Sept. 7, 1999
GAME DATA
Carolina, 0-1 after a 20-17 loss to Virginia, takes to the road for the first time in 1999 with a September 11 game at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind.
The Hoosiers opened their season last week with a 21-9 home win over Ball State.
Gametime is 7 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (6 p.m. in Bloomington, which stays on Eastern Standard Time year-round).
The game is not televised. Woody Durham, Mick Mixon and 1993 UNC captain Rick Steinbacher call the game on the Tar Heel Sports Radio Network. The flagship station of the network is WCHL, 1360-AM, in Chapel Hill.
The Tar Heels will leave for Bloomington on Friday. The team is staying at the Four Winds Resort Marina on Lake Monroe in Bloomington. The hotel is approximately 15-20 minutes from campus.
Day Date Opponent Result Time, TV
Sat. Sept. 4 Virginia, L 17-20 12:10 p.m., ABC
Sat. Sept. 11 at Indiana 7 p.m.
Sat. Sept. 25 Florida State 3:30 p.m., ABC
Sat. Oct. 2 at Clemson
Sat. Oct. 9 at Georgia Tech
Sat. Oct. 16 Houston 1:30 p.m.
Sat. Oct. 23 at Maryland
Sat. Oct. 30 Furman 1:30 p.m.
Sat. Nov. 6 Wake Forest
Thu. Nov. 11 vs. NC State 8 p.m., ESPN
Sat. Nov. 20 Duke
All Times Eastern, NC State game in Charlotte, N.C.
HEAD COACH CARL TORBUSH
Tar Heel Head Coach
Carl Torbush is in
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East Spencer, N.C., native Carl Torbush is in his second full season as head coach of the Tar Heels. Torbush, 47, was named Carolina's head coach on Dec. 8, 1997. He led the Tar Heels to a 42-3 win over Virginia Tech in the Gator Bowl on Jan. 1, 1998. Last year, Carolina overcame a 0-3 start to post a 7-5 overall record and tie for fourth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference. That included a 20-13 win over San Diego State in the Las Vegas Bowl.
Torbush became the first UNC head coach to lead the school to a bowl game in his first year. He also became the only coach in school history to lead Carolina to the postseason after starting out 0-3.
Torbush is in his 12th season as Carolina's defensive coordinator. Fifteen players from the 1997 defense that was No. 2 in the nation in total yards allowed were on NFL training camp rosters in July 1999. That included first-round draft picks Greg Ellis (Dallas), Brian Simmons (Cincinnati), Vonnie Holliday (Green Bay) and Ebenezer Ekuban (Dallas) and second-round picks Russell Davis (Chicago) and Dre' Bly (St. Louis).
Torbush is 8-6 as Carolina's head coach and 11-14 overall as a college head coach. Louisiana Tech was 3-8 in 1987 in his first stint as head coach.
VERSUS INDIANA
Carolina won the only previous meeting between the two schools, 23-6, on Sept. 6, 1997, in Chapel Hill. The game was Cam Cameron's first as head coach of the Hoosiers. Cameron is a native of Chapel Hill. He spent most of his youth in Terre Haute, Ind., however.
Senior tailback Jonathan Linton rushed for 121 yards and a touchdown and quarterback Chris Keldorf added two passing touchdowns to lead the Tar Heel attack. One of the touchdown receptions was a 17-yarder by tight end Alge Crumpler.
Keldorf's first passing score, a 26-yarder to Octavus Barnes, came one play after Dre' Bly began the third quarter by intercepting a Jay Rodgers pass.
The Tar Heels outgained the Hoosiers, 338-172. Indiana tailback Jason Spear gained 121 yards, including 53 on a trick play in which the ball was directly snapped to Spear as Rodgers faked getting a play call from the sideline.
Indiana's linebackers coach Ron Burton lettered at UNC from 1983-86. Burton was team captain and was voted the best defensive lineman in 1986 when the Tar Heels played in the Aloha Bowl. After a five-year NFL career, he began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at UNC in 1992 and 1993. This is his third year on Cam Cameron's staff at IU.
VERSUS THE BIG TEN
The Tar Heels are 10-6 against teams currently in the Big Ten Conference. That includes a 2-0 record against Illinois and Northwestern, 2-1 against Michigan, 1-0 against Indiana and Penn State, 1-2 against Michigan State and 1-3 against Ohio State.
The 1997 win over Indiana is the only time this decade the Tar Heels have played a team from the Big Ten.
Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany played basketball at Carolina under Dean Smith from 1968-70.
