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Tar Heels Continue To Roll With 30-24 Win Over Virginia
October 13, 2001 | Football
Oct 13, 2001
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By JOHN MARSHALL
Associated Press Writer
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Andre' Williams ran for 147 yards and a touchdown, and Dexter Reid scored on an improbable 67-yard interception return as North Carolina beat Virginia 30-24 on Saturday.
North Carolina (4-3, 3-1 Atlantic Coast) won its fourth straight after opening the season 0-3. It is the Tar Heels' longest winning streak since they won 10 straight from 1996-97.
Virginia (3-3, 2-2) scored on a 4-yard touchdown pass from Matt Schaub to illy McMullen with 1:01 left, but couldn't recover the onside kick. The Cavaliers have lost two straight after opening 3-1.
Reid scored early in the fourth quarter after a pass caromed off Kase Luzar's hands, then bounced off his body as he was falling to the ground. Reid scooped up the ball just before it hit the ground and raced down the sideline.
Williams scored on a 7-yard run for North Carolina's first score, bulling through Jerton Evans for the final 3 yards. It was his first 100-yard rushing game.
North Carolina, which started slowly in its first six games, got going quickly against Virginia. The Tar Heels had 312 yards by halftime - more than any of their first four games - and finished with a season-high 477.
Schaub, who had been alternating with Bryson Spinner, started strong and never came out. He completed 33 of 54 passes for 334 yards three touchdowns.
McMullen, the ACC's receptions and yardage leader, caught 11 passes for 122 yards.
Virginia tied it on a 7-yard pass from Schaub to Tyree Forman midway through the third quarter, but North Carolina answered less than two minutes later on a 66-yard touchdown pass from Ronald Curry to Sam Aiken.
Curry also had a 39-yard run late in the second to set up a 30-yard field goal by Jeff Reed, but didn't play in the second half because of a sore Achilles' tendon.
North Carolina reached the Virginia 25 on two other drives in the first half, but Jacque Lewis fumbled and Darian Durant had a pass intercepted by Chris Williams after the ball bounced off Bosley Allen's hands.
Durant was 10-for-16 for 162 yards.
Virginia had trouble with special teams for the second week in a row.
The Cavaliers, who had a punt and a field goal blocked last week against Maryland, had a 46-yard field goal attempt blocked by Michael Waddell - one play after a penalty negated a successful one from 41 yards.
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