2001 IN REVIEW Review Notes Statistics Game-by-Game Team Stats Game-by-Game Individual Stats

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Review Notes 132-133

2001 Statistics 134-135

2001 Game-by-Game Team Stats 136

2001 Game-by-Game Individual Stats 137-138

2001 Team/Individual Highs 139

2001 Game-by-Game Breakdowns 140

2001 Long Plays 141

2001 Game-by-Game Reviews 142-154

2001 Senior Profiles 155-157

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TAR HEELS COMPLETE TURNAROUND WITH PEACH BOWL WIN OVER AUBURN

After starting the season with three con-secutive losses, North Carolina completed the greatest turnaround in school history, winning eight of its last 10 games, includ-ing a 16-10 victory over Auburn in the Chick-fil-APeach Bowl. The Tar Heels, led by first-year head coach John Bunting, finished 8-5 overall, 5-3 (3rd) in the Atlantic Coast Conference and earned their first bowl trip since 1998. It was the 10th winning season in the last 11 years.

Carolina dropped its first three games to Oklahoma, Maryland and Texas before put-ting together a five-game win streak that included a 41-9 rout of Florida State and a dominating 38-3 victory at Clemson. The FSUgame was Bunting’s first win at Carolina and was UNC’s first win over the Seminoles in 13 meetings. After falling to Georgia Tech and Wake Forest, Carolina closed the regular season with wins over Duke and SMU to earn the Peach Bowl bid.

BUNTING WINS THE MOST OF ANY FIRST-YEAR TAR HEEL COACH

Head coach John Bunting won more games (8) in his first season at North Carolina than any other first-year coach in school history. Carl Torbush (1998) and Carl Snavely (1934) each won seven games in their first seasons. Bunting, a 1972 North Carolina graduate, was the first for-mer letterwinner to coach the Tar Heels since 1956.

PEPPERS WINS LOMBARDI TROPHY & BEDNARIK AWARD

Defensive end Julius Peppers became the first Tar Heel to win a major college football award when he was named the 2001 Rotary Lombardi Award winner in Houston on Dec. 5. The Lombardi Trophy is given annually to the nation’s best lineman. Peppers beat out fellow defensive ends Dwight Freeney of Syracuse and Alex Brown of Florida for the honor.

A day after winning the Lombardi Trophy, Peppers flew to Orlando where he was presented the Chuck Bednarik Award as the nation’s top over-all defensive player.

Peppers also was named the Chevrolet National Defensive Player of the Year and was one of five finalists for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, which is given to the nation’s top overall defensive player by the Charlotte Touchdown Club.

In 2001, Peppers had 63 tackles, including 19 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks. He also led the team in interceptions. Peppers finished his three-year Carolina career second on the school’s all-time list in sacks (30.5) and tackles for losses (53).

PEPPERS UNANIMOUS ALL-AMERICA; JERSEY WILL HANG IN KENAN STADIUM

Peppers was a unanimous All-America selection and his No. 49 jersey will be added to the facade of Kenan Stadium in 2002. He is just the second unanimous first-team All-America in school history and the first since Lawrence Taylor in 1980. He was named first-team All-America by the Associated Press, The Sporting News, Football News, Walter Camp Football Foundation, American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) and CNNSI.com. Peppers is the first Tar Heel to be named consensus first-team All-America at UNC since defensive end Greg Ellis, linebacker Brian Simmons and cornerback Dre’Bly earned that honor in 1997.

PEPPERS, SIMS AMONG FIRST SIX NFL DRAFT PICKS

Defensive linemen Julius Peppers and Ryan Sims were two of the top six picks in the 2002 NFLDraft. Peppers was the No. 2 overall pick by the Carolina Panthers and Sims was taken with the sixth pick by the Kansas City Chiefs. Peppers and Sims were among six Tar Heels selected. Linebacker David Thornton was taken in the fourth round by Indianapolis, while Joey Evans, Ronald Curry and Quincy Monk were picked in the sev-enth round. There were more players taken in the NFL Draft from North Carolina than any other school in the country.

ACC STANDINGS (2001) ACC Overall Maryland* 7-1 10-2 Florida State* 6-2 8-4 North Carolina* 5-3 8-5 NCState* 4-4 7-5 Georgia Tech* 4-4 7-5 Clemson* 4-4 7-5 Wake Forest 3-5 6-5 Virginia 3-5 5-7 Duke 0-8 0-11 *bowl participant

All-ACC: DE Julius Peppers (1st), DTRyan Sims (1st), CB Michael Waddell (2nd), LB David Thornton (2nd)

AllAmerica: DE Julius Peppers (1st, unani -mous), DTRyan Sims (3rd, Associated Press)

ACC RANKINGS (FINAL)

Total Offense 6th, 365.6 avg. Run Offense 6th, 126.2 avg. Pass Offense 4th, 239.3 avg. Pass Efficiency 3rd, 136.8 Scoring Offense 6th, 26.8 avg. Quarterback Sacks Allowed 6th, 29 3rd Down Conversions 7th, 39.3 pct. Total Defense 1st, 305.3 avg. Run Defense 6th, 126.2 avg. Pass Defense 1st, 180.5 avg. Scoring Defense 3rd, 21.8 avg. Quarterback Sacks By 4th, 26 Opp. 3rd Down Conversions 1st, 34.4 pct. Kickoff Returns 8th, 19,6 avg. Punt Returns 2nd, 11.3 avg. Net Punting 7th, 32.9 avg. Turnover Margin 8th, -.92 Penalties 6th, 64.5 avg.

NCAA RANKINGS (out of 115 schools)

Category UNC NCAALeader Run Offense 82 (126.3) Neb. (314.7) Pass Offense 49 (239.3) Florida (405.2) Total Offense 68 (365.6) BYU (537.1) Scoring Offense 58 (26.8) BYU (46.9) Run Defense 31 (124.8) UAB (57.3) Pass Eff. Defense 8 (98.95) Miami (75.6) Total Defense 15 (305.3) Texas (236.2) Scoring Defense 32 (21.8) Miami (9.4) Net Punting 94 (32.9) Ohio (42.7) Punt Returns 23 (11.3) Colo. (17.4) Kickoff Returns 84 (18.9) Hawaii (28.2) Turnover Margin 107 (-.92) Miami (2.36) Pass Defense 19 (180.5) W.Va. (136.7) Individuals

Category Player Rank Pass. Efficiency Durant 12th, 149.3 Total Offense Durant 80th, 164.3 Rec./Game Aiken 68th, 65.8 Punting Lafferty 65th, 39.6 Punt Returns Allen 45th, 10.34 Kickoff Returns Knight 98th, 18.13 Field Goals Reed 44th, 1.00 Scoring Reed 88th, 6.00 Carolina completed the greatest turnaround in school

history by winning eight of its last 10 games, including a 16-10 victory over Auburn in the Peach Bowl.

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THORNTON ONE OF BEST STORIES David Thornton, a former walk-on who was awarded a scholarship prior to the start of the 2001 season, blossomed into one of the Tar Heels’top playmakers on defense in 2001. Thornton led the team with 131 total tackles, was second with 10 tackles for loss and third with three sacks. He had double digits in tackles in seven games this season, including a season-high 17 against Wake Forest. He entered the 2001 season with just 24 career tackles, including 16 tackles as a special teams player in 2000.

Thornton was voted UNC’s defensive MVPand earned second-team All-ACC honors and he was selected in the fourth round of the 2002 NFLDraft by the Indianapolis Colts.

AIKEN COMPLETES BREAKOUT SEASON

Junior wide receiver Sam Aiken had eight touch -down catches in 2001, just one shy of the school record of nine set by Marcus Wall in 1994. Aiken had one touchdown catch against FSU, East Carolina, Virginia and Wake Forest and two touch -down receptions against both Georgia Tech and Duke. The Kenansville, N.C., native led the team with 46 catches for 789 yards, a team-leading 17.6 yards per catch. Aiken was fifth in the ACC in receiving yards per game.

