North Carolina
Miami
Football Hosts Miami In Top-25 Showdown Saturday
October 13, 2023 | Football
Who:
No. 12 North Carolina (5-0, 2-0 ACC) vs. No. 25 Miami (4-1, 0-1 ACC)
Where:
Kenan Stadium – Chapel Hill, N.C.
Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023 – 7:30 p.m. – ABC
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The Lead: The Tar Heels are 5-0 for the first time since 1997 and only its second 5-0 start since 1983. After its sixth straight ACC home opener victory over Syracuse last weekend, North Carolina will look for its fifth straight win over the Miami Hurricanes. Entering this week's matchup, North Carolina boasts a 7-3 record versus the Hurricanes at Kenan Stadium.
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Storylines:
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 Against Syracuse, North Carolina picked up its 55th victory as a ranked team in 15 seasons under Brown.
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 This is the second straight season UNC has won five games as a ranked opponent.
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 North Carolina has scored 40 or more points in three of its last four games.
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 The Tar Heels have scored 30-plus points in the first five games three times in UNC history: this season, last season and 1914.
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 Through five games, UNC is averaging 500.0 yards per game, good for 9th in the FBS.
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 Last week versus Syracuse, Drake Maye joined T.J. Yates, Mitch Trubisky and Sam Howell as the only Tar Heels with three career 400+ yard passing games.
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 Against Syracuse, the Tar Heels offense tallied 33 first downs while the UNC defense held the Orange to only 11.
From The Notes:
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 Tez Walker made his UNC debut last week. Walker caught six passes for 43 yards.
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 Alijah Huzzie became the first Tar Heel to have interceptions in back-to-back games since 2018.
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 On third down, UNC has converted a first down 56.6 percent of the time (43 / 76). 56.6 percent is good for 2nd in the FBS.
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 Drake Maye is currently ranked 4th in the FBS in passing yards per game with 325.8.
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 In 26 trips to the red zone this season, UNC has recorded 23 scores. 16 touchdowns and seven field goals (89% scoring percentage).
Switching Sides:
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Miami is averaging 7.55 yards per play through its first four games of 2023 - the sixth-best mark in FBS.
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Wide Receiver Xavier Restrepo is the only player in the ACC with three games of at least 120 receiving yards this season.Â
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The Hurricanes have held their opponents under 100 rushing yards in all five games this season, tied for the most by any FBS program.
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Wide Receiver Xavier Restrepo (36 catches, 478 yards), WR Jacolby George (23 catches, 337 yards) and WR Colbie Young (21 catches, 298 yards) account for 1,113 receiving yards this year - 75.5% of Miami's total (1,474).
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