University of North Carolina Athletics
Saturday, November 6
Chapel Hill
Noon
North Carolina
vs
Wake Forest
Photo by: Grant Halverson
Heels Host Unbeaten Wake Forest Saturday
November 4, 2021 | Football
Game 9
#10/9 Wake Forest (8-0, 5-0) at North Carolina (4-4, 3-3)
Chapel Hill, N.C. • Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021 • Noon ET
Kenan Stadium (50,500) • ABC
Carolina Football Media Center
Series vs. Wake Forest: NC leads 70-36-2
Series Streak: NC won last game
Last Meeting at NC: 2020 (W, 59-53)
Last UNC Win: 2020 (W, 59-53)
NORTH CAROLINA
Record: 4-4 (3-3 ACC)
Head Coach: Mack Brown (Florida State, '74)
Overall Record: 263-136-1, 33rd year
Record at UNC: 88-60-1, 13th year
WAKE FOREST
Record: 8-0 (5-0 ACC)
Head Coach: Dave Clawson
Overall Record: 138-125, 22nd year
Record at Wake Forest: 48-45, 8th year
BROADCAST INFO
Kickoff: Noon ET
ABC: Sean McDonough, play-by-play; Todd Blackledge, analyst; Molly McGrath, sideline
Tar Heel Sports Network: Jones Angell, play-by-play; Brian Simmons, analyst; Lee Pace, sideline
Satellite Radio: Sirius (132), XM (207)
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 DEMON DEACONS
• North Carolina and Wake Forest face each other on the football field for the third year in a row and the second-straight season in Chapel Hill.
• Saturday's game is the conclusion of a two-game, home-and-home non-conference series that began in 2019 when Wake held serve at home, 24-18.
• Last season, Sam Howell threw for program records 550 yards and six touchdowns, and scored the go-ahead rushing TD with 4:11 left to help Carolina rally past Wake Forest, 59-53.
• Howell's 20-yard keeper capped a comeback from 21 down in the third quarter, tying the program record for largest comeback in a win. That was part of a run of 35 unanswered points after falling behind 45-24.
• The two in-state rivals met every season between 1919 and 2004 (minus 1943) until ACC expansion took hold in the mid-2000's.
• Carolina enjoys a commanding 43-18-2 edge in games played at home against the Demon Deacons.
• The Tar Heels have won the last three games played in Kenan in 2011, 2015 and 2020, and have averaged 52.7 points per game.
• The last setback for Carolina at home in the series came all the way back in 2006, a 24-17 win for Wake.
LAST TIME OUT
• Carolina fell 44-34 at No. 11 Notre Dame last Saturday night. Sam Howell, who became the Tar Heels' leader in passing yards and touchdowns accounted for, finished with 341 passing yards and 101 yards on 18 carries.
BROWN VS. WAKE FOREST
• Mack Brown is 10-3 all-time against Wake Forest and 9-3 as the head coach of the Tar Heels.
• He lost his first two games with UNC in 1988 and 1989, before Brown's men ran off the next eight
from 1990-97. He fell to the Deacs 24-17 in 2019 and then earned the 59-53 victory in 2020.
• Brown defeated Wake, 27-25, in his first game as head coach at the helm of Appalachian State in 1983. The game was played in Winston-Salem.
HOWELL'S 10K
• Sam Howell eclipsed 10,000 yards of total offense last Saturday in just his 33rd career game. He is 238 yards from Marquise William's school record 10,423.
UP NEXT
• Carolina has a short week to prepare for Pitt on Thursday, Nov. 11 at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN.
#10/9 Wake Forest (8-0, 5-0) at North Carolina (4-4, 3-3)
Chapel Hill, N.C. • Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021 • Noon ET
Kenan Stadium (50,500) • ABC
Carolina Football Media Center
Series vs. Wake Forest: NC leads 70-36-2
Series Streak: NC won last game
Last Meeting at NC: 2020 (W, 59-53)
Last UNC Win: 2020 (W, 59-53)
NORTH CAROLINA
Record: 4-4 (3-3 ACC)
Head Coach: Mack Brown (Florida State, '74)
Overall Record: 263-136-1, 33rd year
Record at UNC: 88-60-1, 13th year
WAKE FOREST
Record: 8-0 (5-0 ACC)
Head Coach: Dave Clawson
Overall Record: 138-125, 22nd year
Record at Wake Forest: 48-45, 8th year
BROADCAST INFO
Kickoff: Noon ET
ABC: Sean McDonough, play-by-play; Todd Blackledge, analyst; Molly McGrath, sideline
Tar Heel Sports Network: Jones Angell, play-by-play; Brian Simmons, analyst; Lee Pace, sideline
Satellite Radio: Sirius (132), XM (207)
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 DEMON DEACONS
• North Carolina and Wake Forest face each other on the football field for the third year in a row and the second-straight season in Chapel Hill.
• Saturday's game is the conclusion of a two-game, home-and-home non-conference series that began in 2019 when Wake held serve at home, 24-18.
• Last season, Sam Howell threw for program records 550 yards and six touchdowns, and scored the go-ahead rushing TD with 4:11 left to help Carolina rally past Wake Forest, 59-53.
• Howell's 20-yard keeper capped a comeback from 21 down in the third quarter, tying the program record for largest comeback in a win. That was part of a run of 35 unanswered points after falling behind 45-24.
• The two in-state rivals met every season between 1919 and 2004 (minus 1943) until ACC expansion took hold in the mid-2000's.
• Carolina enjoys a commanding 43-18-2 edge in games played at home against the Demon Deacons.
• The Tar Heels have won the last three games played in Kenan in 2011, 2015 and 2020, and have averaged 52.7 points per game.
• The last setback for Carolina at home in the series came all the way back in 2006, a 24-17 win for Wake.
LAST TIME OUT
• Carolina fell 44-34 at No. 11 Notre Dame last Saturday night. Sam Howell, who became the Tar Heels' leader in passing yards and touchdowns accounted for, finished with 341 passing yards and 101 yards on 18 carries.
BROWN VS. WAKE FOREST
• Mack Brown is 10-3 all-time against Wake Forest and 9-3 as the head coach of the Tar Heels.
• He lost his first two games with UNC in 1988 and 1989, before Brown's men ran off the next eight
from 1990-97. He fell to the Deacs 24-17 in 2019 and then earned the 59-53 victory in 2020.
• Brown defeated Wake, 27-25, in his first game as head coach at the helm of Appalachian State in 1983. The game was played in Winston-Salem.
HOWELL'S 10K
• Sam Howell eclipsed 10,000 yards of total offense last Saturday in just his 33rd career game. He is 238 yards from Marquise William's school record 10,423.
UP NEXT
• Carolina has a short week to prepare for Pitt on Thursday, Nov. 11 at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN.
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