TAR HEELS TIE TD PASS RECORD Carolina quarterbacks threw 25 touchdown pass-es in 2001, tying the school record pass-established in 1996. Darian Durant had 17 touchdown passes and Ronald Curry had eight. Curry’s 43-yard pass to Chesley Borders in the SMU game tied the record. In 1996, Chris Keldorf tossed a single-season school-record 23 touchdown passes and Oscar

Carolina’s 239.3 yards passing per game was the fourth-highest per game average in school history and the most since the 1997 Tar Heels set the school record with 261.8 yards a game. DURANT HAS IMPRESSIVE FRESH -MAN CAMPAIGN

Redshirt freshman quarterback Darian Durant had one of the best offensive seasons in UNC his-tory despite starting just two games and splitting time with Ronald Curry in 11 games.

In 2001, Durant established Carolina freshman records for touchdown passes (17), completions (142), passing yards (1,843) and total offense (1,971).

Durant’s 17 touchdown passes were the third-highest single-season total in UNC history. Chris Keldorf set the school record with 23 TD passes in 1996 and Matt Kupec had 18 touchdown passes in 1979.

Durant was second in the ACCand 12th in the nation in pass efficiency (149.29). Florida State redshirt freshman Chris Rix was the only freshman in the country with a better efficiency rating (156.6). Durant completed 63.7 percent (142 of 223) of his attempts.

Durant was named the ACC’s Rookie of the Week six times and finished second behind Chris Rix for ACCRookie of the Year honors. CURRY’S RECORD-BREAKING CAREER

Ronald Curry had an outstanding career at UNC. Curry holds UNCcareer records for total offense, passing yards, rushing yards by a quarterback and rushing touchdowns by a quarterback. He also is second in career pass completion and fourth in touchdown passes. In 2000, he established a sin-gle-season school record with 2,676 total yards.

Curry started 10 games in 2001 and was 62 of 134 passes for 1,005 yards and eight touchdowns. He also rushed for 253 yards and three touch-downs.

He earned offensive MVPhonors in the 1998 Las Vegas Bowl and the 2001 Peach Bowl. WIDE RECEIVERS COME UP BIG

After struggling earlier in 2001, Carolina’s wide receivers made significant strides in the final two months of the season. After scoring no touch-downs in the first three games of the year, Carolina’s top three receivers – Sam Aiken, Kory Bailey and Bosley Allen – scored 18 touchdowns in the next eight games.

In addition, a UNC receiver had at least 100 yards receiving in four of the last five games. Allen had back-to-back 100-yard games at Clemson and vs. Georgia Tech and Sam Aiken had back-to-back 100-yard games vs. Wake Forest and Duke.

Three Tar Heel receivers made at least 39 recep-tions, including 46 by Sam Aiken, 44 by Kory Bailey and 39 by Bosley Allen. The last time Carolina had three receivers with at least 30 catch-es was in 1997. It was just the second time Carolina has ever had two receivers with at least 40 receptions. The other was in 1995 when Leon Johnson, a tailback, had 54 catches and wide receiver Octavus Barnes had 53.

UNC LEADS THE ACC IN TOTAL DEFENSE

Carolina ranked first in the ACCand 15th in the nation in total defense in 2001, allowing just 305.3 yards per contest. The Tar Heels were also first in the conference and eighth in the nation in pass effi-ciency defense. In other ACCdefensive categories, Carolina was first in pass defense (yards per game), second in opponents’third-down conversions, third in rushing defense, and third in scoring defense. Carolina has finished first in the ACCin total defense 12 times. The last time Carolina was No. 1 in total defense was 1997.

Carolina held both Florida State and NC State to just nine points in wins during the 2001 season. It was just the fifth time since 1982 that the Seminoles had been held to less than 10 points.

TAKE A NOTE

■Carolina won eight of its final 10 games of the 2002 season. The two losses were by a combined total of eight points (1 vs. Wake Forest, 7 at Georgia Tech)

■Carolina won its fifth

consecutive bowl game with a 16-10 victory in the Chick-fil-APeach Bowl. The Tar Heels are one of only three teams to win their last five bowl games. LSU and Miami (Fla.) are the other two teams. Carolina won the 1995 Carquest Bowl (20-10 vs. Arkansas), the 1997 Gator Bowl (20-13 vs. West Virginia), the 1998 Gator Bowl (42-3 vs. Virginia Tech), the 1998 Las Vegas Bowl (20-13 vs. San Diego State) and the 2001 Chick-fil-APeach Bowl (16-10 vs. Auburn).

■13 Tar Heels, including starters Kory Bailey, Merceda Perry, Billy-Dee Greenwood, David Thornton, Quincy Monk, Joey Evans and Jeff Reed graduated on Dec. 20, 2001.

■Carolina was 8-0 after head coach John Bunting installed a rotation system with quarterbacks Ronald Curry and Darian Durant.

■Carolina played eight teams that earned postseason bowl bids in 2002. That equaled the highest number of any school in the nation.

■Carolina won eight games in a season for the first time since going 11-1 in 1997.

■Over the last 10 years, Carolina has played in eight bowl games. Florida State is the only ACCteam to have played in more bowl games.

■Place-kicker Jeff Reed set a school record for con-secutive extra points without a miss (66) in 2002.

■Ronald Curry established the school record for career total offense in a 24-21 win over ECU.

■Curry played in two bowl games during his career and was named MVPin each of those games. Curry capped his amazing career with offensive MVPhonors in the 2001 Peach Bowl. As a freshman, he earned MVPhonors after his performance in UNC's 20-13 win over San Diego State in the 1998 Las Vegas Bowl.

■Carolina had more players (6) taken in the 2002 NFLDraft than any other team in the ACC.

■In 2001, Carolina was 5-1 at Kenan Stadium, its best record at home since 1997.

■Carolina had 43 pass plays longer than 20 yards, including six over 50 yards.

In 2001, quarterback Darian Durant set Carolina freshman records for touchdown passes (17), completions (142), passing yards (1,843) and total offense (1,971).

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8-5 Overall, 5-3 ACC, 3rd Place

2001 Results

Aug. 25 at Oklahoma L 27-41 75,423 Sept. 1 at Maryland L 7-23 44,080

Sept. 8 at Texas L 14-44 83,106

Sept. 22 Florida State W 41-9 53,000 Sept. 29 at NC State W 17-9 51,500 Oct. 6 East Carolina W 24-21 58,500

Oct. 13 Virginia W 30-24 53,500

Oct. 20 at Clemson W 38-3 84,000

Nov. 1 at Georgia Tech L 21-28 41,893 Nov. 10 Wake Forest L 31-32 53,000

Nov. 17 Duke W 52-17 52,000

Dec. 1 SMU W 19-10 45,500

Dec. 31 Auburn (Peach Bowl) W 16-10 71,827 Team Statistics

Category North Carolina Opponent

First Downs 229 206 by rush 84 89 by pass 125 98 by penalty 20 19 Rushing Yardage 1,530 1,498 Yards Gained 1,988 1,809 Yards Lost 458 311 Attempts 479 432

Average Per Rush 3.2 3.5

Average Per Game 127.5 124.8

Touchdowns Rushing 13 16

Passing Yardage 2,872 2,166

Att-Comp-Int 363-205-16 403-203-8

Average Per Pass 7.9 5.4

Average Per Catch 14.0 10.7

Touchdowns Passing 25 9

Total Offense 4,402 3,664

Total Plays 842 835

Average Per Play 5.2 4.4

Kickoff Returns: #-Yards 27-529 40-991 Punt Returns: #-Yards 45-508 37-408 Interception Returns: #-Yards 8-128 16-112

Fumbles-Lost 25-12 17-9

Penalties-Yards 98-774 85-720

Punts-Average 69-38.8 89-41.7

Time of Possession Per Game 29:43 30:17 3rd Down Conversions 68-173 66-192 4th Down Conversions 4-10 5-13 Scoring by Period 1 2 3 4 OT Total Avg. North Carolina 84 72 84 81 0 321 26.8

