Football Welcomes Wake Saturday

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The North Carolina football team returns home for the first time since Oct. 12, hosting Wake Forest Saturday at 8 p.m. on ACC Network. The first true night game at Kenan Stadium this season will serve as this year's Military Appreciation Game, Monogram Day and Rams Club Day with fans encouraged to wear Carolina Blue for a Blue-Out.

The Matchup
North Carolina vs. Wake Forest
Saturday, November 16, 2024
8 p.m. ET | ACC Network
Kenan Stadium | Chapel Hill, N.C.

North Carolina Tar Heels (5-4, 2-3 ACC)	Wake Forest Demon Deacons (5-5, 2-3 ACC)
Head Coach: Mack Brown	Head Coach: Dave Clawson
Record at UNC: 112-77-1	Record at Wake: 67-66
Career Record: 287-153-1	Career Record: 157-146

TV: ACC Network (Wes Durham, Tom Luginbill, Dan Boyle)

Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network (Jones Angell, Bryn Renner, Joe Jauch, Lee Pace)

Pre-Game Show: Dave Nathan and Na' Brown
Local: WCHL-FM 97.9 | WCHL-AM 1360
Sirius/XM: 138 or 193

Series History
All-Time Series Record: North Carolina, 72-36-2
Last Meeting: North Carolina 36, Wake Forest 34, 2022
Current Streak: North Carolina won 3

A Win Would...
» Be three straight for Carolina
» Make UNC bowl eligible for the sixth consecutive season
» Give the Heels a 303 home record on the year
» Be a fun time

Road Routs
Carolina went on the road its last two games and won 41-14 at Virginia and 35-11 at Florida State. It marked the first time Carolina has defeated back-to-back ACC opponents by at least 20 points since 2016.

Defensive Dominance
UNC held the Cavaliers (288) and the Seminoles (201) to less than 300 yards of total offense, the first time doing so in back-to-back road games since 2007 (Virginia Tech, Wake Forest).

FBS Teams that have had a player rush for 100 yards in each of its games in 2024:

North Carolina
Boise State

Sack Attack
Carolina has had 17 sacks over the last two games and are tied for fourth in the nation for sacks this season.

O, O, O, Omarion
Omarion Hampton rushed for over 100 yards for the eighth time in nine games last time out. He has matched the UNC record with seven consecutive games of 100 or more rushing yards.

Thirty Threshold
The Tar Heels are 75-10 under Mack Brown when they score 30-plus points and 49-2 when they score 40-plus points.

Numbers To Know

9 - Omarion Hampton is now the ninth Tar Heels to surpass 3,000 career rushing yards. He ranks seventh all-time with 3,083 career rushing yards.

21 - Kaimon Rucker, after having four sacks in the last two games, is now tied with Lawrence Taylor with 21 career sacks, the sixth most in Carolina history.

268 - Noah Burnette passed Connor Barth for fifth all-time at UNC with 268 career points scored.

19 - Carolina ranks 19th in the nation in total offense, averaging 448.8 yards of offense per game.

4.5 - Beau Atkinson totaled a career-high 4.5 tackles for loss and a career-high 3.5 sacks in the win at Florida State.

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Players Mentioned

Beau Atkinson

Noah Burnette

Omarion Hampton

Kaimon Rucker