Saturday, October 31
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October 29, 2020 | Football
No. 15 North Carolina at Virginia
Charlottesville, Va. • Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020 • 8 pm ET
Scott Stadium • ACC Network
Carolina Football Media Center
@TarHeelFootball | @UVAFootball
Series vs. Virginia: NC leads 64-56-4
Series Streak: Virginia won three
Last Meeting: 2019 (L, 31-38)
Last UNC Win: 2016 (W, 35-14)
NORTH CAROLINA
Record: 4-1 (4-1 ACC)
Conference: ACC
Head Coach: Mack Brown (Florida State '74)
Brown's Overall Record: 255-129-1, 32nd year
Brown's Record at UNC: 80-53-1, 12th year
VIRGINIA
Record: 1-4 (1-4 ACC)
Conference: ACC
Head Coach: Bronco Mendenhall (Oregon State, '88)
Overall Record: 125-74, 16th year
Record at Virginia: 26-31, 5th year
BROADCAST INFORMATION
Kickoff: 8 p.m. ET
ACCN: Dave O'Brien, play-by-play; Tim Hasselbeck, analyst; Katie George, sideline
Tar Heel Sports Network: Jones Angell, play-by-play; Brian Simmons, analyst; Lee Pace, sideline
Satellite Radio: Sirius 135, XM 194, Internet 956
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.
SOUTH'S OLDEST RIVALRY
• UNC and Virginia will face off in the 125th edition of the South's Oldest Rivalry.
• Only Minnesota and Wisconsin's annual battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe has been played more often (128 times) among FBS rivalries. Miami (Ohio) and Cincinnati have met 124 times, but are not scheduled to play in 2020.
• UNC is 26-25 all-time on the road against Virginia.
• The Tar Heels have lost three in a row to the Cavaliers, the longest such streak since dropping four in a row between 2006-09.
• Carolina's last win in the series came in Charlottesville in 2016. Mitch Trubisky threw three touchdown passes and No. 22 North Carolina came away with a 35-14 victory.
• Last year in Chapel Hill, quarterback Bryce Perkins amassed 490 total yards and accounted for five touchdowns to help Virginia beat North Carolina in a Saturday evening shootout, 38-31.
• Sam Howell had four touchdowns and 353 yards. Dyami Brown exploded for a career-high 202 receiving yards and three touchdowns for the Tar Heels.
LAST TIME OUT
• Javonte Williams ran for 160 yards and three touchdowns to help No. 14 North Carolina beat No. 23 NC State 48-21 in last Saturday's renewal of the longtime state rivalry.
• Virginia lost at No. 11 Miami, 19-14, on a rainy Saturday evening at Hard Rock Stadium. The Cavaliers have lost four in a row after a 38-20 win over Duke in their season opener.
HALLOWEEN HEELS
Carolina is 12-9 all-time on Halloween, but this will be the first game on Oct. 31 since 1998. UNC and Virginia met once previously in 1970, a 30-15 Tar Heel victory in Chapel Hill.
• Mack Brown is 3-8 all-time against Virginia. All 11 meetings have come as the UNC head coach.
CAROLINA IN THE POLLS
• Carolina is ranked No. 15 in the Associated Press poll this week. The Tar Heels sit at No. 13 in the Amway Coaches Poll.
UP NEXT
• Carolina visits Duke next Saturday at noon ET on ESPN2.
Charlottesville, Va. • Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020 • 8 pm ET
Scott Stadium • ACC Network
Carolina Football Media Center
@TarHeelFootball | @UVAFootball
Series vs. Virginia: NC leads 64-56-4
Series Streak: Virginia won three
Last Meeting: 2019 (L, 31-38)
Last UNC Win: 2016 (W, 35-14)
NORTH CAROLINA
Record: 4-1 (4-1 ACC)
Conference: ACC
Head Coach: Mack Brown (Florida State '74)
Brown's Overall Record: 255-129-1, 32nd year
Brown's Record at UNC: 80-53-1, 12th year
VIRGINIA
Record: 1-4 (1-4 ACC)
Conference: ACC
Head Coach: Bronco Mendenhall (Oregon State, '88)
Overall Record: 125-74, 16th year
Record at Virginia: 26-31, 5th year
BROADCAST INFORMATION
Kickoff: 8 p.m. ET
ACCN: Dave O'Brien, play-by-play; Tim Hasselbeck, analyst; Katie George, sideline
Tar Heel Sports Network: Jones Angell, play-by-play; Brian Simmons, analyst; Lee Pace, sideline
Satellite Radio: Sirius 135, XM 194, Internet 956
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.
SOUTH'S OLDEST RIVALRY
• UNC and Virginia will face off in the 125th edition of the South's Oldest Rivalry.
• Only Minnesota and Wisconsin's annual battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe has been played more often (128 times) among FBS rivalries. Miami (Ohio) and Cincinnati have met 124 times, but are not scheduled to play in 2020.
• UNC is 26-25 all-time on the road against Virginia.
• The Tar Heels have lost three in a row to the Cavaliers, the longest such streak since dropping four in a row between 2006-09.
• Carolina's last win in the series came in Charlottesville in 2016. Mitch Trubisky threw three touchdown passes and No. 22 North Carolina came away with a 35-14 victory.
• Last year in Chapel Hill, quarterback Bryce Perkins amassed 490 total yards and accounted for five touchdowns to help Virginia beat North Carolina in a Saturday evening shootout, 38-31.
• Sam Howell had four touchdowns and 353 yards. Dyami Brown exploded for a career-high 202 receiving yards and three touchdowns for the Tar Heels.
LAST TIME OUT
• Javonte Williams ran for 160 yards and three touchdowns to help No. 14 North Carolina beat No. 23 NC State 48-21 in last Saturday's renewal of the longtime state rivalry.
• Virginia lost at No. 11 Miami, 19-14, on a rainy Saturday evening at Hard Rock Stadium. The Cavaliers have lost four in a row after a 38-20 win over Duke in their season opener.
HALLOWEEN HEELS
Carolina is 12-9 all-time on Halloween, but this will be the first game on Oct. 31 since 1998. UNC and Virginia met once previously in 1970, a 30-15 Tar Heel victory in Chapel Hill.
BROWN VS. VIRGINIARockin' the Stormtroopers this weekend in primetime 🔥#CarolinaFootball 🏈 #BeTheOne pic.twitter.com/yXE0lrzDz2
— Carolina Football (@TarHeelFootball) October 29, 2020
• Mack Brown is 3-8 all-time against Virginia. All 11 meetings have come as the UNC head coach.
CAROLINA IN THE POLLS
• Carolina is ranked No. 15 in the Associated Press poll this week. The Tar Heels sit at No. 13 in the Amway Coaches Poll.
UP NEXT
• Carolina visits Duke next Saturday at noon ET on ESPN2.
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