Opponents 78 53 51 79 0 261 21.8

Total Offense G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/Gm. Durant, D. 12 281 128 1843 1971 164.3 Curry, R. 10 223 253 1005 1258 125.8 Williams, A. 11 170 520 0 520 47.3 Parker, W. 9 83 400 0 400 44.4 Lewis, J. 9 56 241 0 241 26.8 Leak, A. 2 5 3 24 27 13.5 Moore, R. 11 3 11 0 11 1.0 Borders, C. 12 1 8 0 8 0.7 Russell, B. 11 1 2 0 2 0.2 Aiken, S. 12 2 1 0 1 0.1 North Carolina 12 842 1,530 2,872 4,402 366.8 Opponents 12 835 1,498 2,166 3,664 305.3 Yds/ Passing G Eff. Att. Comp Int. Pct. Yds TD LP Gm. Durant, D. 12 149.29 223 142 10 .637 1,843 17 75 153.6 Curry, R. 10 120.01 134 62 6 .463 1,005 8 72 100.5 Leak, A. 2 75.40 4 1 0 .250 24 0 24 12.0 North Carolina 12 136.85 363 205 16 .565 2,872 25 75 239.3 Opponents 12 98.92 403 203 8 .504 2,166 9 49 180.5 Yds/ Yds/

Rushing G Car. Gain Loss Net Att. TD LP Gm. Williams, A. 11 170 595 75 520 3.1 4 38 47.3 Parker, W. 9 83 450 50 400 4.8 3 77 44.4 Curry, R. 10 89 431 178 253 2.8 3 39 25.3 Lewis, J. 9 56 260 19 241 4.3 1 40 26.8 Durant, D. 12 58 220 92 128 2.2 2 19 10.7 Moore, R. 11 3 11 0 11 3.7 0 6 1.0 Borders, C. 12 1 8 0 8 8.0 0 8 0.7 Leak, A. 2 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 1.5 Russell, B. 11 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 0.2 Aiken, S. 12 2 7 6 1 0.5 0 7 0.1 Hedgecock, M. 12 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 North Carolina 12 479 1,988 458 1,530 3.2 13 77 127.5 Opponents 12 432 1,809 311 1,498 3.5 16 51 124.8 Yds/ Yds/

Receiving G Rec. Yards Rec. TD LP Gm.

Aiken, S. 12 46 789 17.2 8 75 65.8 Bailey, K. 12 44 608 13.8 6 53 50.7 Allen, B. 12 39 562 14.4 4 48 46.8 Borders, C. 12 27 448 16.6 4 53 37.3 Russell, B. 11 19 235 12.4 1 36 21.4 Hilton, Z. 12 12 88 7.3 2 16 8.0 Lewis, J. 9 8 63 7.9 0 31 7.0 Williams, A. 11 5 25 5.0 0 12 2.3 Parker, W. 9 2 26 13.0 0 21 2.9 Robinson, I. 6 2 21 10.5 0 24 3.5 Davis, D. 10 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.7 North Carolina 12 205 2,872 14.0 25 75 239.3 Opponents 12 203 2,166 10.7 9 49 180.5 Avg/ All-Purpose G Rush Rec. PR KOR INT Total Gm. Aiken, S. 12 1 789 79 105 0 974 81.2 Allen, B. 12 0 562 331 0 0 893 74.4 Bailey, K. 12 0 608 0 17 0 625 52.1 Williams, A. 11 520 25 0 0 0 545 49.5 Borders, C. 12 8 448 0 0 0 456 38.0 Parker, W. 9 400 26 0 0 0 426 47.3 Lewis, J. 9 241 63 0 54 0 358 39.8 Knight, K. 12 0 0 0 272 0 272 22.7 Curry, R. 10 253 0 0 0 0 253 25.3 Russell, B. 11 2 235 0 0 0 237 21.5 North Carolina 12 1,530 2,872 508 529 128 5,567 463.9 Opponents 12 1,498 2,166 408 991 112 5,175 431.3

---Conversions---SCORING TD FG Kick Run Rec Pass DXP S Pts.

Reed, J. 0 12 36-37 0 0 0 0 0 72 Aiken, S. 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 Bailey, K. 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 Borders, C. 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Allen, B. 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Williams, A. 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Curry, R. 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Parker, W. 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Hilton, Z. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Durant, D. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Lewis, J. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Russell, B. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Reid, D. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Waddell,M. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Peppers, J. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Bender, C. 0 0 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 North Carolina 41 12 39-41 0 0 0 0 0 321 Opponents 30 15 24-25 1-3 1 1-2 0 4 261 FIELD GOALS FGM FGA Pct. 0-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LP BK Reed, J. 12 16 .750 2-2 9-10 1-3 0-1 49 0

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Punting No. Yds Avg. LP TB FC I20 BK Lafferty, J. 67 2,656 39.6 64 4 9 15 0 Reed, J. 1 26 26.0 26 0 0 0 0 Durant, D. 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 0 0 0 North Carolina 69 2,679 38.8 64 4 9 15 0 Opponents 89 3,712 41.7 60 7 11 28 0

Kickoff Returns No. Yds Avg. TD LP

Knight, K. 15 272 18.1 0 29 Aiken, S. 5 105 21.0 0 25 Waddell, M. 3 81 27.0 0 41 Lewis, J. 3 54 18.0 0 29 Bailey, K. 1 17 17.0 0 17 North Carolina 27 529 19.6 0 41 Opponents 40 991 24.8 1 88

Punt Returns No. Yds Avg. TD LP

Allen, B. 32 331 10.3 0 27

Aiken, S. 9 79 8.8 0 15

Waddell, M. 4 98 24.5 1 89

North Carolina 45 508 11.3 1 89

Opponents 37 408 11.0 1 59

Interceptions No. Yds. Avg. TD LP

Peppers, J. 3 42 14.0 1 29 Monk, Q. 2 1 0.5 0 1 Reid, D. 2 66 33.0 1 67 Thornton, D. 1 19 19.0 0 19 North Carolina 8 128 16.0 2 67 Opponents 16 112 7.0 2 47 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

Player G T A Total TFL Sacks Int-Yds. PBU QBH FR-Yds. FF Bk S

30 David Thornton 12 88 43 131 10-37 3.0-23 1-19 5 6 0-0 1 0 0 41 Quincy Monk 12 81 44 125 6-14 0-0 2-1 8 6 2-9 3 0 0 24 Dexter Reid 12 67 32 99 5-23 2.0-13 2-66 5 0 1-0 1 0 0 29 Errol Hood 12 51 23 74 6-16 0-0 0-0 6 0 0-0 0 0 0 28 Billy-Dee Greenwood 12 40 27 67 1-1 0-0 0-0 7 0 0-0 0 0 0 49 Julius Peppers 12 46 17 63 19-74 9.5-56 3-42 9 8 0-0 1 0 0 18 Michael Waddell 12 41 13 54 1-1 0-0 0-0 14 0 0-0 0 1 0 87 Ryan Sims 12 23 28 51 8-34 5.0-30 0-0 4 20 0-0 0 0 0 21 Kevin Knight 12 33 16 49 2-9 1.0-6 0-0 1 1 0-0 0 0 0 95 Joey Evans 12 26 14 40 9-41 2.5-21 0-0 2 1 1-0 1 0 0 54 Merceda Perry 12 23 16 39 3-5 0-0 0-0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 91 Will Chapman 8 14 15 29 3-3 0-0 0-0 2 6 1-0 1 0 0 92 Isaac Mooring 12 12 9 21 2-19 2.0-19 0-0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 58 Anthony Perkins 6 6 11 17 1-11 1.0-11 0-0 1 1 0-0 1 0 0 47 Eric Davis 10 4 7 11 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 2 Derrick Johnson 12 7 3 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 94 Donti Coats 9 4 4 8 1-5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 42 Jocques Dumas 9 5 3 8 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 31 Brandon Russell 11 5 1 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 90 Jermicus Banks 4 4 1 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 7 David McIntosh 8 3 2 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 44 Madison Hedgecock 12 5 0 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 40 Chris Curry 12 4 1 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 56 Greg Warren 10 4 1 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 6 Danny Davis 10 2 2 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 55 Robert Harris 11 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 20 Jacques Lewis 9 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 85 Malcolm Stewart 9 4 0 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 88 Sam Aiken 12 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 20 Ronald Brewer 7 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 26 Michael Harris 11 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 36 Kitwana Jones 9 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 25 DeFonte Coleman 5 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 37 Clarence Gaddy 10 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 43 Richard Moore 11 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 North Carolina 12 628 343 971 79-295 26.0-183 8-128 67 50 9-9 11 1 0 Opponents 12 -- -- -- -- 28.0-192 16-112 -- -- 12-14 13 0 4

