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North Carolina 59, Virginia 39
Saturday, September 18, 2021,
Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill, N.C.
• Mack Brown improves to 261-133-1 overall, including an 86-57-1 record in 13 seasons as head coach of the Tar Heels. He leads all active coaches in career wins.
• UNC and Virginia played for the 126th time in the South’s Oldest Rivalry
• With the win, Carolina leads the series, 65-57-4.
• UNC is 33-15-3 at home against Virginia.
• This was the Tar Heels’ first win against the Cavaliers since 2016. Virginia had won the previous four games.
• The teams combined for 98 points, most in the series. The previous high was 85 last year in Virginia’s 44-41 win in Charlottesville.
• The Tar Heels’ 59 points are the most against Virginia in an ACC game, the most since 1936 (59 in Charlottesville) and the most at home since 1935 (61).
• This was the second time in UNC history a player had 150 or more rushing yards (198 by Ty Chandler), 150 or more receiving yards (203 by Josh Downs) and at least 200 passing yards (307 by Sam Howell). The only other game was against Miami in 2020.
• It was the first time in UNC history a player rushed for 150 or more, another had 150 or more receiving and a player had 300 yards passing.
• Carolina’s offensive possessions went: TD-TD-TD-FG-INT-Missed FG-End Half (one play)-TD-TD-TD-TD-TD (all five second-half drives were touchdowns).
• Carolina gained 699 total offense yards, its most ever against Virginia and the sixth most in any game in school history. It was the third most by the Tar Heels in a game coached by Mack Brown.
• Carolina’s 35 first downs tonight against Virginia. The only time the Tar Heels had more in a game was 36 vs. Pitt in 1974.
UNC Total Offense Yards
798 vs. Miami, 2020
742 vs. Wake Forest, 2020
721 vs. Old Dominion, 2013
714 vs. Maryland, 1993
704 vs. Duke, 2015
699 vs. Virginia, 2021
SAM HOWELL
• Was 14 for 21 for 307 yards and five touchdowns and added a career-high 112 rushing yards (419 total offense yards).
• Tossed TD passes of 59, 37, 75, 5 and 3 yards.
• First quarter QBR was 583.8.
• Has thrown a touchdown pass in all 28 of his games as a Tar Heel, the longest active streak in the country. He extended that streak with a 59-yard strike to Josh Downs at the 10:45 mark in the first quarter.
• Has thrown two or more touchdowns in 23 of 28 games, three or more in 16 of 28, four or more six times and five or more in three games.
• His three first-quarter touchdown passes were the most by a UNC quarterback vs. an FBS team in a quarter since Bryn Renner tossed three in the fourth quarter on 9/15/12 at Louisville.
• Howell Is 52 for 78 for 1,103 yards and 13 touchdowns in three career games against the Cavaliers.
• Passed Marquise Williams for fourth place in UNC history with 8,094 passing yards.
• Passed Bryn Renner for fourth place in school history with 8,526 yards of total offense.
UNC Career Passing Yards Leaders
TJ Yates 9,377
Darian Durant 8,755
Bryn Renner 8,221
Howell 8,094
Marquise Williams 7,965
UNC Career Total Offense Leaders
Marquise Williams 10,423
Darian Durant 9,630
TJ Yates 9,044
Howell 8,526
Bryn Renner 8,128
• Passed Russell Wilson (NC State) for sixth in career passing touchdowns in ACC history with 77. Florida State’s Chris Weinke is fifth with 79.
• Set a career high in rushing yards and carries with 112 yards on 15 carries. It was the second game in a row Howell rushed for a career high (he had 102 against Georgia State).
• Howell became the second Power 5 quarterback with back-to-back 300+ yard passing and 100+ yard rushing games since at least 2004. The other was Louisville’s Lamar Jackson (courtesy Bryan Ives, ESPN research).
Others
• Tailback Ty Chandler rushed 20 times for a career-high 198 yards and two touchdowns.
• Chandler’s previous career high was 158 rushing yards at Tennessee against UTEP in 2018.
• Chandler’s 198 yards included a season-long 60-yard run the second quarter.
• This was the first time a Carolina quarterback and running back rushed for 100 yards since 2015 when Elijah Hood (132) and Marquise Williams (101) did that against Miami.
