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Postgame Notes from Virginia Tech Game
November 6, 2004 | Football
Nov. 6, 2004
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UNC vs. Virginia Tech Postgame Notes
• Virginia Tech's Mike Imoh rushed for 236 yards on Saturday. The last time a UNC opponent rushed for 200 yards was last year vs. Georgia Tech when P.J. Daniels rushed for 240 yards in Atlanta. Imoh's 236 yards are the fourth-most in history by an individual against Carolina, surpassed only by 240 (Willie Joyner of Maryland, 1982), 240 (Daniels of Georgia Tech in 2003) and 239 (Archie Griffin, Ohio State, 1972). This was only the third time ever an opponent rushed for 200 or more yards against Carolina in Kenan Stadium.
• Virginia Tech compiled 370 yards of total offense, the lowest figure allowed by Carolina this season (previous low was 393 Georgia Tech).
• Virginia Tech passed for 100 yards in the game, the lowest figure allowed by UNC this year (previous low was 164 by Georgia Tech). However, Virginia Tech had 270 yards rushing today, only the fifth-highest total against Carolina this season.
• Chad Scott (122 yards) ran for over 100 yards for the second game in a row (he had 175 last week vs. Miami). He is the first Carolina player to rush for 100 yards in back-to-back games since Jonathan Linton vs. NC State and Georgia Tech in 1997 (a span of 84 games).
• Chad Scott's 48-yard touchdown run in the first quarter was the longest run of his career and Carolina's longest touchdown run of the season.
• Scott's touchdown came on Carolina's opening drive of the game. UNC now has scored on the opening drive in each of its last three games (Utah, Miami, Virginia Tech)
• Carolina recorded three sacks in the first quarter, equaling the Tar Heels' team single-game high for the 2004 season. UNC finished the game with a season-high four sacks for 22 yards.
• Wallace Wright's 49-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter came on his first catch of the year and Darian Durant's longest TD pass of the season. The catch was Wright's second career catch (both went for TDs). Wright finished the game with two catches, doubling his previous career output.
• Carolina entered the game ranked eighth in the nation in fewest penalty yards allowed per game. However, on Virginia Tech's first drive of the game Carolina committed two third-down penalties to give the Hokies first downs. Virginia Tech scored a touchdown on that drive. On UNC's first possession of the second half it committed three consecutive penalties and was backed up to its own 6 yard line before punting. The Hokies took over at the Carolina 44 yard line and drove in for a touchdown and a 27-14 lead.
• Trimane Goddard's 46-yard kickoff return late in the third quarter was the longest of the season for UNC (previous high was 45 by Mike Mason vs. Georgia Tech).
• Jarwarski Pollock's 28-yard punt return on Carolina's first possession of the fourth quarter was UNC's longest of the season (previous long was a 21-yard return by Pollock vs. William & Mary).
• Carolina's Tom O'Leary blocked a Hokie punt and D.J. Walker returned it one yard for a touchdown at the 10:30 mark of the fourth quarter to pull UNC within 27-24. It was the first time Carolina has blocked a punt and recovered for a touchdown since the Las Vegas Bowl in 1998 (when Quinton Savage blocked a San Diego State punt and David Bomar recovered it in the end zone).
• Carolina finished the season 4-2 at Kenan Stadium, UNC's first winning record at home since 2001 (5-1).