Key: G-games; T-solo tackles; A-assist tackles; TFL-tackles for loss; PBU-pass break ups; QBH-quarterback hurries; FR-fumble recoveries; FF-forced fumbles; Bk-blocked kicks; S-safety

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2001 GAME-BY-GAME TEAM STATISTICS

Carolina Rushing Passing Total Offense First Downs Fumbles Sack

By-Att/Yds/TD C-Att-I/Yds/TD Plays-Yds Tot/Run-Pass-Pen No.-Lost Yards Lost

Oklahoma 35/64/0 17-41-1/226/2 76-290 20/4-13-3 6-4 3-18 Maryland 37/118/1 16-26-3/158/0 63-276 10/4-6-0 0-0 3-19 Texas 38/95/2 10-30-3/116/0 68-211 14/8-5-1 4-0 2-9 Florida State 41/69/2 14-30-2/232/3 71-301 17/5-10-2 1-1 5-47 NC State 49/161/0 17-29-2/186/2 78-347 21/9-7-5 3-1 2-21 East Carolina 48/134/0 21-33-0/278/3 81-412 25/10-13-2 1-1 1-9 Virginia 56/234/1 13-21-1/243/1 77-477 22/11-10-1 3-2 2-9 Clemson 54/219/3 14-18-0/206/2 72-425 22/11-9-2 1-0 3-12 Georgia Tech 17/13/0 22-37-1/286/3 54-299 15/1-14-0 0-0 1-10 Wake Forest 34/54/0 24-32-1/361/4 66-415 21/4-16-1 4-3 0-0 Duke 39/192/3 22-39-0/368/4 78-560 25/9-14-2 1-0 2-17 SMU 32/162/1 15-27-2/212/1 59-374 17/8-8-1 1-1 2-12 Auburn 40/174/2 13-21-1/114/ 61-288 12/7-5-0 2-1 3-34

Opponents Rushing Passing Total Offense First Downs Fumbles Sack By-Att/Yds/TD C-Att-I/Yds/TD Plays-Yds Tot/Run-Pass-Pen No.-Lost Yards Lost

Oklahoma 33/108/2 21-31-1/178/0 64-286 12/5-7-0 0-0 3-20 Maryland 46/161/1 10-26-0/86/2 72-247 17/13-4-0 0-0 4-26 Texas 35/159/3 17-37-0/167/0 72-326 19/7-10-2 3-2 5-32 Florida State 37/88/0 9-25-1/136/1 62-224 11/5-6-0 4-4 3-19 NC State 20/52/0 25-45-0/309/1 65-361 14/2-12-0 5-2 3-24 East Carolina 37/190/1 9-23-1/109/1 60-299 13/8-4-1 2-1 1-14 Virginia 18/71/0 33-55-1/334/3 73-405 23/5-15-3 1-0 3-22 Clemson 28/65/0 14-46-2/144/0 74-209 18/8-5-5 0-0 1-3 Georgia Tech 52/237/2 18-27-1/187/1 79-424 26/13-9-4 1-0 0-0 Wake Forest 58/212/4 14-24-1/142/0 82-354 24/13-8-3 0-0 2-11 Duke 36/59/2 13-33-0/172/0 69-231 11/4-6-1 1-0 2-16 SMU 32/96/1 20-31-0/202/0 63-298 18/6-12-0 0-0 1-5 Auburn 32/31/0 18-28-2/145/1 60-176 12/2-8-2 5-1 6-34

CAROLINA IN THE RED ZONE (on or inside the opponent 20-yard line)

Opponent No. TD (Run/Pass) FG Missed FG Lost Fumble Interception Downs End of Half/Game

Oklahoma 1/1 1 (0/1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 Maryland 0/1 0 (0/0) 0 0 0 0 1 0 Texas 2/2 2 (2/0) 0 0 0 0 0 0 Florida State 4/4 3 (2/1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC State 3/4 2 (0/2) 1 1 0 0 0 0 East Carolina 2/3 2 (0/2) 0 0 1 0 0 0 Virginia 4/5 1 (1/0) 3 0 1 0 0 0 Clemson 5/5 4 (3/1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 Georgia Tech 1/1 1 (0/1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wake Forest 2/3 2 (0/2) 0 0 0 1 0 0 Duke 5/5 5 (2/3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 SMU 3/3 1 (1/0) 2 0 0 0 0 0 Auburn 2/2 1 (0/1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 UNC Totals 34/39 25 (11/14) 9 1 2 1 1 0 Opponents 30/34 22 (15/7) 8 1 0 0 1 1

DRIVE ANALYSIS

UNC Opp.

Drives Started 166 162

Times Started Inside Own 20 34 28 Cumulative Starting Yardlines 4891 5236 Avg. Starting Field Position 29.5 32.3

Scoring Drives 50 40

Shortest Scoring Drive 0:07 0:10 Longest Scoring Drive 7:40 8:47 Longest Scoring Drive - yards 89 (ECU/WF) 89

PUNTING

Player No. 40-49 50-59 Long Inside 20 Touchbacks Blocked

Lafferty 67 27 6 64 14 4 0

KICKOFFS

Player KOs Touchbacks

Bender 12 4

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2001 INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME OFFENSIVE STATISTICS RUSHING GAME-BY-GAME (Attempts/Yards/Touchdowns)

Name OU MD UT FSU NCSU ECU UVA CLEM GT WF DU SMU AUB

Curry 10/-8/0 9/10/0 14/13/1 8/-6/1 8/12/0 8/40/0 7/39/0 8/82/0 DNP DNP 11/29/1 6/42/0 10/67/1 Durant 4/39/0 5/-5/0 4/-1/0 2/10/0 9/46/0 6/12/0 8/15/0 4/6/2 5/12/0 7/-14/0 3/-6/0 1/14/0 2/-12/0 Lewis DNP DNP DNP 5/29/0 7/28/0 0/0/0 3/7/0 7/26/0 5/6/0 7/21/0 11/94/1 11/30/0 3/6/0 Parker 11/14/0 13/102/1 7/32/0 DNP DNP 8/28/0 6/27/0 7/16/0 DNP 8/33/0 11/66/1 13/82/1 19/131/1 Williams 8/24/0 9/5/0 12/50/1 24/53/1 23/68/0 23/55/0 28/147/1 23/91/1 7/-5/0 11/33/0 2/-1/0 DNP 2/2/0

SEASON & CAREER, MOST RUSHING YARDS SEASON & CAREER, LONGEST RUN

Player 2001 Career 2001 Career

Curry 82 at Clemson 105 vs. Duke, 2000 39 vs. Virginia 46 vs. Georgia Tech, 2000 62 vs. Auburn (Peach Bowl)

Durant 46 at NC State same 19 at Oklahoma same

Lewis 94 vs. Duke same 40 vs. Duke same

Parker 102 vs. Maryland 158 vs. Maryland, 2000 77 at Maryland same 131 vs. Auburn (Peach Bowl)

