UNC 35, Florida State 11
November 2, 2024
Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, Fla.
• Mack Brown is 112-77-1 as head coach of UNC. Brown is 287-153-1 all-time and the winningest active head
coach in FBS. Carolina is 42-31 since Brown returned in 2019.
• UNC is 75-10 when scoring 30 or more points under head coach Mack Brown.
• A Tar Heel has rushed for 100 or more yards in each of the first nine games of the season for the first time. The
previous record was the first seven games in 1983.
• UNC improved to 4-17-1 all-time against Florida State and 3-9-1 in Tallahassee. This was Mack Brown’s first win
against his alma mater. Carolina’s last three wins in the series have come in Tallahassee.
• UNC snapped an eight-game series streak of Florida State scoring 30+ points. The last time the Tar Heels held the
Seminoles under 30 points was in a 41-9 win in 2001.
• Carolina defeated consecutive ACC opponents by at least 20 points in the same season for the first time since
2016, when the Tar Heels defeated Georgia Tech, 48-20, and Virginia, 35-14.
• UNC completed 13 passes, the fewest in a win since completing 11 in a 56-7 win against Mercer in 2019.
• UNC gained 500+ total yards of offense for the third time this season (513 vs. NC Central and 616 vs. JMU).
• Carolina rushed for 289 yards, second most this season and the most in an ACC game.
• Carolina converted a season-high 68.8% on third downs (11 of 16).
• Carolina had a season-high time of possession of 39:43 (previous was 34:06 at Duke).
• This was the third time this season and second-straight game UNC did not commit a turnover (wins over NC
Central, Virginia and FSU).
Offense
• Omarion Hampton became the ninth Tar Heel with at least 3,000 career rushing yards. Hampton is the first Tar
Heel to rush for 3,000 since Michael Carter, who gained 3,404 from 2017-20.
• Hampton scored five touchdowns – four rushing (1, 2, 31 and 1 yards) and one receiving (49 yards).
• Hampton’s five touchdowns are the most by a Tar Heel since Kelvin Bryant’s five against Miami (Ohio) in 1981. It
is the fourth time a Tar Heel had five or more touchdowns in a game.
Touchdowns in a Game by a Tar Heel
6..........Kelvin Bryant vs. East Carolina, 1981
5..........Omarion Hampton at Florida State, 2024
5..........Kelvin Bryant vs. Miami (Ohio), 1981
5..........Don McCauley vs. Duke, 1970
• Hampton’s four rushing touchdowns are the most in a game by a Tar Heel since Ty Chandler had four against
Wake Forest in 2021. It is the 20th time a Tar Heel has four or more rushing touchdowns in a game.
• Hampton’s five touchdowns increase his career total to 37, sixth most in UNC history. Hampton has 34 rushing
touchdowns, which ties Natrone Means for fourth in UNC history.
• Hampton rushed for 172 yards on a career-high 32 carries.
• It was Hampton’s seventh-consecutive 100-yard game, which officially ties the all-time UNC record with Don
McCauley in 1970. McCauley also rushed for 143 yards in the 1970 Peach Bowl (for an eighth straight 100-yard
game) at a time when bowl game stats were not official.
• Hampton’s 265 total yards are a career high. They are the most all-purpose yards in a game by a Tar Heel since
Michael Carter gained 318 against Miami in 2020.
• Hampton has 13 rushing touchdowns this season, which equals the eighth most in a season by a Tar Heel. He had
15 rushing touchdowns last season, which ranks sixth.
• This was Hampton’s 12th career game scoring multiple touchdowns.
• Hampton passed Ethan Horton and Natrone Means for seventh on UNC’s all-time rushing list. Horton and Means
finished with 3,074 yards; Hampton has 3,082.
• Hampton has eight 100-yard rushing games this season, which equals the second-most 100-yard games in a
season by a Tar Heel with Amos Lawrence (1980). McCauley holds the record with 11 in 1970.
• This was Hampton’s 17th career 100-yard rushing game, which equals the third most by a Tar Heel with
McCauley and Horton.
• Darwin Barlow rushed for 23 yards to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark for his career (1,018).
• Jacolby Criswell was 13 for 17 for 211 yards. It was his sixth 200-yard passing game this season.
• Criswell threw a touchdown pass for the seventh straight game.
Defense
• Carolina held the Seminoles to 201 yards. Last week UNC held Virginia to 288. This is the first time UNC held
back-to-back opponents to fewer than 300 yards on the road since 2007 (at Virginia Tech and Wake Forest).
• UNC has made 17 sacks in the last two games after recording 15 in the first seven games.
• Kaimon Rucker tied Lawrence Taylor for sixth on UNC’s all-time sacks list with 21. Rucker has five sacks this
season and four in the last two games.
• Beau Atkinson recorded a career-high 3.5 sacks, which equals the second-most sacks in a game in UNC history
with Kareem Martin, who had 3.5 sacks at Pittsburgh in 2013.
• Atkinson had two sacks at Virginia and has recorded multiple sacks in back-to-back games for the first time in his
career.
• Atkinson had a career-high 4.5 tackles for losses today and tied a career-high with five tackles.
• Will Hardy made his second-career interception and first of the season.
• Alijah Huzzie recorded his first interception this year. It was Huzzie’s fourth interception at UNC and the 16th of
his career (had 12 at East Tennessee State).
Special Teams:
• Noah Burnette (268) passed Connor Barth (265) for fifth on UNC’s all-time points list.
• Nate McCollum’s 49-yard kickoff return in the first quarter was the longest this season by a Tar Heel.
• Florida State’s Ryan Fitzgerald’s 56-yard field goal in the first quarter tied the longest field goal ever made
against UNC. NC State’s Damon Hartman hit a 56-yard game-winner against UNC in 1990.
