Carolina And Duke Battle For Victory Bell

Game 5
North Carolina (2-2, 1-2) vs. Duke (3-1, 0-0)
Chapel Hill • Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021 • Noon ET
Kenan Stadium (50,500) • ESPN2

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Series vs. Duke: NC leads 63-40-4
Series Streak: UNC won the last two meeting
Last Meeting: 2020 (W, 56-24)
Last UNC Win: 2020 (W, 56-24)

NORTH CAROLINA
Record: 2-2 (1-2 ACC)
Head Coach: Mack Brown (Florida State, '74)
Overall Record: 261-134-1, 33rd year
Record at UNC: 86-58-1, 13th year

DUKE
Record: 3-1 (0-0 ACC)
Head Coach: David Cutcliffe (Alabama, '76)
Overall Record: 121-118, 21st year
Record at Duke: 77-89, 14th year

BROADCAST INFO
Kickoff: Noon ET
ESPN2: Mike Morgan, play-by-play; Kirk Morrison, analyst; Dawn Davenport, 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.

TAR HEELS AND BLUE DEVILS
• North Carolina and Duke meet on the football field for the 100th consecutive year and the 108th time overall this Saturday, Oct. 2 in Chapel Hill.
• Carolina has won the last two games in the series, including a 56-24 victory in Durham in 2020. Javonte Williams scored four first-half touchdowns and Sam Howell threw three touchdowns, rushed for another and finished 18 of 27 for 235 yards.
• UNC is 32-19-2 all-time at home against Duke, including a 22-16-2 record at Kenan. The Tar Heels won the last meeting in 2019, 20-17, and have won three of the last four overall in Chapel Hill.
• In 2019, Chazz Surratt picked off Deon Jackson's trick-play pass at the goal line with 14 seconds left to help return the Victory Bell to Chapel Hill for the first time since 2015.
• Carolina and Duke have met on the football field every year since 1922.
• The series dates back to 1888 when the Blue Devils won 16-0 at a neutral site.
• The first meeting in Chapel Hill was also Carolina's first win in the series in 1889, 1-0.

LAST TIME OUT
• North Carolina lost 45-22 against Georgia Tech in an ACC Coastal Division game last Saturday night in Atlanta.
• Sam Howell moved into third on UNC's career passing yards list with 8,400 yards, and is now tied for fifth in ACC history with 79 passing touchdowns.

VICTORY BELL HOLDERS
• North Carolina has held on to the Victory Bell, the traveling trophy given to the winner of the annual game between Carolina and Duke, since 2019. A win this Saturday would mark a third-straight win over the Blue Devils, the longest streak for the Tar Heels since winning eight in a row from 2004-2011.

BROWN VS. DUKE
• Mack Brown is 10-2 all-time against Duke.
• Brown has won his last 10 successive games against the Blue Devils. The streak began from 1990-97 and continued with victories in 2019 and 2020.

UP NEXT
• Carolina hosts Florida State on Saturday, Oct. 9. Kickoff will be either 3 or 3:30 p.m. and will be confirmed on Sunday, Oct. 3.

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Players Mentioned

Sam Howell

Chazz Surratt

Javonte Williams

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