SEE YOU AT THE MEADOWLANDS
Carolina quarterback Ronald Curry and Indiana signal-caller Antwaan Randle-El are scheduled to face each other again on December 21 when the Tar Heels and Hoosiers meet in a men's basketball game in East Rutherford, N.J. The game is part of a doubleheader in the annual Jimmy V Classic in honor of former NC State coach Jim Valvano.
Curry played in 26 basketball contests as a freshman. He had 13 points, seven assists and five rebounds in his first collegiate start at point guard against Georgia Tech on Jan. 31st.
RECAPPING THE VIRGINIA GAME
Carolina's 20-17 loss to Virginia marked the first time UNC had dropped consecutive season openers since it lost six straight from 1964-69. It is the first time UNC has dropped back-to-back home openers since 1964-65.
The Tar Heels scored on an interception return against Virginia for the fourth season in a row. Safety Antwon Black stepped in front of a Dan Ellis pass late in the first half and returned it 89 yards for a touchdown to give Carolina a 9-3 lead at intermission. Dre' Bly scored on interception returns of 51 and 17 yards in 1996 and 1997, respectively. Steve Fisher had a 37-yard return against the Wahoos in 1998.
Three Tar Heels recorded their first career interceptions -- cornerback Errol Hood and safeties Antwon Black and Billy-Dee Greenwood. Hood's ended a Virginia drive at the Carolina 2-yard line, Black returned his for a touchdown and Greenwood's set up UNC's game-tying score in the fourth quarter.
This was the second consecutive regular-season game in which the Tar Heels picked off three passes. Carolina intercepted NC State's Jamie Barnette three times in Charlotte last November. The pickoffs were made by Steve Fisher (2) and Dre' Bly. The Tar Heels also intercepted three passes last year against Wake Forest.
Carolina did not have three interceptions for the entire season until the fifth game of the 1998 season (two in the season opener against Miami and one against Pittsburgh).
Six true freshmen played against Virginia. Tailback Daniel Davis and defensive tackle Jeb Terry played a few snaps on plays from scrimmage, but did not have a carry or tackle, respectively. Sam Aiken, Robert Harris, Malcolm Stewart and Kevin Knight played on special teams.
DE Julius Peppers, OG Isaac Morford, WR Chesley Borders, DE Eric Davis, CB Jason Horton, S Marcus Jones, S Nathan Sutton and S J.P. Bomar also saw their first action as Tar Heels.
Sutton is a sophomore, who was red-shirted in 1997 and was injured in 1998, Bomar and Horton are non-scholarship sophomores, Thornton is a junior walk-on, the others are red-shirt freshmen.
Tailback Anthony Saunders scored his first collegiate touchdown. The Greensboro, N.C., native caught an 18-yard touchdown pass from Ronald Curry in the fourth quarter. The reception was the first of Saunders' collegiate career.
Rufus Brown rushed 18 times for 74 yards. That is his third-highest single-game rushing as a Tar Heel. He had 143 yards at Wake Forest and 83 yards at Duke as a freshmen.
Six Tar Heels had receptions, including Jason Peace, who returned from knee surgery to catch a team-high four passes for 71 yards.
Carolina scored on a two-point pass for the second game in a row. Quarterback Ronald Curry scrambled and found Dauntae' Finger in the end zone for the two-point conversion that tied the game at 17-17 early in the final period.
Last year in the Las Vegas Bowl, quarterback Oscar Davenport connected with Kory Bailey for a two-point play.
Defensive end Ross McAllister registered his first career sack when he trapped Dan Ellis for a one-yard loss. McAllister pressured Ellis into making two bad passes and played his finest overall game as a Tar Heel.
Linebacker Merceda Perry and safety Quinton Savage led the Tar Heels in tackles. Both players had their finest collegiate games. Perry made 16 tackles (nine solo) and forced two bad passes when he leveled quarterback Dan Ellis with blitzes. Savage made 10 solo hits among his 15 tackles and added a pass breakup.
All-America and Butkus Award candidate Brandon Spoon had two tackles for losses for four yards among his 10 tackles. One of his tackles for losses came against Thomas Jones, Virginia's sensational running back.
Brian Schmitz averaged 42.4 yards on eight punts. That is the 14th straight game in which Schmitz has averaged 40 yards or better (including two bowl games). Schmitz pinned the Cavaliers at their 4-yard line early in the fourth quarter. Moments later, the Tar Heels picked off a pass deep in Cavalier territory to set upm the game-tying touchdown. He also kicked a 60-yarder from his own end zone with just over 3:00 to play.
