Carolina Faces Temple In Military Bowl

North Carolina Tar Heels vs. Temple Owls
Annapolis, Md. • Friday, Dec. 27, 2019 • Noon ET
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • ESPN

NORTH CAROLINA
Record: 6-6 (4-4)
Conference: ACC
Head Coach: Mack Brown (Florida State '74)
Brown's Overall Record: 250-128-1, 31st year
Brown's Record at UNC: 75-52-1, 11th year

TEMPLE
Record: 8-4 (5-3)
Conference: AAC
Head Coach: Rod Carey (Indiana, '94)
Overall Record: 60-34, 7th year
Record at Temple: 8-4, first year

BROADCAST INFORMATION
Kickoff: Noon ET
ACCN: Mike Couzins, play-by-play; Kirk Morrison, analyst; Kelsey Riggs, sideline

ESPN Radio: Kevin Winter, play-by-play; Ben Hartsock/Brad Edwards, analyst

Tar Heel Sports Network: Jones Angell, play-by-play; Brian Simmons, analyst; Lee Pace, sideline

Satellite Radio: SiriusXM ACC Radio 371, ESPN Radio 80

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.

GAME PREVIEW
• North Carolina and Temple meet in football for the first time when they face off in the Military Bowl on Dec. 27 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland for a noon kickoff on ESPN.
• UNC (6-6) is playing in its first bowl game since 2016 and looks to finish with a winning record in head coach Mack Brown's first season back in Chapel Hill.
• Temple (8-4) makes its fifth-straight bowl appearance under first-year head coach Rod Carey.

CAROLINA BOWL HISTORY
• Carolina, who is making its 34th postseason bowl appearance, owns a 14-19 all-time record in bowl games.
• The Tar Heels last bowl victory was a 39-17 win over Cincinnati in the 2013 Belk Bowl.

MACK BROWN'S BOWL HISTORY
• Head coach Mack Brown owns a 14-8 record in bowl games, including guiding the Tar Heels to six-straight appearances from 1992-97.
• Brown was 3-2 in bowl games he coached at UNC, winning the 1993 Peach Bowl over Mississippi State, 21-17, the 1995 Carquest Bowl over Arkansas, 20-10 and the 1997 Gator Bowl over West Virginia, 20-13. He left for Texas before the 1998 Gator Bowl.

BROWN VS. TEMPLE
• Mack Brown has been a head coach for 379 games spanning 31 seasons, but when his Tar Heels suit up for the Military Bowl on Dec. 27 it will be his first game against Temple University.
• This is the fifth game in 2019 that Brown will face a team for the first time, joining Miami, App State, Pitt and Mercer.

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