University of North Carolina Athletics
Postgame Notes: UNC vs. NC State
November 5, 2011 | Football
Nov. 5, 2011
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• The Tar Heels were shut out for the first time since a 7-0 home loss to Georgia Tech on Nov. 11, 2006. This is the first time NC State has blanked Carolina since the Wolfpack won, 3-0, on Sept. 24, 1960. It is the first time UNC has failed to score against State in Raleigh since 1921.
• Redshirt freshman tailback Giovani Bernard became the 15th Tar Heel to rush for 1,000 or more yards in a season as he gained 47 yards Saturday to push his season total to 1,012 yards. That is the 25th time a Tar Heel has gained 1,000 yards, and the first since Jonathan Linton in 1997.
• Bernard is the third UNC freshman to rush for 1,000 yards in a season, joining Amos Lawrence in 1977 and Leon Johnson in 1993.
• Bernard has rushed 186 times for 1,012 yards and 11 touchdowns this year, an average of 101.2 yards per game. He now ranks 22nd in school history in single-season rushing yards, tied with Leon Johnson's total from 1993.
• The Tar Heels rushed for three net yards, their fewest this season and the fewest since they rushed for minus seven yards against NC State a year ago in Chapel Hill.
• Carolina also passed for a season-low 162 yards (previous was 178 vs. Louisville) and compiled a season-low 165 total yards (previous low was 264 vs. Louisville).
• Wide receiver Dwight Jones tied his season high with nine receptions for 72 yards. It was the third time this year he caught nine passes in a game (also James Madison and Miami). Jones has 63 catches this year, which equals the fifth-most in a season by a Tar Heel. He has 130 career receptions, which is eighth most by a Tar Heel.
• Bryn Renner was 9 for 17 for 76 yards and two interceptions. Renner's previous lows this year were 12 completions against Louisville and 143 yards vs. Virginia.
• Braden Hanson came on in relief of an injured Renner at quarterback and completed 7 of 13 passes for 86 yards. He came into the game 3 of 8 for 59 yards in his career.