Wide receiver Jason Peace, playing in his first game since injuring his knee last September, had four receptions for 71 yards. That is his third-highest receiving yardage game as a Tar Heel. In 1997, he caught five for 105 yards at Maryland and six for 93 yards at Georgia Tech.
A common denominator in Carolina's last three losses to Virginia has been the inability to get to the quarterback. Carolina had three sacks for 26 yards in 1997 in the 48-20 win over the Cavaliers. In 1996 and 1998 losses, the Tar Heels did not register a sack. Saturday, Ross McAllister had the only sack for a one-yard loss.
Carolina lost on a last-minute field goal for the third time in 13 games. Last year, in the season-opening game game against Miami (Ohio), the Tar Heels lost, 13-10, on a 37-yard field goal by John Scott with one second to play. The next week, at Stanford, Kevin Miller booted a 20-yard field goal as time expired to beat the Tar Heels, 37-34. Saturday, Virginia's Todd Braverman slipped a 50-yarder just over the cross bar with 27 seconds remaining.
Carolina converted 6 of 17 third-down chances, a percentage of .353. Three of the six conversions came on Carolina's opening possession that ended with a 39-yard field goal by Josh McGee. Virginia's offense converted only three of 13 chances, a percentage of .231.
The loss was just Carolina's third in Kenan Stadium against Virginia in the last 31 years (1988 and 1990) and the first in four games.
UNC now leads the series, 55-45-4.
BLACK FINDS END ZONE -- AGAIN!
Antwon Black, a junior safety from Central, S.C., has a remarkable knack for the dramatic and a nose for the end zone. Black has scored three touchdowns in three seasons -- and none of them on offense!
As a freshman, Black recovered a blocked punt and returned it seven yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter of a 28-17 win over Stanford.
Last year, Black picked a Georgia Tech fumble out of the air (on a botched field goal) and raced 81 yards for a score on the final play of the first half.
Saturday against Virginia, Black intercepted a pass at the Carolina 11-yard line and sprinted 89 yards for a score with 12 seconds to play in the first half.
Black has now scored at both ends of Kenan Stadium after his touchdown into the east end zone Saturday.
The 89-yard interception return against the Cavaliers is the third-longest in UNC history and the longest by a Tar Heel in an ACC contest.
The only longer interception returns by Tar Heels are Bob Gantt's 100-yarder vs. William and Mary in 1950 and Reggie Love's 100-yarder against Tulane in 1994.
The last Tar Heel to score on both fumble and interception returns in his career was Oscar Sturgis. He scored on a 3-yard fumble return against Wake Forest in 1993 and a 10-yard interception return against Tulane in 1994.
The last Tar Heel to score on interception and punt returns was Cliff Baskerville. He recovered a blocked punt for a score in 1989 against Georgia Tech and scored the game-winning touchdown on a 44-yard interception return against Mississippi State in the Peach Bowl following the 1992 season.
Black is the first Tar Heel to score on a punt return, fumble return and interception return since Norris Davis accounted for five defensive touchdowns in 1987. Davis had a 19-yard interception return against Illinois, 27-yard fumble return against Navy, a 6-yard blocked punt return against Auburn, a fumble recovery in the end zone against NC State, and a 26-yard blocked punt return against Maryland. Davis, a defensive back, was Carolina's third-leading scorer that season.
CURRY'S OPENING GAME
Sophomore quarterback Ronald Curry completed only 10 of 28 pass attempts, but averaged 14.7 yards per completion and accounted for 202 of Carolina's 292 total offense yards.
Curry rushed for 73 yards on 13 carries, but was sacked three times for 18 yards to account for 55 net rushing yards. He had a pair of 24-yard completions to Jason Peace and Greg Harris, but his finest throws came just moments apart early in the final quarter.
Trailing 17-9 and facing third-and-10 at the Cavalier 18-yard line, Curry scrambled and found tailback Anthony Saunders wide open at the goal line for an 18-yard TD pass. Winded after the wild scramble, Curry opted for a timeout to set up a two-point play. One of Curry's original targets was held (prompting a flag), forcing him to again scramble. This time he made a Virginia defensive end miss him three times, buying enough time for tight end Dauntae' Finger to slide into open space and receive Curry's toss for the two-point conversion.
GREENWOOD DOMINATES ON DEFENSE
Billy-Dee Greenwood, a sophomore safety from Norwalk, Conn., played his finest game as a Tar Heel. Greenwood had 10 tackles, had an interception and broke up a team-high three passes. The interception, his first at Carolina, came at the UVa 30-yard line and set up Carolina's fourth quarter, game-tying touchdown.
