Saturday, October 13
Chapel Hill
7 p.m.
North Carolina
vs
Virginia Tech
Heels-Hokies Saturday Under The Lights
October 12, 2018 | Football
Carolina returns to Kenan Stadium for just its second home contest of 2018 Saturday when the Tar Heels host Virginia Tech at 7 p.m. The matchup marks the third consecutive game against an intradivisional opponent for UNC.
Both teams are coming off primetime losses in their last action. Carolina dropped a 47-10 decision at Miami on Sept. 27, while Virginia Tech suffered a 45-23 loss to Notre Dame Saturday night in Blacksburg.
Saturday's game will be broadcast nationally on ESPNU.
AT A GLANCE
Records: North Carolina 1-3 (1-1 ACC), Virginia Tech 3-2 (2-0 ACC)
Rankings: Both teams are unranked in the AP and Coaches Poll
TV: ESPN. Roy Philpott (play-by-play) and Tom Ramsey (analyst) 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 (PDF) | Virginia Tech Notes (PDF)
Twitter: @TarHeelFootball, @CoachFedora | @VT_Football
CAROLINA-VIRGINIA TECH SERIES NOTES
• Carolina and Virginia Tech are meeting for the 41st time overall and 15th straight season since the Hokies joined the ACC. Virginia Tech leads the overall series, 22-12-6. Five of the six ties were scoreless. The last tie was a 14-14 score in 1946.
• Four of the last 10 meetings have been decided by a field goal. Five of the last 11 have been decided by a touchdown or less.
• Virginia Tech has won two straight in the series after last fall's 59-7 decision in Blacksburg. In the last meeting in Chapel Hill, Jarod Evans threw for two touchdows and ran for a third as Virginia Tech won a top-25 showdown 34-3.
• UNC's last victory in the series came in 2015, when the Tar Heels won 30-27 in overtime to clinch the ACC Coastal Division. The Tar Heels led 24-10 in the fourth quarter before Virginia Tech mounted a tremendous comeback to tie it in Frank Beamer's last home game. After a Virginia Tech field goal in overtime, quarterback Marquise Williams found Quinshad Davis in the corner of the end zone for the winning score.
• Carolina and Virginia Tech met at least twice in every decade from the 1890s to the 1940s. The teams met 25 times from 1890-1946 and 14 of those times at least one team did not score.
• Tar Heel great and College Football Hall of Fame member Charlie "Choo-Choo" Justice made his collegiate debut against Virginia Tech in a 14-14 tie on September 28, 1946, in Kenan Stadium.
• Eight current Tar Heels are from Virginia: defensive end Malik Carney (Alexandria), defensive tackle Jeremiah Clarke (Alexandria), defensive end Chris Collins (Richmond), defensive tackle Aaron Crawford (Ashburn), offensive lineman Jay-Jay McCargo (Alexandria), wide receiver Dazz Newsome (Hampton), defensive end Tyler Powell (Midlothian) and cornerback Patrice Rene (Alexandria).
Both teams are coming off primetime losses in their last action. Carolina dropped a 47-10 decision at Miami on Sept. 27, while Virginia Tech suffered a 45-23 loss to Notre Dame Saturday night in Blacksburg.
Saturday's game will be broadcast nationally on ESPNU.
AT A GLANCE
Records: North Carolina 1-3 (1-1 ACC), Virginia Tech 3-2 (2-0 ACC)
Rankings: Both teams are unranked in the AP and Coaches Poll
TV: ESPN. Roy Philpott (play-by-play) and Tom Ramsey (analyst) 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 (PDF) | Virginia Tech Notes (PDF)
Twitter: @TarHeelFootball, @CoachFedora | @VT_Football
CAROLINA-VIRGINIA TECH SERIES NOTES
• Carolina and Virginia Tech are meeting for the 41st time overall and 15th straight season since the Hokies joined the ACC. Virginia Tech leads the overall series, 22-12-6. Five of the six ties were scoreless. The last tie was a 14-14 score in 1946.
• Four of the last 10 meetings have been decided by a field goal. Five of the last 11 have been decided by a touchdown or less.
• Virginia Tech has won two straight in the series after last fall's 59-7 decision in Blacksburg. In the last meeting in Chapel Hill, Jarod Evans threw for two touchdows and ran for a third as Virginia Tech won a top-25 showdown 34-3.
• UNC's last victory in the series came in 2015, when the Tar Heels won 30-27 in overtime to clinch the ACC Coastal Division. The Tar Heels led 24-10 in the fourth quarter before Virginia Tech mounted a tremendous comeback to tie it in Frank Beamer's last home game. After a Virginia Tech field goal in overtime, quarterback Marquise Williams found Quinshad Davis in the corner of the end zone for the winning score.
• Carolina and Virginia Tech met at least twice in every decade from the 1890s to the 1940s. The teams met 25 times from 1890-1946 and 14 of those times at least one team did not score.
• Tar Heel great and College Football Hall of Fame member Charlie "Choo-Choo" Justice made his collegiate debut against Virginia Tech in a 14-14 tie on September 28, 1946, in Kenan Stadium.
• Eight current Tar Heels are from Virginia: defensive end Malik Carney (Alexandria), defensive tackle Jeremiah Clarke (Alexandria), defensive end Chris Collins (Richmond), defensive tackle Aaron Crawford (Ashburn), offensive lineman Jay-Jay McCargo (Alexandria), wide receiver Dazz Newsome (Hampton), defensive end Tyler Powell (Midlothian) and cornerback Patrice Rene (Alexandria).
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