A. Williams 147 vs. Virginia same 38 vs. Virginia same

PASSING GAME-BY-GAME (Completions-Attempts-Interceptions-Yards-Touchdowns-Long Play)

Name Curry Durant

Oklahoma 5-14-1-74-0-27 12-26-0-152-2-42 Maryland 6-12-1-61-0-21 10-14-2-97-0-31 Texas 5-20-2-69-0-27 5-10-1-47-0-28 Florida State 4-12-0-93-1-53 9-16-2-115-2-52 NC State 7-15-1-58-0-17 10-14-1-128-2-28 East Carolina 10-16-0-127-1-37 11-17-0-151-2-29 Virginia 3-5-0-81-1-66 10-16-1-162-0-53 Clemson 3-7-0-109-1-48 11-11-0-97-1-22 Georgia Tech DNP 22-37-1-286-3-36 Wake Forest DNP 24-32-1-361-4-75 Duke 11-19-0-217-3-72 11-17-0-151-1-34 SMU 8-14-1-116-1-43 7-13-1-96-0-26 Auburn 5-6-0-25-0-10 7-14-1-76-0-41

SEASON AND CAREER, MOST PASSING YARDS SEASON & CAREER, LONGEST PASS

Curry 217 vs. Duke 388 vs. Georgia Tech, 2000 72 vs. Duke 78 vs. Georgia Tech, 2000

Durant 361 vs. Wake Forest same 75 vs. Wake Forest same

RECEIVING GAME-BY-GAME (Receptions/Yards/Touchdowns)

Name OU MD UT FSU NCSU ECU UVA CLEM GT WF DU SMU AUB

Aiken 2/22/0 5/49/0 3/59/0 5/63/1 4/52/0 1/21/0 3/90/1 5/82/0 2/36/2 5/108/1 7/156/2 4/51/0 7/73/0 Allen 6/74/0 2/27/0 1/7/0 0/0/0 1/8/0 4/42/0 3/27/0 4/100/2 9/114/0 4/71/1 4/74/1 1/18/0 0/0/0 Bailey 3/59/0 3/29/0 1/12/0 3/61/1 5/58/2 6/95/0 2/30/0 2/13/0 3/51/1 7/87/1 5/66/1 4/47/0 0/0/0 Borders 4/54/1 2/17/0 3/37/0 1/52/1 3/43/0 6/83/1 1/53/0 1/9/0 2/32/0 2/22/0 1/3/0 1/43/1 0/0/0 Hilton 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/4/0 0/0/0 2/13/0 3/30/1 2/7/0 1/5/0 1/11/0 1/12/1 0/0/0 1/6/0 0/0/0 Lewis DNP DNP DNP 2/15/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 3/8/0 0/0/0 1/31/0 2/9/0 0/0/0 Russell 2/17/1 3/31/0 DNP 2/17/0 1/4/0 1/7/0 1/24/0 0/0/0 2/34/0 3/32/0 2/31/0 2/38/0 0/0/0

SEASON AND CAREER, MOST RECEIVING YARDS SEASON & CAREER, LONGEST CATCH

Aiken 156 vs. Duke same 75 vs. Wake Forest same

Allen 114 at Georgia Tech same 48 at Clemson 70 vs. Wake Forest, 1998 Bailey 95 vs. East Carolina 129 vs. Clemson, 2000 53 vs. Florida State 78 vs. Georgia Tech, 2000

Borders 83 vs. East Carolina same 53 vs. Virginia same

Hilton 30 vs. East Carolina same 16 vs. East Carolina same

Lewis 31 vs. Duke same 31 vs. Duke same

Parker 5 at Maryland 56 at Pittsburgh, 2000 5 at Maryland 34 at Pittsburgh, 2000

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2001 INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN & LINEBACKERS GAME-BY-GAME (Solo-Assists-Total-Tackles for Losses)

Name OU MD UT FSU NCSU ECU UVA CLEM GT WF DU SMU

Chapman 1-2-3-1 2-3-5-0 1-2-3-1 2-3-5-0 1-1-2-0 4-1-5-0 2-2-4-0 1-1-2-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP Coats 0-0-0-0 1-1-2-0 2-1-3-1 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-1-2-0 0-0-0-0 0-1-1-0 0-0-0-0 Davis 0-0-0-0 1-0-1-0 1-1-2-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-1-1-0 DNP 1-1-2-1 1-2-3-0 0-1-1-0 0-1-1-0 Dumas 0-0-0-0 1-0-1-0 2-2-4-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-0-1-1 1-0-1-0 0-1-1-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 Evans 3-2-5-1 0-0-0-0 1-1-2-1 2-1-3-1 1-2-3-2 1-1-2-0 1-1-2-0 4-0-4-1 4-1-5-1 4-2-6-0 2-2-4-1 3-1-4-1 Monk 5-3-8-2 5-4-9-0 11-2-13-0 4-5-9-0 10-2-12-0 4-3-7-0 6-4-10-0 5-2-7-2 9-8-17-0 16-7-23-2 4-1-5-0 2-3-5-0 Mooring 2-1-3-0 2-3-5-0 3-0-3-1 1-1-2-1 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-0-1-0 2-0-2-0 0-1-1-0 1-1-2-0 0-1-1-0 0-1-1-0 Peppers 3-2-5-2 6-3-9-4 1-1-2-0 7-3-10-4 1-1-2-2 3-1-4-1 5-0-5-3 4-1-5-1 2-2-4-0 4-1-5-0 4-2-6-1 5-0-5-1 Perkins DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-1-1-0 0-0-0-0 2-2-4-0 2-4-6-0 2-2-4-1 0-2-2-0 Perry 0-0-0-0 4-2-6-1 1-3-4-0 1-2-3-1 3-1-4-0 1-0-1-0 4-1-5-0 0-0-0-0 1-3-4-0 2-1-3-0 2-2-4-0 4-1-5-1 Sims 2-3-5-0 2-3-5-0 2-5-7-1 2-3-5-3 3-1-4-0 3-2-5-1 2-2-4-0 1-2-3-0 2-2-4-1 1-3-4-1 2-2-4-0 1-0-1-1 Thornton 12-3-15-4 9-4-13-0 10-4-14-0 4-3-7-0 7-2-9-1 8-2-10-2 5-1-6-0 6-2-8-1 8-4-12-0 10-7-17-1 5-4-9-1 4-7-11-0

DEFENSIVE BACKS GAME-BY-GAME (Total Tackles-Pass Breakups-Interceptions)

Name OU MD UT FSU NCSU ECU UVA CLEM GT WF DU SMU

Coleman 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Greenwood 7-0-0 4-0-0 5-0-0 6-1-0 2-0-0 5-1-0 5-0-0 4-1-0 11-1-0 3-0-0 7-0-0 8-3-0 Hood 7-0-0 15-0-0 6-1-0 7-0-0 1-1-0 8-1-0 7-0-0 4-1-0 5-1-0 5-1-0 6-0-0 3-0-0 Johnson 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 2-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 Knight 6-0-0 2-0-0 3-0-0 1-0-0 4-0-0 5-0-0 3-0-0 5-1-0 6-0-0 7-0-0 2-0-0 5-0-0 Reid 8-0-0 11-0-0 5-0-0 6-0-0 9-0-0 8-2-1 8-3-1 7-0-0 11-0-0 10-0-0 6-0-0 10-0-0 Waddell 6-1-0 2-1-0 5-2-0 3-1-0 3-1-0 2-1-0 9-3-0 5-1-0 7-1-0 6-0-0 2-1-0 4-1-0