• Freshman Caleb Hood rushed for a career high 66 yards and one touchdown. That included a season-long 25- yard run in the second quarter.
• Sophomore wide receiver Josh Downs made nine catches for 203 yards and two touchdowns, both career highs. That’s the most yards in a game by a Tar Heel since Dyami Brown had 240 yards vs. Virginia last season.
• Down’s 203 yards are the eighth-most in a game by a Tar Heel.
• Downs is the first UNC player to catch a touchdown in each of the Tar Heels' first three games since Dwight Jones in 2011.
• Downs had five receptions for 159 yards and two touchdowns in the first half.
• Khafre Brown caught his first pass of the season in the first quarter, a 75-yard TD pass from Howell. It was the second-longest passing TD in the ACC this season.
• Linebacker Chris Collins recorded his first career forced fumble on UVA’s second drive of the game. Defensive end Desmond Evans recovered his first fumble on the same play.
• Linebacker Kaimon Rucker forced his first fumble and had two sacks.
• Jonathan Kim had touchbacks on 10 of 10 kickoffs and is 22 for 22 this season.
Teams
• The teams combined for 1,273 yards, including 424 combined yards in the first quarter.
• Carolina scored three touchdowns the first quarter in 2:41 (Virginia had the ball for 12:19, but Carolina led 21-7 after the first quarter).
• Carolina rushed for 392 yards, while the Cavaliers rushed for 21. It was the first time an opponent rushed for less than 25 rushing yards since 2018 when UVA gained 22 yards in Charlottesville.
• Carolina gained 699 yards, the sixth time in the last three seasons a Mack Brown-coached team gained at least 600 yards.
• Virginia quarterback Brennan Armstrong threw for 554 yards, the most ever against the Tar Heels. The previous record was 479 by Dave Brown of Duke in 1989. Armstrong’s 554 yards were a career high and set the Virginia single-game.
• Armstrong had 538 total offense yards, second most ever against UNC. Daniel Jones (Duke) gained 547 in 2018.
• Armstrong’s 39 completions are the second most all-time vs. UNC. ECU’s Dominique Davis had 41 in 2011.
North Carolina 59, Virginia 39
Saturday, September 18, 2021,
Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill, N.C.
• Mack Brown improves to 261-133-1 overall, including an 86-57-1 record in 13 seasons as head coach of the Tar Heels. He leads all active coaches in career wins.
• UNC and Virginia played for the 126th time in the South’s Oldest Rivalry
• With the win, Carolina leads the series, 65-57-4.
• UNC is 33-15-3 at home against Virginia.
• This was the Tar Heels’ first win against the Cavaliers since 2016. Virginia had won the previous four games.
• The teams combined for 98 points, most in the series. The previous high was 85 last year in Virginia’s 44-41 win in Charlottesville.
• The Tar Heels’ 59 points are the most against Virginia in an ACC game, the most since 1936 (59 in Charlottesville) and the most at home since 1935 (61).
• This was the second time in UNC history a player had 150 or more rushing yards (198 by Ty Chandler), 150 or more receiving yards (203 by Josh Downs) and at least 200 passing yards (307 by Sam Howell). The only other game was against Miami in 2020.
• It was the first time in UNC history a player rushed for 150 or more, another had 150 or more receiving and a player had 300 yards passing.
• Carolina’s offensive possessions went: TD-TD-TD-FG-INT-Missed FG-End Half (one play)-TD-TD-TD-TD-TD (all five second-half drives were touchdowns).
• Carolina gained 699 total offense yards, its most ever against Virginia and the sixth most in any game in school history. It was the third most by the Tar Heels in a game coached by Mack Brown.
• Carolina’s 35 first downs tonight against Virginia. The only time the Tar Heels had more in a game was 36 vs. Pitt in 1974.
UNC Total Offense Yards
798 vs. Miami, 2020
742 vs. Wake Forest, 2020
721 vs. Old Dominion, 2013
714 vs. Maryland, 1993
704 vs. Duke, 2015
699 vs. Virginia, 2021
SAM HOWELL
• Was 14 for 21 for 307 yards and five touchdowns and added a career-high 112 rushing yards (419 total offense yards).
• Tossed TD passes of 59, 37, 75, 5 and 3 yards.
