University of North Carolina Athletics
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Wake Forest
Football Drops Seventh Straight With Loss To Wake
November 6, 1999 | Football
Nov. 6, 1999
By DAVID DROSCHAK
AP Sports Writer
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Wake Forest moved within one victory of qualifying for its first bowl since 1992, playing solid defense and error-free football in a 19-3 victory Saturday over reeling North Carolina.
Neither team showed much offensive imagination as the Demon Deacons (5-4, 2-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) snapped a nine-game losing streak against the Tar Heels (1-8, 0-6).
Wake Forest didn't need much of an offense as North Carolina's woes continued in half-filled Kenan Stadium. The Tar Heels dropped their seventh straight and fell to 0-5 at home.
With Wake Forest clinging to a 10-3 lead, Dustin Lyman came up with the biggest defensive play of the game. The senior linebacker sacked Luke Huard and recovered the quarterback's fumble at the North Carolina 29 midway through the third quarter.
Matthew Burdick's 29-yard field goal five plays later gave the Demon Deacons a 10-point lead and all but put the game away.
Burdick added two fourth-quarter field goals to close out the scoring.
The Tar Heels have scored a combined 25 points in their last four games since quarterback Ronald Curry was lost for the season with a ruptured Achilles tendon.
The teams traded field goals before scrambling Ben Sankey led the Demon Deacons on the only touchdown drive of the opening half.
His 27-yard completion to James Lik gave Wake Forest the ball near midfield, and Sankey used his legs to finish the 80-yard drive midway through the second quarter.
A 22-yard scramble on third down and a 19-yard option run set up his 5-yard scoring pass to Rhamen Love-Lane, whose first career reception was a TD.
The Tar Heels learned before the game that Antwon Black, switched from defensive back to quarterback when Curry went down a month ago, has mononucleosis and is lost for the season.
North Carolina tried tailback Domonique Williams in place of Huard late in the third quarter, but all it produced was boos from the crowd.
