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UNC-Wisconsin Postgame Notes
September 17, 2005 | Football
Sept. 17, 2005
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NORTH CAROLINA POSTGAME NOTES • VS. WISCONSIN • SEPTEMBER 17, 2005
• Wisconsin entered the game ranked second nationally in points per game at 60.5, but the Tar Heels held the Badgers to just 14 points - over 46 below their season average. Wisconsin also entered the game averaging 498.0 yards per game, but was limited to 304 yards Saturday by the Tar Heels.
• The Badgers' 14 points marked the fewest allowed by Carolina since it held Georgia Tech to 13 points last season. The 14 points were the fewest allowed by UNC in a loss since a 13-10 defeat to Miami (Ohio) in the 1998 season-opener. The 19 combined points by both teams were the fewest in a UNC game since Nov. 11, 1999, a 10-6 Carolina win over NC State in Charlotte.
• Carolina had 12 penalties for 115 yards Saturday night. The 12 penalties for the Tar Heels were the most since they committed 14 at Texas September 8, 2001.
• Junior receiver Jesse Holley had a career-high 90 receiving yards on five catches. The five catches tied his career high. Holley's previous highs were five catches against Boston College in the Continental Tire Bowl and 67 yards at Duke last season. Holley has had at least four catches in four straight games.
• Sophomore tailback Barrington Edwards made his first career start against Wisconsin on Saturday. He rushed 11 times for 37 yards in the game.
• Carolina created its first turnover of the season with a Wisconsin fumble in the first quarter. Senior linebacker Doug Justice stripped the ball from Badger tailback Booker Stanley at the Tar Heel 11, and junior defensive end Bryan Rackley made the recovery. The forced fumble was the sixth of Justice's career, while Rackley's recovery was his first.
• Chase Page picked up the first sack of the season for Carolina late in the second quarter when he tackled Badger quarterback John Stocco for a seven-yard loss. Page now has 3.5 career sacks. Sophomore Kyndraus Guy added a second half sack for his first at Carolina, and Kareen Taylor and Larry Edwards combined for a third sack.
• True freshman Garrett Reynolds entered at offensive tackle in the first quarter for his first action as a Tar Heel. Seven true freshmen have now played for Carolina this season - Reynolds, Cooter Arnold, Richard Quinn, Garrett White, Mark Paschal, Brandon Tate and Nick Starcevic.
• Redshirt freshman quarterback Joey Bozich made his debut as a Tar Heel Saturday and was on the field for one play.
• Redshirt freshman wideout Brooks Foster, also a member of Carolina's 2005 NCAA champion men's basketball team, saw his first action on the gridiron Saturday. The national champs, who defeated Wisconsin in the East Regional final, received their rings at halftime.
• Saturday's announced crowd of 60,000 equaled the fourth largest in Carolina history. The crowd was the biggest since the 2004 NC State game at Kenan Stadium, which was also 60,000.
• Wisconsin's Brian Calhoun's 38 carries were one off the UNC opponent record, set on two occasions (most recently by Ron Bass of South Carolina had 39 in 1974).