• First quarter QBR was 583.8.
• Has thrown a touchdown pass in all 28 of his games as a Tar Heel, the longest active streak in the country. He extended that streak with a 59-yard strike to Josh Downs at the 10:45 mark in the first quarter.
• Has thrown two or more touchdowns in 23 of 28 games, three or more in 16 of 28, four or more six times and five or more in three games.
• His three first-quarter touchdown passes were the most by a UNC quarterback vs. an FBS team in a quarter since Bryn Renner tossed three in the fourth quarter on 9/15/12 at Louisville.
• Howell Is 52 for 78 for 1,103 yards and 13 touchdowns in three career games against the Cavaliers.
• Passed Marquise Williams for fourth place in UNC history with 8,094 passing yards.
• Passed Bryn Renner for fourth place in school history with 8,526 yards of total offense.
UNC Career Passing Yards Leaders
TJ Yates 9,377
Darian Durant 8,755
Bryn Renner 8,221
Howell 8,094
Marquise Williams 7,965
UNC Career Total Offense Leaders
Marquise Williams 10,423
Darian Durant 9,630
TJ Yates 9,044
Howell 8,526
Bryn Renner 8,128
• Passed Russell Wilson (NC State) for sixth in career passing touchdowns in ACC history with 77. Florida State’s Chris Weinke is fifth with 79.
• Set a career high in rushing yards and carries with 112 yards on 15 carries. It was the second game in a row Howell rushed for a career high (he had 102 against Georgia State).
• Howell became the second Power 5 quarterback with back-to-back 300+ yard passing and 100+ yard rushing games since at least 2004. The other was Louisville’s Lamar Jackson (courtesy Bryan Ives, ESPN research).
Others
• Tailback Ty Chandler rushed 20 times for a career-high 198 yards and two touchdowns.
• Chandler’s previous career high was 158 rushing yards at Tennessee against UTEP in 2018.
• Chandler’s 198 yards included a season-long 60-yard run the second quarter.
• This was the first time a Carolina quarterback and running back rushed for 100 yards since 2015 when Elijah Hood (132) and Marquise Williams (101) did that against Miami.
• Freshman Caleb Hood rushed for a career high 66 yards and one touchdown. That included a season-long 25- yard run in the second quarter.
• Sophomore wide receiver Josh Downs made nine catches for 203 yards and two touchdowns, both career highs. That’s the most yards in a game by a Tar Heel since Dyami Brown had 240 yards vs. Virginia last season.
• Down’s 203 yards are the eighth-most in a game by a Tar Heel.
• Downs is the first UNC player to catch a touchdown in each of the Tar Heels' first three games since Dwight Jones in 2011.
• Downs had five receptions for 159 yards and two touchdowns in the first half.
• Khafre Brown caught his first pass of the season in the first quarter, a 75-yard TD pass from Howell. It was the second-longest passing TD in the ACC this season.
• Linebacker Chris Collins recorded his first career forced fumble on UVA’s second drive of the game. Defensive end Desmond Evans recovered his first fumble on the same play.
• Linebacker Kaimon Rucker forced his first fumble and had two sacks.
• Jonathan Kim had touchbacks on 10 of 10 kickoffs and is 22 for 22 this season.
Teams
• The teams combined for 1,273 yards, including 424 combined yards in the first quarter.
• Carolina scored three touchdowns the first quarter in 2:41 (Virginia had the ball for 12:19, but Carolina led 21-7 after the first quarter).
• Carolina rushed for 392 yards, while the Cavaliers rushed for 21. It was the first time an opponent rushed for less than 25 rushing yards since 2018 when UVA gained 22 yards in Charlottesville.
• Carolina gained 699 yards, the sixth time in the last three seasons a Mack Brown-coached team gained at least 600 yards.
• Virginia quarterback Brennan Armstrong threw for 554 yards, the most ever against the Tar Heels. The previous record was 479 by Dave Brown of Duke in 1989. Armstrong’s 554 yards were a career high and set the Virginia single-game.
• Armstrong had 538 total offense yards, second most ever against UNC. Daniel Jones (Duke) gained 547 in 2018.
• Armstrong’s 39 completions are the second most all-time vs. UNC. ECU’s Dominique Davis had 41 in 2011.
