss.

Virginia Tech was off last weekend, but the Hokies have risen to No. 14 in both national polls. In its last on-field action, VT beat Boston College 23-10 in Chestnut Hill to improve to 5-1 and 1-1 in league play. Freshman quarterback Josh Jackson threw for 322 yards and a score against the Eagles.

AT A GLANCE
Records: North Carolina 1-6 (0-4 ACC), Virginia Tech 5-1 (1-1 ACC)
Rankings: Virginia Tech is ranked No. 14 in both major polls.
TV: ESPN2. Mark Neely (play-by-play), Tommy Tuberville (analyst) and Paul Carcaterra (sideline) have the call.
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network (click to listen), a division of Learfield Communications. Jones Angell (play-by-play), Brian Simmons (analyst) and Lee Pace (sideline) have the call.
On The Web: GoHeels.com | UNC Notes | VT Notes
Twitter: @TarHeelFootball, @CoachFedora | @VT_Football

CAROLINA-VIRGINIA TECH SERIES NOTES
• Carolina and Virginia Tech are meeting for the 40th time overall and 14th straight season since the Hokies joined the ACC. Virginia Tech leads the overall series, 21-12-6. Five of the six ties were scoreless. The last tie was a 14-14 score in 1946.
• Four of the last nine meetings have been decided by a field goal. Five of the last 10 have been decided by a touchdown or less.
• 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.
• In the last meeting in Blacksburg, Carolina won 30-27 in overtime to clinch the ACC Coastal Division. The Tar Heels led 24-10 in the fourth quarter before Virginia Tech mounted a tremendous comeback to tie it in Frank Beamer's last home game. After a Virginia Tech field goal in overtime, quarterback Marquise Williams found Quinshad Davis in the corner of the end zone for the winning score.
• Carolina has not won consecutive games over Virginia Tech since winning five straight from 1929 to 1945.
• Carolina and Virginia Tech met at least twice in every decade from the 1890s to the 1940s. The teams met 25 times from 1890-1946 and 14 of those times at least one team did not score.
• Tar Heel great and College Football Hall of Fame member Charlie "Choo-Choo" Justice made his collegiate debut against Virginia Tech in a 14-14 tie on September 28, 1946, in Kenan Stadium.
• Eight current Tar Heels are from Virginia: defensive end Malik Carney (Alexandria), defensive tackle Jeremiah Clarke (Alexandria), defensive tackle Aaron Crawford (Ashburn), offensive lineman Jay-Jay McCargo (Alexandria), wide receiver Dazz Newsome (Hampton), defensive end Tyler Powell (Midlothian), cornerback Patrice Rene (Alexandria) and cornerback M.J. Stewart (Arlington).