University of North Carolina Athletics
Game Notes for Saturday's Game at NC State
September 26, 2003 | Football
Sept. 26, 2003
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Date: Saturday, September 27, 2003
Time: 2 p.m.
TV: Pay-per-view via Time Warner Cable in Triangle,
Greensboro & Charlotte
Site: Raleigh, N.C., Carter-Finley Stadium (51,500, grass)
Series Record: UNC leads, 60-26-6
Last Meeting: NC State 34, UNC 17 on October 12, 2002 in
Chapel Hill
Rankings: Neither team is ranked
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Radio Network, a division of Learfield
Communications. Woody Durham (play-by-play), Mick Mixon
(color) and Stephen Gates (sideline) provide the call. A live
broadcast also is available on the University of North Carolina's
official athletic website, TarHeelBlue.com
Websites: North Carolina (TarHeelBlue.com); NC State (gopack.com)
Injuries: Bobby Blizzard, virual illness (probable), Michael Waddell, ankle sprain (questionable)
North Carolina and NC State meet for the 93rd time on Saturday, September 27 at 2 p.m. at Carter-Finley Stadium. The in-state rivalry will be televised on a pay-per-view basis via Time Warner Cable in the Triangle area, Greensboro and Charlotte.
Carolina has won eight of the last 10 meetings between the two schools and has not lost at Carter-Finley Stadium since 1991. The Tar Heels are coming off a hard-fought 38-27 loss at Wisconsin last week and have started 0-3 for the second time in the last three years. Carolina also started 0-3 in 2001, John Bunting's first year as head coach, but rebounded to win eight of its last 10 games, including a 16-10 win over Auburn in the Peach Bowl. Carolina began its turnaround that season with a 41-9 win over No. 6 Florida State, followed by a 17-9 win at NC State.
"I certainly will remind our team about the 2001 season," said Bunting. "I remember the NC State game as probably the most important win we had that year."
Carolina has not started a season 0-4 since losing its first six games of the year in Mack Brown's first season in 1988.
PAY-PER-VIEW INFORMATION
Carolina's game at NC State will be available via pay-per-view to Time-Warner customers in the Triangle (including Fayetteville and Lumberton), Greensboro, Winston-Salem and Charlotte areas.
Only Time Warner customers who are digital cable subscribers will be able to access the broadcast. Time Warner is providing a special offer for viewers who wish to subscribe to digital services. Fans were allowed to order the game beginning September 20.
Following are details on how to order the pay-per-view broadcast. For more complete information, please download the notes in .pdf format (see above).
Cost: $9.95 if ordered in advance; $12.95
Ordering information (must be a Time Warner Cable Digital customer)
UNC-NC STATE NOTES
* Carolina has won eight of the last 10 meetings between the two schools, but has dropped two of the last three, including last year's 34-17 loss in Chapel Hill.
* John Bunting is 1-1 against the Wolfpack as a coach, including a 17-9 win in Raleigh in 2001 and a 34-17 loss in Chapel Hill last season.
* Overall, Carolina leads the series, 60-26-6.
* In the 40 previous meetings in Raleigh, the Tar Heels lead the series 26-10-4. In fact, Carolina has won four straight in Carter-Finley Stadium and is 10-6 all-time at that facility.