2001 STARTERS OFFENSE

Opponent WR LT LG C RG RT TE QB FB TB WR

Oklahoma Allen Woofter J. Wilson Metts Terry McNeill D. Brown Curry Moore Parker Bailey Maryland Allen Woofter J. Wilson Metts Terry McNeill D. Brown Curry Moore Parker Bailey Texas Allen Woofter Morford Metts Terry McNeill D. Brown Curry Hedgecock Parker Bailey Florida State Allen Woofter J. Wilson Metts Terry McNeill D. Brown Curry Hedgecock Williams Bailey NC State Allen Woofter J. Wilson Metts Terry McNeill Hilton Curry Hedgecock Williams Bailey East Carolina Allen Woofter Morford Metts Terry J. Brown Hilton Curry Hedgecock Williams Bailey Virginia Allen Woofter J. Wilson Metts Terry J. Brown Hilton Curry Hedgecock Williams Bailey Clemson Allen Seagraves J. Wilson Metts Terry J. Brown Hilton Curry Hedgecock Williams Borders Georgia Tech Allen Woofter J. Wilson Metts Terry McNeill Hilton Durant Hedgecock Williams Bailey Wake Forest Allen Woofter J. Wilson Metts Terry McNeill Hilton Durant Hedgecock Williams Bailey Duke Aiken Woofter J. Wilson Metts Terry McNeill Hilton Curry Hedgecock Williams Bailey SMU Aiken Woofter J. Wilson Metts Terry McNeill Hilton Curry Hedgecock Lewis Borders Auburn Aiken Woofter J. Wilson Metts Terry McNeill Hilton Curry Hedgecock Parker Bailey Starters by Game: Metts (13), Terry (13), Woofter (12), Bailey (11), Curry (11), J. Wilson (11), Hedgecock (11), Allen (10), McNeill (10), Hilton (9), Williams (9), D. Brown (4), Parker (4), J. Brown (3), Borders (2), Moore (2), Morford (2), Durant (2), Aiken (3), Lewis (1), Seagraves (1)

2001 STARTERS DEFENSE

Opponent DE DT DT DE LB LB LB CB S S CB

Oklahoma Evans Chapman Sims Mooring Monk Perry Thornton Waddell Reid Greenwood Hood Maryland Evans Chapman Sims Peppers Monk Perry Thornton Waddell Reid Greenwood Hood Texas Evans Chapman Sims Peppers Monk Perry Thornton Waddell Reid Greenwood Hood Florida State Evans Chapman Sims Peppers Monk Perry Thornton Waddell Reid Greenwood Hood NC State Evans Chapman Sims Peppers Monk Perry Thornton Waddell Reid Greenwood Hood East Carolina Evans Chapman Sims Peppers Monk Perry Thornton Waddell Reid Greenwood Hood Virginia Evans Chapman Sims Peppers Monk Perry Thornton Waddell Reid Greenwood Hood Clemson Evans Chapman Sims Peppers Monk Perry Thornton Waddell Reid Greenwood Hood Georgia Tech Evans Perkins Sims Peppers Monk Perry Thornton Waddell Reid Greenwood Hood Wake Forest Evans Perkins Sims Peppers Monk Perry Thornton Waddell Reid Greenwood Hood Duke Evans Perkins Sims Peppers Monk Perry Thornton Waddell Reid Greenwood Hood SMU Evans Perkins Sims Peppers Monk Perry Thornton Waddell Reid Greenwood Hood Auburn Evans Perkins Sims Peppers Monk Perry Stewart Waddell Reid Greenwood Hood Starters by Game: Evans (13), Greenwood (13), Hood (13), Monk (13), Perry (13), Reid (13), Sims (13), Waddell (13), Thornton (12), Peppers (12), Chapman (8), Perkins (5), Mooring (1), Stewart (1)

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2001 TEAM/INDIVIDUAL HIGHS

North Carolina High Low

Points Scored 52 vs. Duke 7 at Maryland

First Downs 25 vs. East Carolina, vs. Duke 10 at Maryland

Rushing Attempts 56 vs. Virginia 17 at Georgia Tech

Rushing Yards 234 vs. Virginia 13 at Georgia Tech

Passes Attempted 41 at Oklahoma 18 at Clemson

Passes Completed 24 vs. Wake Forest 10 at Texas

Had Intercepted 3 at Maryland, Texas 0 vs. East Carolina, at Clemson, vs. Duke

Passing Yards 368 vs. Duke 116 at Texas

Total Plays 81 vs. East Carolina 54 at Georgia Tech

Total Yards 560 vs. Duke 211 at Texas

Possession Time 36:08 at NC State 23:03 at Georgia Tech

Fumbles 6 at Oklahoma 0 at Maryland, at Georgia Tech

Fumbles Lost 4 at Oklahoma 0 at Md., Texas, vs. FSU, at Clemson, at Ga. Tech, vs. Duke

Turnovers 5 at Oklahoma 0 at Clemson, vs. Duke

Turnover Margin plus 2 vs. Florida State, at Clemson minus 4 at Oklahoma

Penalties 14 at Texas 5 at Oklahoma, Maryland

Yards Penalized 108 at Texas 30 at Maryland

Sacks By 5 vs. Florida State 0 vs. Wake Forest

Opponents High Low

Points Scored 44 by Texas 3 by Clemson

First Downs 26 by Georgia Tech 11 by Florida State, Duke

Rushing Attempts 58 by Wake Forest 18 by Virginia

Rushing Yards 237 by Georgia Tech 52 by NC State

Passes Attempted 54 by Virginia 23 by East Carolina

Passes Completed 33 by Virginia 9 by Florida State, East Carolina

Had Intercepted 2 by Clemson 0 by Maryland, Texas, NC State, Duke, SMU

Passing Yards 334 by Virginia 86 by Maryland

Total Plays 82 by Wake Forest 60 by East Carolina

Total Yards 424 by Georgia Tech 209 by Clemson

Possession Time 36:57 by Georgia Tech 23:52 by NC State

Fumbles 5 by NC State 0 by Oklahoma, Maryland, Clemson, Wake Forest, SMU

Fumbles Lost 4 by Florida State 0 by Okla., Md., UVA, Clemson, Ga. Tech, Wake Forest, Duke, SMU

Turnovers 5 by Florida State 0 by Maryland, Duke, SMU

Penalties 14 by Florida State 2 by Wake Forest

Yards Penalized 104 by Oklahoma 19 by Wake Forest

Sacks By 5 by Texas 0 by Georgia Tech

INDIVIDUAL HIGHS

Most Rushing Attempts - 28 by Williams vs. Virginia Most Rushing Yards - 147 by Williams vs. Virginia Most Rushing TDs in a game - 1 by several players Longest TD Run - 77 by Parker at Maryland Longest Run, no TD - 40 by Lewis vs. Duke Most Pass Attempts - 37 by Durant at Georgia Tech Most Completed Passes - 24 by Durant vs. Wake Forest

Highest Pass Pct. (min. 10 att.) - 1.000 by Durant (11 for 11) at Clemson Most Passing Yards - 361 yards by Durant vs. Wake Forest

Most Touchdown Passes - 4 by Durant vs. Wake Forest Longest TD Pass - 75 yards by Durant to Aiken vs. Wake Forest Longest Pass, no TD - 53 by Durant to Borders vs. Virginia Most Pass Receptions - 9 by Allen at Georgia Tech Most Receiving Yards - 156 yards by Aiken vs. Duke

Most TD Receptions - 2 by Bailey at NC State, Allen at Clemson, Aiken at Georgia Tech, Aiken vs. Duke

Most Total Offense Attempts - 42 by Durant at Georgia Tech Most Total Offense Yards - 347 yards by Durant vs. Wake Forest Most Touchdowns Scored - 2 by Bailey at NC State, Allen at Clemson, Durant at Clemson, Aiken at Georgia Tech, Aiken vs. Duke

Most Field Goals Attempted - 3 by Reed vs. Florida State, Virginia

Most Field Goals Made - 3 by Reed vs. Virginia Longest Field Goal - 49 yards by Reed vs. East Carolina

Most Interceptions - 1 by Peppers at Oklahoma, vs. Florida State, at Clemson; Reid vs. East Carolina, Virginia; Monk at Clemson, vs. Wake Forest; Thornton at Georgia Tech

