DUKE 21, UNC 20
SEPT. 28, 2024
WALLACE WADE STADIUM, DURHAM, N.C.
• Mack Brown is 110-75-1 as head coach of UNC. Brown is 285-151-1 all-time and is the
winningest active head coach in the FBS.
• Since Mack Brown returned to take over the UNC program in 2019, Carolina owns a 41-29
overall record. Seventeen of the 29 losses have been by seven points or less with four
setbacks coming in overtime.
• UNC is 23-9 when a player rushes for over 100 yards since Mack Brown returned as head
coach in 2019, as Omarion finished with 103 yards on the ground Saturday.
• UNC has had a player rush for at least 100 yards in each of the first five games for the first
time since 1983, the only other time that has happened in UNC football history. UNC is the
only program with a 100-yard rusher in each of the first five games of the 2024 season.
• UNC has had a player rush for at least 100 yards 46 times against Duke, the most against
any ACC opponent.
• North Carolina is now 66-41-4 against Duke. The 111 meetings with the Blue Devils are the
third most meetings for Carolina against any opponent.
• North Carolina is 256-126-17 against current Division I opponents from the state of North
Carolina.
• North Carolina drops to 0-1 in the ACC for the first time since 2021.
• This was the first time North Carolina and Duke have played in an ACC-opener (both teams
joined the ACC in 1953).
• North Carolina pitched a first half shutout on the road for the first time since leading
Georgia Tech 17-0 on 10/5/2019.
Offense
• Omarion Hampton recorded a career-high 50 receiving yards.
• Hampton led the Tar Heels with 103 rushing yards. Hampton is 13th all-time on UNC’s
rushing list with 2,563 rushing yards.
• Hampton is the third Tar Heel to record multiple seasons with at least five games rushing for
100 or more yards. Ethan Horton had four 100-yard rushing games in 1983 and five in 1984
and Don McCauley did it 11 times in 1970 and five times in 1969.
• Hampton has 13 games with 100 or more rushing yards, breaking a tie with Charlie Justice
and Giovanni Bernard for eighth on UNC’s career 100-yard rushing list.
• Hampton’s 37-yard reception in the second quarter was the longest of his career.
• Bryson Nesbit’s five receptions earned him his 100th career catch for Carolina. He needs 79
yards for 1,500.
• JJ Jones’s first quarter touchdown reception was his sixth career touchdown and first of the
season.
• Nesbit caught his 13th career touchdown pass and third of the season. Nesbit is UNC’s
record holder in receiving touchdowns by a tight end.
• Jacolby Criswell had multiple touchdowns for the second time in his career.
• North Carolina has not had a wide receiver or tight end over 100 yards in the first five games
of a season for the first time since 2019.
Defense
• Desmond Evans surpassed 100 career tackles with eight in the game.
• Kevin Hester Jr. had a sack for the second straight game. He has two this season and 3.5 for
his career.
• Amare Campbell recorded his third sack of the season, which is the second-most on the
team behind Jahvaree Ritzie, who has five.
• Power Echols had two pass breakups, his first of the season and a career high. Echols has
eight for his career.
Special Teams
• Noah Burnette’s eight points put him in seventh place all-time at UNC in points scored,
passing Tripp Pignetti and Charlie Justice.
• Burnette took sole possession of fifth on North Carolina’s all-time field goals list with a 40-
yard kick in the first quarter, marking the 41st of his career. He kicked his 42nd later in the
third quarter.
• Tom Maginness’s 65-yard punt in the first quarter was the longest by a Tar Heel since Ben
Kiernan’s 70-yard punt against Georgia State in 2022.
SEPT. 28, 2024
WALLACE WADE STADIUM, DURHAM, N.C.
• Mack Brown is 110-75-1 as head coach of UNC. Brown is 285-151-1 all-time and is the
winningest active head coach in the FBS.
• Since Mack Brown returned to take over the UNC program in 2019, Carolina owns a 41-29
overall record. Seventeen of the 29 losses have been by seven points or less with four
setbacks coming in overtime.
• UNC is 23-9 when a player rushes for over 100 yards since Mack Brown returned as head
coach in 2019, as Omarion finished with 103 yards on the ground Saturday.
• UNC has had a player rush for at least 100 yards in each of the first five games for the first
time since 1983, the only other time that has happened in UNC football history. UNC is the
only program with a 100-yard rusher in each of the first five games of the 2024 season.
• UNC has had a player rush for at least 100 yards 46 times against Duke, the most against
any ACC opponent.
• North Carolina is now 66-41-4 against Duke. The 111 meetings with the Blue Devils are the
third most meetings for Carolina against any opponent.
• North Carolina is 256-126-17 against current Division I opponents from the state of North
Carolina.
• North Carolina drops to 0-1 in the ACC for the first time since 2021.
• This was the first time North Carolina and Duke have played in an ACC-opener (both teams
joined the ACC in 1953).
• North Carolina pitched a first half shutout on the road for the first time since leading
Georgia Tech 17-0 on 10/5/2019.
Offense
• Omarion Hampton recorded a career-high 50 receiving yards.
• Hampton led the Tar Heels with 103 rushing yards. Hampton is 13th all-time on UNC’s
rushing list with 2,563 rushing yards.
• Hampton is the third Tar Heel to record multiple seasons with at least five games rushing for
100 or more yards. Ethan Horton had four 100-yard rushing games in 1983 and five in 1984
and Don McCauley did it 11 times in 1970 and five times in 1969.
• Hampton has 13 games with 100 or more rushing yards, breaking a tie with Charlie Justice
and Giovanni Bernard for eighth on UNC’s career 100-yard rushing list.
• Hampton’s 37-yard reception in the second quarter was the longest of his career.
• Bryson Nesbit’s five receptions earned him his 100th career catch for Carolina. He needs 79
yards for 1,500.
• JJ Jones’s first quarter touchdown reception was his sixth career touchdown and first of the
season.
• Nesbit caught his 13th career touchdown pass and third of the season. Nesbit is UNC’s
record holder in receiving touchdowns by a tight end.
• Jacolby Criswell had multiple touchdowns for the second time in his career.
• North Carolina has not had a wide receiver or tight end over 100 yards in the first five games
of a season for the first time since 2019.
Defense
• Desmond Evans surpassed 100 career tackles with eight in the game.
• Kevin Hester Jr. had a sack for the second straight game. He has two this season and 3.5 for
his career.
• Amare Campbell recorded his third sack of the season, which is the second-most on the
team behind Jahvaree Ritzie, who has five.
• Power Echols had two pass breakups, his first of the season and a career high. Echols has
eight for his career.
Special Teams
• Noah Burnette’s eight points put him in seventh place all-time at UNC in points scored,
passing Tripp Pignetti and Charlie Justice.
• Burnette took sole possession of fifth on North Carolina’s all-time field goals list with a 40-
yard kick in the first quarter, marking the 41st of his career. He kicked his 42nd later in the
third quarter.
• Tom Maginness’s 65-yard punt in the first quarter was the longest by a Tar Heel since Ben
Kiernan’s 70-yard punt against Georgia State in 2022.