Billy-Dee made a lot of big-time plays," says head coach Carl Torbush. "He broke up passes, had the big interception late in the game and was all over the field. He ran really well to the ball. He has a chance to be a really good player."
PERRY'S CAREER GAME
Merceda Perry, a junior linebacker from Asheboro, N.C., was credited with a career-high 16 tackles against Virginia. It was just the second time in his career that he made 10 or more tackles in a game. His previous career high was 11 in 1998 against Georgia Tech.
SPOON'S 11TH DOUBLE-DIGIT GAME
Senior All-America candidate Brandon Spoon had 10 tackles against the Cavaliers. That was the 11th time in his career he has posted 10 or more tackles in a contest. He had two such games as a sophomore in 1997 and eight (including the Las Vegas Bowl) in 1998.
Spoon also had two tackles for losses against the Cavaliers. That is the fourth time in his career he has multiple tackles behind the line of scrimmage in a game. He also had two against Maryland in 1997 and 1998 and against Clemson in 1998.
INJURY REPORT
Wide receiver Danny Davis injured his right hamstring and is doubtful for the game at Indiana. Davis suffered the injury on a long pass attempt by Ronald Curry. Davis just missed getting to the 60-plus yard heave by Curry.
Tailback Rufus Brown sprained his left toe early in the game. He is probable for the game at Indiana.
CAROLINA
had 50 former players on NFL training camp rosters. Seventy-four (74) percent of those Tar Heel players on NFL rosters graduated from UNC (compared to the NFL average of 30 percent)
was one of only 12 schools in Division I last season that played in a postseason bowl game and earned the AFCA's Achievement Award for Graduation Rates
is the only Division I football program in the country that has won a postseason bowl game in each of the last four seasons
has played in a postseason bowl game in a school-record seven consecutive seasons
is the 11th-winningest program in the country in the last seven years (more wins than Colorado, Miami (Fla.), BYU, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, Virginia, Arizona, Wisconsin, Washington, Georgia, UCLA, Southern California, Texas, Clemson and NC State)
has posted a winning record in nine consecutive seasons, tying the school record
has had five consensus All-Americas in the last four years
has had 18 players selected in the NFL Draft over the past three seasons (five in 1997, seven in 1998 and six in 1999)
is the only ACC school to have at least one player selected in every NFL Draft since 1971
produced 59 players who played in the NFL that played at Carolina in Carl Torbush's 12 years on the coaching staff
SPOON A PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA
Senior linebacker Brandon Spoon was named to Playboy's 1999 Preseason All-America Team. The Burlington, N.C., native is the leading returning tackler in the ACC. He made 138 tackles in 1998 and has 239 career tackles. Those career stops include 8.5 quarterback sacks and nine other tackles for losses.
Spoon is rated the fourth-best linebacker in the country by The Sporting News.
BUTKUS LIST NAMES SPOON AGAIN
randon Spoon is one of 65 candidates named to the preliminary list for the Butkus Award, which is presented annually to college football's top linebacker by the Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando, Fla.
The award is named after Hall of Fame Chicago Bears linebacker Dick Butkus.
Spoon is the only player among the 65 nominated who has been on the preseason list three times. Seventeen players are making their second appearance on the preliminary listing.
The watch list will be trimmed to 10 semifinalists on October 21. Three finalists will be announced on November 11 and the winner will be announced on Friday, December 10th in Orlando.
Spoon is one of six ACC linebackers named to the list this year.
CURRY ONE OF CNN/SI'S 10 TO WATCH
Sophomore quarterback Ronald Curry was named to a very unique list of athletes/sports personalities. CNN/Sports Illustrated named the Hampton, Va., native one of "10 to Watch" in 1999. The other nine extraordinary athletes include: Arizona Diamondbacks & Phoenix Suns owner Jerry Colangelo, Minnesota Vikings rookie quarterback Daunte Culpepper, St. Louis Cardinals centerfielder J.D. Drew, NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., Seattle Mariners star Ken Griffey Jr., Montreal Expos outfielder Vladimir Guerrero, Indiana quarterback Antwaan Randle-El, Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams and women's tennis player Serena Williams.
LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE
Head Coach Carl Torbush announced a 21-player Leadership Committee that will serve as captains for the 1999 season. Game captains will be selected from this group for each week's games and permanent team captains will be selected at the conclusion of the season. The players were selected by a vote of their teammates. At least one player from each position group is selected, plus two players from the freshman class.
