Virginia and North Carolina Postgame Notes
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Nov. 9, 2013
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Virginia Team Notes
• Saturday’s game was the 118th meeting between UVa and North Carolina. The Oldest Rivalry in the South trails only the Minnesota/Wisconsin rivalry (122) and Kansas/Missouri rivalry (120) as most-played FBS rivalry in history.
• With the loss, UNC now leads the rivalry 60-54-4 and 31-12-3 in Chapel Hill.
• UVa gave up an 85-yard punt return for a touchdown to Ryan Switzer, the first against Virginia since Miami’s Collier Thearon returned a punt 60 yards for a score in 2009.
Virginia Player Notes
• With his first catch of the day, Darius Jennings reached 100 career catches. Jennings becomes the 17th different Cavalier to amass at least 100 career catches in program history.
• Jennings extended his streak of consecutives games with a catch to three.
• Kevin Parks’ touchdown rush in the third quarter was his 10th of the season, surpassing his career-best nine from 2011.
• The touchdown was Parks’ 24th rushing touchdown of his career, tying him for No. 7 all-time in the UVa annals with Terry Kirby (1989-92).
• Parks had 100 yards rushing, his fourth 100-yard rushing game of the season and the seventh of his career.
• Anthony Harris picked off his seventh interception of the season in the third quarter and the the eighth of his career.
• The seven interceptions are the most by a UVa player since Ronde Barber led the ACC with eight in 1994.
• The seven interceptions place Harris No. 4 all-time at UVa for picks in a season.
• Harris now has an interception in four straight games and five total in that span.
• Connor Wingo-Reeves made his first collegiate catch for four yards in the fourth quarter.
• Greyson Lambert tossed his first career touchdown pass on a 23-yard scoring strike to Keeon Johnson in the fourth quarter.
• The touchdown score by Johnson was the first of his career.
• With three receptions, Jake McGee extended his consecutive games streak with a catch to 12.
• With 28 receiving yards, McGee passed John Phillips (670) for No. 11 all-time at UVa among tight ends. McGee now has 679 career receiving yards.
• Keeon Johnson extended his consecutive games streak with a catch to six games.
• Taquan Mizzell extended his consecutive games streak with a catch to seven games.
• Mizzell had a career-long 48-yard kick return in the fourth quarter.
North Carolina Postgame Notes
• Carolina is now 60-53-4 all-time against Virginia, including wins in each of the last four contests. The four-game winning streak is UNC’s longest in the series since the Tar Heels won nine in a row from 1974-1982. This is the first time UNC has won consecutive home games against the Cavaliers since 1995 and 1997.
• The 45 points are the most by the Tar Heels against Virginia since a 48-20 win in 1997.
• Carolina has averaged 38.5 points per game in its current four-game winning streak over Virginia (44 in 2010, 28 in 2011, 37 in 2012 and 45 in 2013). In the four-game losing streak that preceded it, the Tar Heels averaged 9.0 ppg (0 in 2006, 20 in 2007, 13 in 2008 and 3 in 2009).
• Carolina has scored 154 points in its last four games against Virginia, the most by UNC in any four-game span against the Cavaliers since scoring 185 from 1934 to 1937.
• The 31-point margin of victory is Carolina’s largest against an ACC opponent since a 44-10 win over Virginia in 2010.
• Carolina gained 415 yards Saturday, marking the 17th time in 21 games that the Tar Heels have gained at least 400 yards of total offense under head coach Larry Fedora.
• Carolina was 5 for 5 on third down in the first quarter despite facing an average of 9.2 yards to gain. The Tar Heels averaged 14.8 yards per play on third down in the quarter.
• The Tar Heels rushed for a season-high 201 yards, despite the fact that no individual gained more than 48. Sophomore tailback Romar Morris led UNC with 48 yards on four carries (one was a 41-yard gain). Quarterback Marquise Williams had 46, freshman tailback T.J. Logan gained 42 and freshman tailback Khris Francis had 35.
• QB Marquise Williams passed, ran and caught touchdowns today. He completed 15 of 28 passes for 185 yards and two touchdowns in his second career start. He also rushed 16 times for 46 yards and a score and caught a 29-yard touchdown pass. He is the first Carolina quarterback to catch a touchdown pass since Kevin Anthony in 1984.
• WR Quinshad Davis was responsible for a pair of touchdowns Saturday, scoring on an 8-yard pass from Williams in the first quarter and throwing a 29-yard pass to Williams later in the quarter. He now has eight touchdown catches and two touchdown passes this season.
• Davis had five receptions today and has 98 catches in his first two seasons. Only two other Tar Heels caught more passes as a freshman and sophomore than Davis – Hakeem Hicks (113) and Jarworski Pollock (102).
• Tight end Eric Ebron made a season-low two catches, but those catches established the UNC career record for catches by a tight end with 96. He came into today’s game tied with Zack Pianalto, who caught 94 from 2007-10.
• WR Ryan Switzer returned a punt 85 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter. The 85-yard return equals the fourth-longest punt return for a touchdown in UNC history. It was the first career touchdown return for Switzer, who has also thrown for a touchdown and scored via reception in 2013.
• TB Khris Francis scored his first career touchdown in the fourth quarter, a 15-yard catch-and-run from Williams. Francis also rushed six times for 35 yards.
• S Dominique Green scored his first career touchdown on a 68-yard interception return in the third quarter. It was Carolina’s first defensive touchdown of the year and the Tar Heels’ first interception return for a touchdown since safety Tre Boston at Virginia in 2012.
• Boston grabbed his team-leading fourth interception of the year in the fourth quarter. Boston has 12 career interceptions, tied for third in school history.
• LB Jeff Schoettmer had a team-high eight tackles (five solo), a pass breakup and a quarterback hurry.
• Bandit Norkeithus Otis had two quarterback sacks and another tackle for a loss.
• Bandit Shakeel Rashad played for the first time this season and had a sack in the third quarter. Rashad was injured on the first day of fall training camp and was expected to miss the season.
• Carolina’s defense had three sacks, two additional tackles for losses, seven quarterback hurries, seven pass breakups and two interceptions.
• Virginia’s fourth quarter touchdown pass was the first against UNCs defense in four games. The last team to throw for a score against the Tar Heels was Virginia Tech on October 5th.
• Carolina’s defense has now allowed six offensive touchdowns in the last 16 quarters.
• Virginia began 15 of 16 offensive possessions on its side of the 50-yard line. The only time UVa began a drive on UNC’s side of midfield came with 3:29 to play in the third quarter after an interception. However, UNC followed with an interception of its own two plays later.
• Over the last three games, all wins, the opponents have started 41 of 45 drives on its side of midfield.
• Tailback Charles Brunson, cornerback Josh Broach, quarterback Kanler Coker, bandit Shakeel Rashad, punter Joey Mangili and wide receivers Dalton Stogner and Luke Heavner played for the first time this year.