University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Visits Georgia Tech Saturday At Noon
September 29, 2017 | Football
UNC fell to 1-3 on the year with a 27-17 loss to Duke last weekend in Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels led in the fourth quarter for the fourth consecutive week, but the Blue Devils outscored Carolina 14-0 in the final stanza for the victory. Chazz Surratt made his third straight start and threw for 259 yards and a touchdown in the loss. The redshirt freshman also ran for 77 yards, including a 56-yard touchdown that was the longest for a UNC quarterback in 14 years. Anthony Ratliff-Williams had his most productive offensive performance to date against Duke, finishing with five catches for 125 yards and a touchdown.
Georgia Tech won its ACC opener 35-17 at home over Pittsburgh. Despite losing four fumbles in the contest, the Yellow Jackets rushed for 436 yards, including a career-high 196 yards and two touchdowns from KirVonte Benson.
AT A GLANCERecords: North Carolina 1-3 (0-2 ACC), Georgia Tech 2-1 (1-0 ACC)
Rankings: Both teams are unranked.
TV: ESPN2. Jason Benetti (play-by-play), Kelly Stouffer (analyst) and Kris Budden (sideline) have the call.
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network (click to listen), a division of Learfield Communications. Jones Angell (play-by-play), Brian Simmons (analyst) and Lee Pace (sideline) have the call.
On The Web: GoHeels.com | UNC Notes | GT Notes
Twitter: @TarHeelFootball, @CoachFedora | @GeorgiaTechFB
CAROLINA-GEORGIA TECH SERIES NOTES/CONNECTIONS
• North Carolina and Georgia Tech are meeting for the 53rd time, and the Yellow Jackets hold a 28-21-3 lead in the series.
• The Tar Heels beat Georgia Tech for the third straight time last season in Chapel Hill. Led by 168 rushing yards and three scores from Elijah Hood plus 329 passing yards and a touchdown from Mitch Trubisky, UNC rolled to a 48-20 victory. Leading just 20-17 late in the second quarter, Trubisky hit Bug Howard for a 68-yard touchdown to spark a 28-3 run to finish the game.
• In its last visit to Atlanta, Carolina snapped an eight-game road losing streak to the Yellow Jackets with a thrilling come-from-behind 38-31 win in 2015. 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.
• Carolina has won three straight in the series for the first time since winning three in a row from 1992-94.
• Over the last five meetings, the two teams have combined for 394 points, an average of 65.7 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.
