Saturday Night Showdown

Saturday, September 18

Chapel Hill

7:30 PM

North Carolina

Virginia

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Carolina and Virginia set for 126th playing of the South's Oldest Rivalry

Game 3
#21/19 North Carolina (1-1, 0-1) vs. Virginia (2-0, 0-0)
Chapel Hill • Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021 • 7:30 p.m. ET
Kenan Stadium (50,500) • ACC Network

Carolina Football Media Center

Series vs. Virginia: NC leads 64-57-4
Series Streak: Virginia won last four
Last Meeting: 2020 (L, 41-44)
Last UNC Win: 2016 (W, 35-14)

NORTH CAROLINA
Record: 1-1 (0-1 ACC)
Head Coach: Mack Brown (Florida State, '74)
Overall Record: 260-133-1, 33rd year
Record at UNC: 85-57-1, 13th year

VIRGINIA
Record: 2-0 (0-0 ACC)
Head Coach: Bronco Mendenhall (Oregon State, '88)
Overall Record: 131-75, 17th year
Record at Virginia: 32-32, 6th year

BROADCAST INFO
Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. ET
ACCN: Dave O'Brien, play-by-play; Tim Hasselbeck, analyst; Kelsey Riggs, sideline
Tar Heel Sports Network: Jones Angell, play-by-play; Brian Simmons, analyst; Lee Pace, sideline
Satellite Radio: Sirius (85), XM (85)
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 126th edition of the South's Oldest Rivalry.
• Only Minnesota and Wisconsin's annual battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe has been played more often (129 times) among FBS rivalries. Miami (Ohio) and Cincinnati have met 125 times.
• UNC is 32-15-3 all-time at home against Virginia. The Cavaliers have won the last two meeting at Kenan Stadium in 2017, 20-14, and in 2019, 38-31.
• The Tar Heels have lost four in a row to the Cavaliers, the longest such streak since dropping four in a row as well from 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 Charlottesville on Halloween night, Virginia quarterback Brennan Armstrong threw for three touchdowns and ran for another, and Virginia scored 28 consecutive points before holding on to beat No. 15 North Carolina 44-41.
• Sam Howell is 38 of 57 for 796 yards and eight passing touchdowns in two career games against the Cavaliers.

LAST TIME OUT
• Sam Howell threw three touchdowns and rushed for two more scores as No. 24 North Carolina won 59-17 over Georgia State last Saturday night.
• Virginia thumped Illinois, 42-14, behind Brennan Armstrong's 556 total yards. He was 27 of 36 for 405 yards and five touchdowns, with one interception.

BROWN VS. VIRGINIA
• Mack Brown is 3-9 all-time against Virginia. All 12 meetings have come as the UNC head coach.

CAROLINA IN THE POLLS
• Carolina is ranked No. 21 in the Associated Press poll this week. The Tar Heels sit at No. 19 in the Amway Coaches Poll.

UP NEXT
• Carolina visits Georgia Tech on Saturday, Sept. 25 in Atlanta. The game will kickoff at 7:30 p.m. ET from Mercedes-Benz Stadium.