University of North Carolina Athletics
Kickoff Time For Miami Game Set for 12 Noon; Victory Village Opens at 9 a.m.
September 24, 2007 | Football
Sept. 24, 2007
Chapel Hill, N.C. ----- North Carolina's home game against Miami on Saturday, October 6, will start at 12 noon and will be nationally televised by ESPN2. It marks the first time North Carolina head coach Butch Davis will have faced his former school. Davis was the head coach at Miami from 1995-2000 where he produced a 51-20 record.
Prior to kickoff of the Miami game, Victory Village will open to the public in the grassy area around the Bell Tower at 9 a.m. Victory Village is a festive tailgating area where fans can gather in anticipation of Carolina's first rematch with Miami at Kenan Stadium since a 31-28 upset in 2004.
Victory Village will contain satellite TV's showing the pregame college football shows, opportunities to meet former Tar Heel players and McCall's Barbeque for $8. Admission to Victory Village is free.
Coaches and players on The Old Well Walk, which begins two hours and 15 minutes prior to kickoff, will pass through Victory Village on their way to the stadium.
Players scheduled to appear at Victory Village:
Jason Stanicek - Stanicek ranks third at Carolina in total offense with 5,497 yards behind Darian Durant and Ronald Curry. In 1994, he broke Charlie Justics's record for total offense which had stood for 45 years. Stanicek was instrumental in helping turnaround the Tar Heels in the early 1990s.
Natrone Means - One of the top running backs in school history, Means ranks sixth in school history with 3,074 yards in just three years at UNC from 1990-92. In his final game at Carolina, he gained 128 yards and scored a touchdown in at 21-17 victory over Mississippi State in the Peach Bowl.
William Fuller - A defensive lineman from 1980 to 1983 who was a consensus All-America as a senior. He was also an All-America as a junior and is one of just six Tar Heel players to be named first-team All-America twice. Fuller had 22 tackles for losses in both 1981 and 1983. He is one of only three defensive linemen to make the All-ACC team three times.
Don McCauley - The ACC Player of the Year as a junior and senior, McCauley was a consensus All-America in 1970, his final season. He was the first of 23 running backs to rush for 1,000 yards. He rushed for 1,700 yards as a senior in 1970 breaking then OJ Simpson's single-season record
Bill Dooley - North Carolina's second-winningest head coach with 69 victories from 1967-77. He led the Tar Heels to three ACC titles in 1971, 1972 and 1977.
