Victory Bell Up For Grabs Saturday At Kenan Stadium

North Carolina Tar Heels vs. Duke Blue Devils
Chapel Hill, N.C. • Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019 • 4 pm ET

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Series vs. Duke: NC leads 61-40-4
Series Streak: Duke won three
Last Meeting: 2018 (L, 35-42)
Last UNC Win: 2015 (W, 66-31)

NORTH CAROLINA
Record: 3-4 (2-2 ACC)
Conference: ACC
Head Coach: Mack Brown (Florida State '74)
Twitter: @CoachMackBrown
Brown's Overall Record: 247-126-1, 31 years
Brown's Record at UNC: 72-50-1, 11 years

DUKE
Record: 4-3 (2-2 ACC)
Conference: ACC
Head Coach: David Cutcliffe (Alabama, '76)
Overall Record: 115-103, 19 years
Record at Duke: 71-75, 12 years

BROADCAST INFORMATION
Kickoff: 4 p.m.
RSN: Tom Werme, play-by-play; James Bates, analyst; Kelsey Wingert, sideline
Tar Heel Sports Network: Jones Angell, play-by-play; Brian Simmons, analyst; Lee Pace, sideline
Satellite Radio: Sirius 119, XM 202, Internet 965
Website: A live radio broadcast of the Tar Heel Sports Network is available on UNC's official athletic website, GoHeels.com, as well as through the TuneIn app.

TAR HEELS AND BLUE DEVILS
• North Carolina returns home for its first and only game at Kenan Stadium in the month of October to host ACC Coastal Division foe Duke on Oct. 26 in Chapel Hill.
• The Tar Heels are coming off a 43-41 six overtime setback at Virginia Tech last Saturday in the longest game in ACC football history.
• Duke lost 48-14 at Virginia on Oct. 19.
• UNC is 31-19-2 all-time at home against Duke. The Blue Devils won the last meeting at Kenan Stadium in 2017, 27-17, and have won two of the last three in Chapel Hill.
• Between 1991 and 2011, the Tar Heels went 10-1 against Duke with only a loss in 2003 in a 20-year stretch.
• Carolina and Duke have met on the football field every year since 1922.
• The series dates back to 1888 when the Blue Devils won 16-0 at a neutral site.
• The first meeting in Chapel Hill was also Carolina's first win in the series in 1889, 1-0.

BROWN VS. DUKE
• Mack Brown was 8-2 against Duke during his first stint with the Tar Heels from 1988-97.
• Brown won his last eight games against the Blue Devils from 1990-97

ONE MORE WIN FOR THE RECORD
• Mack Brown is tied with Dick Crum on the Tar Heels' all-time wins list with 72 victories.
• Brown's next win will make him the winningest coach in Tar Heel football history.

HISTORY MAKING
• Sam Howell has already set the UNC freshman quarterback record with 20 passing touchdowns in only seven games this season. In fact, he is just 10 away from the program record set by Mitch Trubisky in 2016.

NEXT UP
• UNC and Virginia will face off in the 124th edition of the South's Oldest Rivalry on Nov. 2 before the Tar Heels' second open date. The UVA game will also serve as Military Appreciation Day at Kenan Stadium.

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Players Mentioned

Sam Howell