Longest Interception Return - 67 yards (TD) by Reid vs. Virginia Longest Punt Return - 89 yards (TD) by Waddell at Oklahoma Longest Kickoff Return - 41 by Waddell at Maryland Most Punts - 12 by Lafferty at Texas

Highest Punting Average - 44.7 by Lafferty vs. Virginia Longest Punt - 64 by Lafferty vs. Virginia

Most Tackles - 23 by Monk vs. Wake Forest

Most Tackles for Losses - 4 by Peppers at Maryland, vs. Florida State Most Quarterback Sacks - 3 by Peppers at Maryland

OPPONENTS’ LONG PLAYS

Rush - 51 by Joe Burns of Georgia Tech

Pass - 49 yards by D. Bryant to Ben Erdeljac of Duke Field Goal - 51 yards by Dusty Mangum of Texas Punt Return - 59 yards by Nathan Vasher of Texas

Kickoff Return - 88 yards (TD) by Antwone Savage of Oklahoma Interception Return - 47 yards (TD) by Derrick Strait of Oklahoma Punt - 60 yards by Chance Gwaltney of Florida State

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2001 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

Opponent OKLAHOMA MARYLAND TEXAS FLORIDA STATE NC STATE EAST CAROLINA

Date AUG. 25 SEPT. 1 SEPT. 8 SEPT. 22 SEPT. 29 OCT. 6

Location NORMAN COLLEGE PA R K AUSTIN CHAPEL HILL RALEIGH CHAPEL HILL

UNC OU UNC MD UNC UT UNC FSU UNC NCSU UNC ECU

Score 27 41 7 23 14 44 41 9 17 9 24 21

First Downs 20 12 10 17 14 19 17 11 21 14 25 13

by rush 4 5 4 13 8 7 5 5 9 2 10 8

by pass 13 7 6 4 5 10 10 6 7 12 13 4

by penalty 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 5 0 2 1

Total Offensive Plays 76 64 63 72 68 72 71 62 78 65 81 60

Total Yards Gained 290 286 276 247 211 326 301 224 347 361 412 299

Average Yards/Play 3.8 4.5 4.4 3.4 3.1 4.5 4.2 3.6 4.4 5.6 5.1 5.0 Plays Rushing 35 33 37 46 38 35 41 37 49 20 48 37 Yards Rushing 64 108 118 161 95 159 69 88 161 52 134 190 Rushing Touchdowns 0 2 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 Yards Passing 226 178 158 86 116 167 232 136 186 309 278 109 Pass Attempts 41 31 26 26 30 37 30 25 29 45 33 23 Pass Completions 17 21 16 10 10 17 14 9 17 25 21 9

Passes Had Intercepted 1 1 3 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 1

Passing Touchdowns 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 3 1

Kickoff Return Yards 53 149 61 51 75 68 0 118 38 50 85 131

Punt Return Yards 118 55 34 17 18 153 89 8 49 6 23 9

Punts-Average 9-44.0 11-42.6 6-35.8 8-50.4 12-40.7 9-41.3 5-30.8 9-40.1 7-38.6 8-38.2 5-38.2 6-42.2 Fumbles-Lost 6-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-0 3-2 1-1 4-4 3-1 5-2 1-1 2-1 Penalties-Yards 5-34 10-104 5-30 3-20 14-108 8-81 6-55 14-103 10-76 10-101 10-78 4-27 3rd Down Conversions 2-14 4-17 4-17 8-18 3-16 4-15 5-14 4-16 3-12 3-15 12-19 3-13 4th Down Conversions 1-1 0-0 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-2 0-0 0-3 0-0 2-2 Possession Time 28:39 31:21 28:34 31:26 27:54 32:06 29:30 30:30 36:08 23:52 35:42 24:18

Opponent VIRGINIA CLEMSON GEORGIA TECH WAKE FOREST DUKE SMU AUBURN

Date OCT. 13 OCT. 20 NOV. 1 NOV. 10 NOV. 17 DEC. 1 DEC. 31

Location CHAPEL HILL CLEMSON ATLANTA CHAPEL HILL CHAPEL HILL CHAPEL HILL ATLANTA

UNC UVA UNC CU UNC GT UNC WF UNC DUKE UNC SMU UNC AUB

Score 30 24 38 3 21 28 31 32 52 17 19 10 16 10

First Downs 22 23 22 18 15 26 21 24 25 11 17 18 12 12

by rush 11 5 11 8 1 13 4 13 9 4 8 6 7 2

by pass 10 15 9 5 14 9 16 8 14 6 8 12 5 8

by penalty 1 3 2 5 0 4 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2

Total Offensive Plays 77 73 72 74 54 79 66 82 78 69 59 63 61 60

Total Yards Gained 477 405 425 209 299 424 415 354 560 231 374 298 288 176

Average Yards/Play 6.2 5.5 5.9 2.8 5.5 5.4 6.3 4.3 7.2 3.3 6.3 4.7 4.7 2.9 Plays Rushing 56 18 54 28 17 52 34 58 39 36 32 32 40 32 Yards Rushing 234 71 219 65 13 237 54 212 192 59 162 96 174 31 Rushing Touchdowns 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 4 3 2 1 1 2 0 Yards Passing 243 334 206 144 286 187 361 142 368 172 212 202 114 145 Pass Attempts 21 55 18 46 37 27 32 24 39 33 27 31 21 28 Pass Completions 13 33 14 14 22 18 24 14 22 13 15 20 13 18

Passes Had Intercepted 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 2

Passing Touchdowns 1 3 2 0 3 1 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 1

Kickoff Return Yards 43 78 20 44 59 108 16 69 38 57 41 68 21 53

Punt Return Yards 45 11 3 8 26 111 20 4 59 23 24 3 66 26

Punts-Average 3-44.7 7-45.1 4-37.8 7-40.7 6-34.8 2-38.5 3-42.3 5-41.4 4-34.8 9-39.9 5-41.0 8-38.0 8-39.8 9-49.3 Fumbles/Lost 3-2 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 4-3 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-1 0-0 2-1 5-1 Penalties/Yards 7-59 4-29 8-86 9-76 8-45 4-26 8-63 2-19 8-61 7-54 9-79 10-80 9-73 4-26 3rd Down Conversions 9-16 6-16 7-14 6-17 6-13 10-17 4-10 8-16 10-18 7-19 3-10 3-13 4-15 2-13 4th Down Conversions 1-1 1-1 1-2 1-3 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 Possession Time 31:55 28:05 33:08 26:52 23:03 36.57 25:13 34:47 30:01 29:59 26:04 33:56 32:02 27:58

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CAROLINA LONG PLAYS

Runs (more than 15 yards)

77 yards at Maryland, Willie Parker (TD)

62 yards vs. Auburn (Peach Bowl), Ronald Curry (TD) 43 yards vs. Auburn (Peach Bowl), Willie Parker 40 yards vs. Duke, Jacque Lewis

39 yards vs. Virginia, Ronald Curry 38 yards vs. Virginia, Andre’ Williams 34 yards vs. Duke, Willie Parker 28 yards vs. Duke, Jacque Lewis (TD) 27 yards vs. Florida State, Jacque Lewis 23 yards vs. SMU, Willie Parker

22 yards vs. Auburn (Peach Bowl), Willie Parker 22 yards vs. Auburn (Peach Bowl), Willie Parker 22 yards at Clemson, Andre’ Williams

22 yards at Texas, Andre’ Williams 20 yards at Clemson, Ronald Curry 20 yards vs. East Carolina, Andre’ Williams 20 yards at Texas, Ronald Curry (TD) 19 yards at Clemson, Ronald Curry 19 yards at Oklahoma, Darian Durant 18 yards at Clemson, Andre’ Williams 18 yards vs. Virginia, Andre’ Williams 17 yards vs. Virginia, Darian Durant 17 yards at NC State, Andre’ Williams 16 yards vs. Wake Forest, Andre’ Williams Passes (more than 20 yards)

