University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels Host Georgia Tech On Homecoming Saturday
November 5, 2016 | Football
CHAPEL HILL --- Following a bye week, No. 18/17 North Carolina returns home for the first time in nearly a month to face ACC Coastal Division rival Georgia Tech on Saturday, Nov. 5. Carolina's homecoming game against the Yellow Jackets will kick off at 12:30 p.m. and will be televised by the ACC Network.
Carolina heads into the stretch run of 2016 with three home games over the final four weeks of the regular season. In addition to Saturday's game against Georgia Tech, the Tar Heels play host to The Citadel on Nov. 19 and NC State on Nov. 25. Carolina's only remaining road game is Thursday, Nov. 10 at Duke. Carolina will not leave the state for its final four regular season games.
Carolina completed a challenging October slate with a 3-1 mark that included wins at No. 12 Florida State, No. 16 Miami and long-time rival Virginia. Its only loss came at home to Virginia Tech in miserable weather conditions due to Hurricane Matthew.
In its most recent action two weeks ago, Carolina (6-2 overall, 4-1 ACC) won its seventh straight over Virginia, 35-14, as quarterback Mitch Trubisky threw for 310 yards and three touchdowns. Georgia Tech (5-3 overall, 2-3 ACC) is coming off a 38-35 win over Duke. Georgia Tech quarterback Justin Thomas had 264 yards passing and two touchdowns and rushed for 195 yards and two touchdowns in the win.
AT A GLANCE
Records: North Carolina 6-2 (4-1 ACC), Georgia Tech 5-3 (2-3 ACC)
Rankings: Carolina is ranked No. 18 in the AP poll and No. 17 in the coaches' poll. Georgia Tech is unranked.
TV: ACC Network. Tom Werme (play-by-play), Dave Archer (analyst) and Roddy Jones (sideline) have the call.
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network (click to listen), a division of Learfield Communications. Jones Angell (play-by-play), William Henderson (analyst) and Lee Pace (sideline) have the call.
On The Web: GoHeels.com | UNC Notes | RamblinWreck.com | GT Notes
Twitter: @TarHeelFootball, @CoachFedora | @GeorgiaTechFB
CAROLINA-GEORGIA TECH SERIES NOTES
• North Carolina and Georgia Tech are meeting for the 52nd time with the Yellow Jackets holding a 28- 20-3 lead in the series.
• Carolina snapped an eight-game road losing streak to the Yellow Jackets last year with a thrilling come-from-behind 38-31 win in Atlanta. Quinshad Davis threw a 37-yard touchdown pass to quarterback Marquise Williams to cap Carolina's comeback from a three-touchdown deficit. Georgia Tech led 21-0 before the Tar Heels began their comeback with two touchdowns in the final 90 seconds of the first half. That started a run in which the Tar Heels outscored the Yellow Jackets 38-10. The 21-point deficit overcome marked the biggest comeback win in UNC program history.
• In the last meeting in Chapel Hill, T.J. Logan scored on a 2-yard run with 11 seconds left to help Carolina rally past Georgia Tech, 48-43.
• Carolina has won two straight in the series for the first time since winning three in a row from 1992- 94.
• Over the last four meetings, the two teams have combined for 326 points, an average of 81.5 points per game. In 2012, Georgia Tech beat UNC, 68-50, as the teams combined to score 118 points, the most in ACC history.
• Georgia Tech head coach Paul Johnson is a native of Newland, N.C., and he earned his bachelor's degree from Western Carolina in 1979 and a master's degree from Appalachian State in 1982. He began his coaching career at Avery County (N.C.) High School and also coached Lees-McRae Junior College in Banner Elk, N.C.
