Football Travels To Clemson For ACC Showdown

Who:
No. 20 North Carolina (8-2, 4-2 ACC) at Clemson (6-4, 3-4 ACC)

Where:
Memorial Stadium – Clemson, S.C.

When:
Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023 – 3:30 p.m. – ESPN

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The Lead: After a thrilling, double-overtime victory over archrival Duke, North Carolina will look to continue its momentum when it travels to Death Valley in a must-win game to keep its ACC Championship game hopes alive. Clemson has won the last five matchups against the Tar Heels, and UNC has not come away with a victory in Death Valley since 2001.

Storylines:

Since Mack Brown's return to Chapel Hill, the Tar Heels have gained 500-plus yards 27 times. The Tar Heels enter the matchup with Clemson having gained 500-plus yards in its last three games.
Against the Blue Devils, UNC kicker Noah Burnette made all six of his field goal attempts, which tied the UNC single-game record for most made field goals and most makes without a miss.
Carolina has scored 47 times in 51 drives in the red zone this season. The Tar Heels have scored 32 TDs and have made 15 field goals when advancing into the red zone.
Last week, Linebacker Cedric Gray led Carolina with 11 tackles. He passed Brian Simmons for ninth in career tackles by a Tar Heel with 344. Rondell Jones is eighth with 350.

From The Notes:

Drake Maye enters the week ranked third in the FBS in passing yards. Through 10 games, Maye is averaging 314.5 passing yards per game.
UNC is averaging 39.9 points per game this season. North Carolina is ranked 8th in the FBS in scoring.
After last week's six field goal performance, Noah Burnette ranks 5th in the FBS in field goal percentage (94.7). Burnette is 18/19 this season.

Switching Sides:

Clemson is attempting to improve to 10-3 all-time against Mack Brown. A win would improve Dabo Swinney to 3-0 against Brown.
Clemson is attempting to finish 6-1 at home this season to extend its streak of winning at least six games at Memorial Stadium to 13 years.
Clemson is attempting to post a perfect homestand of three or more games for the 12th time in program history.
Clemson is attempting to improve to 65-3 at Death Valley in the College Football Playoff era. Clemson is tied with Alabama for the nation's best home record in that timeframe.

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