November 2, 2024
Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, Fla.
• Mack Brown is 112-77-1 as head coach of UNC. Brown is 287-153-1 all-time and the winningest active head
coach in FBS. Carolina is 42-31 since Brown returned in 2019.
• UNC is 75-10 when scoring 30 or more points under head coach Mack Brown.
• A Tar Heel has rushed for 100 or more yards in each of the first nine games of the season for the first time. The
previous record was the first seven games in 1983.
• UNC improved to 4-17-1 all-time against Florida State and 3-9-1 in Tallahassee. This was Mack Brown’s first win
against his alma mater. Carolina’s last three wins in the series have come in Tallahassee.
• UNC snapped an eight-game series streak of Florida State scoring 30+ points. The last time the Tar Heels held the
Seminoles under 30 points was in a 41-9 win in 2001.
• Carolina defeated consecutive ACC opponents by at least 20 points in the same season for the first time since
2016, when the Tar Heels defeated Georgia Tech, 48-20, and Virginia, 35-14.
• UNC completed 13 passes, the fewest in a win since completing 11 in a 56-7 win against Mercer in 2019.
• UNC gained 500+ total yards of offense for the third time this season (513 vs. NC Central and 616 vs. JMU).
• Carolina rushed for 289 yards, second most this season and the most in an ACC game.
• Carolina converted a season-high 68.8% on third downs (11 of 16).
• Carolina had a season-high time of possession of 39:43 (previous was 34:06 at Duke).
• This was the third time this season and second-straight game UNC did not commit a turnover (wins over NC
Central, Virginia and FSU).
Offense
• Omarion Hampton became the ninth Tar Heel with at least 3,000 career rushing yards. Hampton is the first Tar
Heel to rush for 3,000 since Michael Carter, who gained 3,404 from 2017-20.
• Hampton scored five touchdowns – four rushing (1, 2, 31 and 1 yards) and one receiving (49 yards).
• Hampton’s five touchdowns are the most by a Tar Heel since Kelvin Bryant’s five against Miami (Ohio) in 1981. It
is the fourth time a Tar Heel had five or more touchdowns in a game.
Touchdowns in a Game by a Tar Heel
6..........Kelvin Bryant vs. East Carolina, 1981
5..........Omarion Hampton at Florida State, 2024
5..........Kelvin Bryant vs. Miami (Ohio), 1981
5..........Don McCauley vs. Duke, 1970
• Hampton’s four rushing touchdowns are the most in a game by a Tar Heel since Ty Chandler had four against
Wake Forest in 2021. It is the 20th time a Tar Heel has four or more rushing touchdowns in a game.
• Hampton’s five touchdowns increase his career total to 37, sixth most in UNC history. Hampton has 34 rushing
touchdowns, which ties Natrone Means for fourth in UNC history.
• Hampton rushed for 172 yards on a career-high 32 carries.
• It was Hampton’s seventh-consecutive 100-yard game, which officially ties the all-time UNC record with Don
McCauley in 1970. McCauley also rushed for 143 yards in the 1970 Peach Bowl (for an eighth straight 100-yard
game) at a time when bowl game stats were not official.
• Hampton’s 265 total yards are a career high. They are the most all-purpose yards in a game by a Tar Heel since
Michael Carter gained 318 against Miami in 2020.
• Hampton has 13 rushing touchdowns this season, which equals the eighth most in a season by a Tar Heel. He had
15 rushing touchdowns last season, which ranks sixth.
• This was Hampton’s 12th career game scoring multiple touchdowns.
• Hampton passed Ethan Horton and Natrone Means for seventh on UNC’s all-time rushing list. Horton and Means
finished with 3,074 yards; Hampton has 3,082.
• Hampton has eight 100-yard rushing games this season, which equals the second-most 100-yard games in a
season by a Tar Heel with Amos Lawrence (1980). McCauley holds the record with 11 in 1970.
• This was Hampton’s 17th career 100-yard rushing game, which equals the third most by a Tar Heel with
McCauley and Horton.
• Darwin Barlow rushed for 23 yards to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark for his career (1,018).
• Jacolby Criswell was 13 for 17 for 211 yards. It was his sixth 200-yard passing game this season.
• Criswell threw a touchdown pass for the seventh straight game.
Defense
• Carolina held the Seminoles to 201 yards. Last week UNC held Virginia to 288. This is the first time UNC held
back-to-back opponents to fewer than 300 yards on the road since 2007 (at Virginia Tech and Wake Forest).
• UNC has made 17 sacks in the last two games after recording 15 in the first seven games.
• Kaimon Rucker tied Lawrence Taylor for sixth on UNC’s all-time sacks list with 21. Rucker has five sacks this
season and four in the last two games.
• Beau Atkinson recorded a career-high 3.5 sacks, which equals the second-most sacks in a game in UNC history
with Kareem Martin, who had 3.5 sacks at Pittsburgh in 2013.
• Atkinson had two sacks at Virginia and has recorded multiple sacks in back-to-back games for the first time in his
career.
• Atkinson had a career-high 4.5 tackles for losses today and tied a career-high with five tackles.
• Will Hardy made his second-career interception and first of the season.
• Alijah Huzzie recorded his first interception this year. It was Huzzie’s fourth interception at UNC and the 16th of
his career (had 12 at East Tennessee State).
Special Teams:
• Noah Burnette (268) passed Connor Barth (265) for fifth on UNC’s all-time points list.
• Nate McCollum’s 49-yard kickoff return in the first quarter was the longest this season by a Tar Heel.
• Florida State’s Ryan Fitzgerald’s 56-yard field goal in the first quarter tied the longest field goal ever made
against UNC. NC State’s Damon Hartman hit a 56-yard game-winner against UNC in 1990.
