#8 Carolina Hosts #19 Hokies Saturday Afternoon

No. 8 North Carolina vs. No. 19 Virginia Tech
Chapel Hill, N.C. • Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020 • Noon
Kenan Stadium • ABC

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Series vs. Virginia Tech: VT leads 24-12-6
Series Streak: VT won four straight
Last Meeting: 2019 (L, 41-43, 6OT)
Last UNC Win: 2015 (W, 30-27, OT)

NORTH CAROLINA
Record: 2-0 (2-0 ACC)
Conference: ACC
Head Coach: Mack Brown (Florida State '74)
Brown's Overall Record: 253-128-1, 32nd year
Brown's Record at UNC: 78-52-1, 12th year

VIRGINIA TECH
Record: 2-0 (2-0 ACC)
Conference: ACC
Head Coach: Justin Fuente (Murray State, '99)
Overall Record: 61-43, ninth year
Record at Virginia Tech: 35-20, fifth year

BROADCAST INFORMATION
Kickoff: Noon ET
ABC: Bob Wischusen, play-by-play; Dan Orlovsky, analyst; Dr. Jerry Punch, sideline
Tar Heel Sports Network: Jones Angell, play-by-play; Brian Simmons, analyst; Lee Pace, sideline
Satellite Radio: Sirius 137, XM 193, Internet 955
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 HOKIES
• Carolina and Virginia Tech meet for the 17th successive season on the football field on Saturday, Oct. 10 at noon on ABC.
• The Tar Heels are coming off a thrilling 26-22 road win at Boston College last Saturday.
• Virginia Tech won 38-31 at Duke.
• Last year, in what turned out to be the longest game in ACC football history, host Virginia Tech outlasted the Tar Heels, 43-41, in six overtimes in Blacksburg, Va. Sam Howell tied a UNC freshman quarterback record with five touchdown passes.
• UNC is 4-8-2 at home against Virginia Tech. That includes a 1-7 mark since the Hokies joined the Atlantic Coast Conference for the 2004 season.
• Carolina's last win in Chapel Hill against the Hokies was a 48-34 result in 2012. Giovani Bernard rushed for a personal-best 262 yards and QB Bryn Renner finished 17 of 30 for 194 yards with a touchdown pass and a 4-yard scoring rush.
• The series dates back to 1895 when the Tar Heels won 32-5 at a neutral site. In fact, 16 of the first 20 meetings were played at a neutral site with the other four played in Chapel Hill.
• The first meeting in Chapel Hill came in 1900, a 0-0 draw.

CAROLINA IN THE POLLS
• Carolina is ranked No. 8 in the Associated Press poll this week. It's the highest ranking for the program since it was No. 8 heading into the 2015 ACC Championship game. The Tar Heels sit at No. 9 in the Amway Coaches Poll.
• Saturday will mark the first occurrence that Carolina will take part in a game with both teams ranked since the 2016 season opener when No. 18 Georgia won 33-24 over No. 17 Carolina at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.

BROWN VS. VIRGINIA TECH
• Mack Brown is 1-1 all-time against Virginia Tech. At Tulane, Brown defeated Virginia Tech, 57-38, in 1987. Last year, the Tar Heels lost 43-41 in six overtimes to the Hokies.
• Brown never faced Virginia Tech during his first stint as head coach at North Carolina, however, the two teams did square off in the Gator Bowl at the end of the 1997 season.

UP NEXT
• Carolina is scheduled to visit Florida State on Saturday, Oct. 17 for a 7 p.m. kickoff on ESPN.

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