The duel
North Carolina vs. NC Central
Saturday, September 14, 2024
6:00 p.m. ET | ACC Network Extra
Kenan Stadium | Chapel Hill, NC
| North Carolina (2-0, 0-0 ACC) | NC Central Eagles (1-1, 0-0 MEAC) |
|---|---|
| Head coach: Mack Brown | Head coach: Trei Oliver |
| Entry at UNC: 109-73-1 | NC Central record: 30-19 |
| Career record: 284-149-1 | Career record: 30-19 |
TV: ACC Network (Kevin Fitzgerald, Charlie Strong, Ashley Stroehlein)
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: 103 or 206
Series history
All-time series record: First meeting
Last meeting: —
A victory would…
» Give Carolina its third consecutive win to start the 2024 season.
» Be the Tar Heels’ first win over NC Central…in the first meeting between the two teams.
» Help UNC start the year 3-0 for the third consecutive year.
» Have fun going out.
2-0 start into 2024
After beating Charlotte last weekend, the Tar Heels are now 2-0 for the fifth time in the last six years. UNC was 2-0 just five times in the 20 years before Coach Brown returned to Carolina in 2019.
Success in the second stint
Carolina is now second in the ACC in total wins since Mack BrownReturning to Chapel Hill, Clemson leads the league with 55 total wins during that span, while UNC is second with 40 wins and NC State is third with 39 wins.
Ritzie causes chaos
College graduate as defensive player Jahvaree Ritzie leads the nation with five sacks after two games, but Carolina’s defense as a whole is also causing problems for the quarterback, ranking eighth in the nation in team sacks with four sacks per game after two wins.
Get off topic
In the win over Charlotte, the freshman running back Davion Gause ran for 105 yards and a touchdown and caught a pass for 16 yards in only his second college game.
FBS teams that have multiple players with 100-yard performances:
- Alabama (Judge Haynes, Jam Miller)
- Arizona (Jacory Croskey-Merrit, Quali Conley)
- Army (Noah Short, Bryson Daily)
- Cincinnati (Evan Pryor, Corey Kiner)
- North Carolina (Omarion Hampton, Davion Gause)
- Oregon State (Jam Griffin, Anthony Hankerson)
- Penn State (Nicholas Singleton – twice, Kaytron Allen)
- Texas State (Ismail Mahdi, Lincoln Pare)
- West Virginia (CJ Donaldson, Jaheim White
FBS rookies with 100-yard rushing performances:
- Isaac Brown (Louisville – 123 yards against Austin Peay in Week 1)
- Greg Burrell (UNLV – 101 yards against Utah Tech in Week 2)
- Davion Gause (North Carolina – 105 yards against Charlotte in Week 2
- Ahmad Hardy (UL Monroe – 103 yards against Jackson State in Week 1)
- Justin Marshall* (Colorado State – 106 yards at Texas in Week 1)
Thirty threshold
After scoring 38 points against the 49ers, the Tar Heels are now 72-8 under Mack Brown if they score 30 or more points, and 47:1 if they score 40 or more points.
Key figures
64 – The Tar Heels defense is allowing just 64.0 rushing yards per game after ironically limiting Charlotte to 49 rushing yards last Saturday. UNC ranks 16th nationally in that category.
14 – Charlotte had 14 third-down attempts last weekend and the Tar Heels only allowed the 49ers to convert two of them.
58 – Christian Hamilton scored a 58-yard touchdown reception, his first career score, in the win over Charlotte.
11 – With his result from last Saturday, Bryson Nesbit became UNC’s all-time leading tight end with 11 touchdown receptions.
219 – Conner Harrells 219 yards in the win over Charlotte were a career high for the young signal-caller.
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