The 1999 Leadership Committee includes:
safety Antwon Black, center Ryan Carfley, tight end Alge Crumpler, quarterback Ronald Curry, fullback Deon Dyer, defensive end Joey Evans, safety Billy-Dee Greenwood, wide receiver Greg Harris, deep snapper Jason Helton, offensive guard Bryan Jones, defensive end Ross McAllister, place-kicker Josh McGee, offensive tackle Allen Mogridge, wide receiver Jason Peace, defensive tackle Sherrod Peace, fullback Ronnie Robinson, punter/place-kicker Brian Schmitz, defensive lineman Teto Simpson, linebacker Brandon Spoon, offensive guard David Stevenson and defensive end Malcolm Stewart.
DEPTH CHART NOTES
Sixty (60) players are listed on the positional depth chart heading into the Indiana game (special teams not included).
Of the 60 players, there are 12 seniors, 14 juniors, 16 sophomores, 10 red-shirt freshmen and eight true freshmen.
Nine seniors (not counting place-kicker Josh McGee and punter Brian Schmitz) enter the game as starters. That includes seven offensive players and two on defense. Five of the seven senior starters on offense are linemen.
Only 13 of the 22 positional starters are seniors or juniors. The four junior starters are tight end Alge Crumpler, linebacker Sedrick Hodge, linebacker Merceda Perry and safety Quinton Savage.
Senior fullback Deon Dyer has the most career starts of any Tar Heel. Dyer has 21 career starts -- 10 in 1997, 10 in 1998 and one in 1999.
No player has started more consecutive games than Bryan Jones, Allen Mogridge, Sedrick Hodge and Brandon Spoon have (13).
There is not a single player on the squad who started a single game on defense in 1997. Four offensive players started in 1997 -- guard Mike Gimbol (all 12 games), tight end Alge Crumpler (11 starts in 1997), fullback Deon Dyer (10 games in 1997) and tight end Dauntae' Finger (one start in '97).
Eight true freshmen are listed on the depth chart, none as starters. They include wide receiver Sam Aiken, left guard Marcus Wilson, tailback Daniel Davis, defensive end Malcolm Stewart, defensive tackle Jeb Terry, and cornerbacks Derrick Johnson, Kevin Knight and Dexter Reid.
In 1998, four true freshmen played. That included quarterback Ronald Curry, wide receiver Bosley Allen, defensive tackle Ryan Sims and center Adam Metts. Curry and Sims are now starters, Metts is the No. 2 center and Allen is out for the season with a knee injury.
In 1997, four true freshmen played. That included tailbacks Tyrell Godwin and Domonique Williams and linebackers Sedrick Hodge and Merceda Perry. The linebackers are starters (Hodge started every game last year, as well), Williams is No. 3 at fullback and Godwin, a USA Team outfielder this summer, has decided to play baseball only at Carolina.
In 1996, four true freshmen played. That included tight end Alge Crumpler, fullback Deon Dyer, place-kicker Brian Schmitz and linebacker Brandon Spoon. Crumpler, Dyer and Schmitz were starters by their sophomore seasons (Schmitz at punter) and Spoon was a regular in the lineup as a sophomore and a starter as a junior.
TRUE FRESHMEN
The Tar Heels have played 57 scholarship true freshmen in the 12 years Carl Torbush has been on the coaching staff (beginning in 1988).
The following is a year-by-year breakdown of scholarship true freshmen who played in at least one game.
1988: 7 (WR Eric Blount, QNb Todd Burnett, LB Karekin Cunningham, LB Eric Gash, PK Hamp Greene, PK Clint Gwaltney, DT Rickie Shaw)
1989: 12 (TE Ethan Albright, CB Cliff Baskerville, WR Bucky Brooks, QB Chuckie Burnette, WR Randall Felton, WR Corey Holliday, S Rondell Jones, S Cookie Massey, LB Jonathan Perry, WR Julius Reese, CB Thomas Smith, LB Tommy Thigpen)
1990: 7 (LB Bernardo Harris, LB Ray Jacobs, FB Malcom Marshall, TB Natrone Means, DT Riddick Parker, LB Michael Payne, TB Michael Watskins)
1991: 4 (TE Greg DeLong, QB Jason Stanicek, TE Oscar Sturgis, QB Mike Thomas)
1992: 2 (DT Marcus Jones, WR Marcus Wall)
1993: 0
1994: 3 (DT Vonnie Holliday, CB Reggie Love, KR Greg Williams)
1995: 5 (WR Na Brown, TE Ebenezer Ekuban, LB keith Newman, DE Teto Simpson, CB Robert Williams)
1996: 4 (TE Alge Crumpler, FB Deon Dyer, PK Brian Schmitz, LB Brandon Spoon)
1997: 4 (KR Tyrell Godwin, LB Sedrick Hodge, LB Merceda Perry, TB Domonique Williams)
1998: 4 (WR Bosley Allen, QB Ronald Curry, C Adam Metts, DT Ryan Sims)
1999: 5 (WR Sam Aiken, TB Daniel Davis, CB Kevin Knight, DE Malcolm Stewart, DT Jeb Terry)
y position, the list includes:
11 linebackers, 9 wide receivers, 8 defensive linemen, 5 quarterbacks, 5 tight ends, 5 cornerbacks, 4 tailbacks, 3 kickers, 2 fullbacks, 2 safeties, 2 kick returners and 1 offensive lineman.
