University of North Carolina Athletics
Postgame Notes - Pitt
October 30, 2015 | Football
North Carolina Postgame Notes
UNC vs. Pittsburgh • Thursday, Oct. 29 • Heinz Field
• Carolina improved to 7-1 overall and 4-0 in the ACC with a 26-19 win at No. 23 Pittsburgh. It is Carolina's first win over a ranked team since beating No. 25 Duke, 45-20, last year in Durham.
• Carolina is now 7-3 in the series against Pitt and has won three in a row (all as members of the ACC).
• Carolina posted 444 total yards of offense on 58 plays, an average of 7.7 yards per play.
• Quarterback Marquise Williams topped 2,000 career rushing yards with a 4-yard run in the first quarter. He finished the evening with 52 rushing yards and now has 2,036 in his career, which ranks 13th in school history.
• Williams completed 14 of 23 attempts for 270 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. He has now been responsible for 78 career touchdowns, which is just one shy of the school record. Williams has rushed for 27 scores (UNC record for QB), passed for 48 and has three receiving touchdowns.
• Senior wide receiver Quinshad Davis moved past Hakeem Nicks to become Carolina's all-time leading receiver with 183 receptions. Davis caught three passes for 24 yards against Pitt.
• Pitt's opening drive consumed eight minutes, 19 seconds and ended with a 44-yard field goal. That is the longest drive in terms of game time against the Tar Heels this season.
• Nick Weiler made a career-best four field goals and made two extra points to tally 14 points for the Tar Heels. Prior to the Pitt game, he had never kicked more than two in a game. He had a 25-yarder, a 31-yarder, a 39-yarder and a 32-yarder. Weiler had two field goals in a game on nine previous occasions, including eight times this year.
• Junior Ryan Switzer, who is from nearby Charleston, W.Va., had a 71-yard TD reception in the second quarter. It was the second career touchdown reception of 70 yards or more for Switzer. He had a 75-yard scoring catch last year at Clemson. He finished with five catches for a season-high 126 yards. It was his third career 100-yard game. He had a career-high 136 last year at Georgia Tech.
• Switzer has now scored four touchdowns in his career against Pitt. He had two punt returns for touchdowns in a win at Heinz Field in 2013, had a 63-yard TD reception in a win last year in Chapel Hill and had a 71-yarder tonight.
• Carolina safety Donnie Miles forced a fumble in the second quarter that was recovered by defensive end Junior Gnonkonde. The Tar Heels converted that turnover into a touchdown when Marquise Williams found Mack Hollins on a 32-yard touchdown pass on third down. For Hollins it was his team-leading sixth touchdown reception of the season.
• Miles and true freshman linebacker Andre Smith each finished with a team-best 11 tackles. Miles now leads the team with 66 tackles.
• Carolina had a season-high eight pass breakups led by cornerback Des Lawrence with four and cornerback M.J. Stewart with three. Lawrence finished with seven tackles, one tackle for loss and four breakups. Stewart finished with six tackles, one sack and three breakups.
• The Tar Heels had five sacks against Pittsburgh. They entered the game with just six on the season.
• Pittsburgh's touchdown run in the third quarter was the first time an opponent had scored in the second half since the Georgia Tech game. Carolina held Wake Forest and Virginia scoreless in the second half before Pitt's TD.
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