Note: Cornerback Thomas Smith walked-on at UNC in 1989, but was awarded a scholarship prior to the start of the regular season.
Robert Harris, a non-scholarship freshman linebacker from Raleigh, N.C., played on special teams in his first game as a Tar Heel against Virginia.
CAREER LEADERS
The following represent Carolina's active career leaders.
Scoring: 208 points by place-kicker Josh McGee
Scoring by non-kicker: 48 points by fullback Deon Dyer
Touchdowns: 8 by Dyer
Rushing Attempts: 151 by Rufus Brown
Rushing Yards: 608 by Rufus Brown
Passing Statistics: Ronald Curry (76 for 175, 1,122 yards, 7 touchdowns)
Receptions: 43 by Jason Peace
Reception Yardage: 585 by Jason Peace
Tackles: 239 by Brandon Spoon
Sacks: 8.5 by Spoon
TORBUSH DRIVE
Heilig Street, where Carl Torbush lived his first 11 years in East Spencer, N.C., was renamed Torbush Drive in ceremonies on August 28th. The town's Board of Aldermen approved the name change.
CURRY IS NO. 1
Sophomore quarterback Ronald Curry wore uniform number 13 last year, but has switched to number 1 this season. Curry wore No. 1 at Hampton High School. Wide receiver Chuckie Parquet wore that number from 1995-98.
McGEE KICKING HIS WAY TO THE TOP
Senior place-kicker Josh McGee needs eight field goals to set a UNC record and he should also become the alltime leading scorer by a kicker in school history.
The Pearl, Miss., native has 36 field goals (in 53 attempts), seven shy of the record 43 field goals made by Clint Gwaltney from 1988-91. McGee is fourth alltime at UNC in field goals.
Tripp Pignetti (1991-94) holds the career scoring record for kickers at UNC with 231 points. McGee has 208 points. He is eight alltime at UNC among all players and third among place-kickers. He passed place-kicker Jeff Hayes and tailback Amos Lawrence when he scored three points against the Cavaliers.
JOSH McGEE IN THE RECORD BOOK
UNC Career Field Goals
Clint Gwaltney (1988-1991) 43
Tripp Pignetti (1991-94) 38
rooks Barwick (1981-83) 37
Josh McGee (1996-active) 36
UNC Career Scoring
(* denotes place-kickers)
Leon Johnson, 1993-96 306
Mike Voight, 1993-76 254
Charlie Justice, 1946-49 234
* Tripp Pignetti, 1991-94 231
Kelvin Bryant, 1979-82 228
Natrone Means, 1990-92 214
* Clint Gwaltney, 1988-91 211
Don McCauley, 1968-70 210
* Josh McGee, 1996-active 208
CHANCELLOR HOOKER TRIBUES
Carolina's players are wearing helmets that feature the Tar Heel foot with "MH" inside the logo to honor Chancellor Michael Hooker. The Chancellor passed away on June 29th after a six-month battle with lymphoma. Seniors Brandon Spoon and Deon Dyer joined head coach Carl Torbush on behalf of the entire team in presenting a helmet with the "MH" to his wife, Carmen, in the preseason. The other varsity programs will be wearing a black patch with the "MH" insignia this year.
NEXT WEEK, IDLE
Carolina is not in action on September 18th. The Tar Heels return to action on Saturday, September 25th, against Florida State. Gametime at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill is 3:30 p.m. The game will be televised by ABC.
Steve Kirschner
Director of Media Relations for Football and Men's Basketball
University of North Carolina
skirschner@ uncaa.unc.edu