75 yards vs. Wake Forest, Darian Durant to Sam Aiken (TD) 72 yards vs. Duke, Ronald Curry to Sam Aiken (TD) 66 yards vs. Virginia, Ronald Curry to Sam Aiken (TD) 53 yards vs. Virginia, Darian Durant to Chesley Borders 53 yards vs. Florida State, Ronald Curry to Kory Bailey (TD) 52 yards vs. Florida State, Darian Durant to Chesley Borders (TD) 48 yards at Clemson, Ronald Curry to Bosley Allen (TD) 43 yards vs. SMU, Ronald Curry to Chesley Borders (TD) 42 yards at Oklahoma, Darian Durant to Kory Bailey

41 yards vs. Auburn (Peach Bowl), Darian Durant to Sam Aiken 37 yards vs. East Carolina, Ronald Curry to Kory Bailey 36 yards at Georgia Tech, Darian Durant to Brandon Russell 36 yards at Clemson, Ronald Curry to Sam Aiken

34 yards vs. Duke, Darian Durant to Bosley Allen 31 yards vs. Duke, Darian Durant to Jacque Lewis 31 yards at Maryland, Darian Durant to Brandon Russell 30 yards vs. Duke, Ronald Curry to Kory Bailey (TD) 30 yards at Georgia Tech, Darian Durant to Kory Bailey (TD) 29 yards vs. East Carolina, Darian Durant to Chesley Borders (TD) 28 yards at Georgia Tech, Darian Durant to Bosley Allen

28 yards at NC State, Darian Durant to Sam Aiken 28 yards at Texas, Darian Durant to Sam Aiken 27 yards at Georgia Tech, Darian Durant to Bosley Allen 27 yards at Oklahoma, Ronald Curry to Bosley Allen 27 yards at Texas, Ronald Curry to Chesley Borders 26 yards vs. SMU, Darian Durant to Sam Aiken

26 yards at Oklahoma, Darian Durant to Chesley Borders (TD) 25 yards vs. Duke, Ronald Curry to Brandon Russell

25 yards vs. Duke, Ronald Curry to Sam Aiken 25 yards at Clemson, Ronald Curry to Sam Aiken 24 yards vs. Virginia, Darian Durant to Brandon Russell 24 yards vs. Virginia, Darian Durant to Kory Bailey 24 yards vs. Florida State, Aaron Leak to Isaiah Robinson 23 yards vs. SMU, Ronald Curry to Brandon Russell 23 yards vs. Wake Forest, Darian Durant to Bosley Allen 22 yards at Clemson, Darian Durant to Bosley Allen 22 yards at Clemson, Darian Durant to Bosley Allen (TD) 21 yards vs. SMU, Darian Durant to Kory Bailey

21 yards vs. Wake Forest, Darian Durant to Kory Bailey (TD) 21 yards vs. Wake Forest, Darian Durant to Willie Parker 21 yards vs. Wake Forest, Darian Durant to Bosley Allen (TD) 21 yards at Georgia Tech, Darian Durant to Sam Aiken (TD) 21 yards vs. East Carolina, Darian Durant to Sam Aiken (TD) 21 yards at Maryland, Ronald Curry to Sam Aiken

Returns (50 or more on kickoffs, 20 or more on punts and interceptions, 10 or more on fumble returns) 89 yards on punt return at Oklahoma, Michael Waddell (TD) 67 yards on interception return vs. Virginia, Dexter Reid (TD) 29 yards on interception return at Oklahoma, Julius Peppers (TD) 27yards on punt return vs. Virginia, Bosley Allen

26 yards on punt return at Georgia Tech, Bosley Allen 26 yards on punt return at NC State, Bosley Allen

OPPONENT LONG PLAYS

Runs (more than 15 yards)

51 yards by Georgia Tech, Joe Burns (TD) 37 yards by Georgia Tech, Joe Burns 31 yards by Texas, Ivan Williams 26 yards by East Carolina, Art Brown 26 yards by NC State, Ray Robinson 25 yards by Texas, Roy Williams 24 yards by Virginia, Alvin Pearman 23 yards by Oklahoma, Quentin Griffin 22 yards by East Carolina, Leonard Henry 21 yards by Oklahoma, Quentin Griffin 21 yards by Maryland, Bruce Perry 18 yards by East Carolina, Leonard Henry 17 yards by Georgia Tech, George Godsey 16 yards by Virginia, Tyree Foreman Passes (more than 20 yards)

49 yards by Duke, D. Bryant to Ben Erdeljac 38 yards by Virginia, Matt Schaub to Billy McMullen 38 yards by Florida State, Chris Rix to Javon Walker 36 yards by Clemson, Willie Simmons to Airese Currie 31 yards by NC State, Philip Rivers to Bryan Peterson 30 yards by SMU, David Page to John Hampton 30 yards by East Carolina, David Garrard to Derrick Collier 29 yards by East Carolina, David Garrard to Art Brown 29 yards by Florida State, Chris Rix to Talman Gardner (TD) 28 yards by Virginia, Matt Schaub to Tyree Foreman 28 yards by NC State, Philip Rivers to Cotra Jackson 26 yards by Duke, Adam Smith to Calen Powell

26 yards by Wake Forest, James MacPherson to Ray Thomas 26 yards by NC State, Philip Rivers to Jerricho Cotchery 26 yards by NC State, Philip Rivers to Bryan Peterson 26 yards by Oklahoma, Jason White to Curtis Fagan 25 yards by Oklahoma, Nate Hybl to Curtis Fagan 25 yards by Oklahoma, Nate Hybl to Antwone Savage

24 yards by Florida State, Adrian McPherson to Craphonso Thorpe 23 yards by NC State, Philip Rivers to Dovonte Edwards (TD) 22 yards by NC State, Philip Rivers to Jerricho Cotchery 21 yards by Auburn (Peach Bowl), Daniel Cobb to Tim Carter 21 yards by Wake Forest, James MacPherson to Jason Anderson 21 yards by Virginia, Matt Schaub to Tavon Mason

21 yards by Virginia, Matt Schaub to Alvin Pearman 21 yards by NC State, Philip Rivers to Troy Graham Returns (50 or more on kickoffs, 20 or more on punts and interceptions, 10 or more on fumble returns)

88 yards on kickoff return by Oklahoma, Antwone Savage (TD) 81 yards on kickoff return by East Carolina, Art Brown 59 yards on punt return by Texas, Nathan Vasher 50 yards on punt return by Georgia Tech, Kelley Rhino 47 yards on interception return by Oklahoma, Derrick Strait (TD) 44 yards on punt return, Nathan Vasher (TD)

34 yards on punt return, Kelley Rhino

31 yards on punt return by Texas, Nathan Vasher

22 yards on interception return by Texas, Cory Redding (TD) 21 yards on punt return by Georgia Tech, Kelley Rhino

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Defending national champion Oklahoma capitalized on five first-half turnovers to build a 41-7 lead, then held off a late charge by North Carolina to post a 41-27 season-opening win in the Hispanic College Classic.

Carolina aided the Sooners’ cause by losing four fumbles and an interception in the opening quar-ter and a half. Oklahoma returned a fumble, inquar-terception and kickoff for touchdowns in the first half.

The Tar Heels dominated the national champions in the second half and finished the game with a statistical advantage in first downs and total offense yards. Carolina gained 290 yards to 286 for the Sooners and had 20 first downs, eight more than Oklahoma.

The Sooners’286 yards were the fewer than any total they had in their 2000 national title season. Carolina’s defense, led by end Julius Peppers and linebacker David Thornton, did not allow Oklahoma to score a point on its last nine possessions.

Redshirt freshman quarterback Darian Durant came off the bench to rally the Tar Heels in the second half. Durant completed 12 of 26 passes for 152 yards and two touchdowns and added another 39 yards on the ground. Durant was Carolina’s leading ground gainer, as well.

The Sooners jumped out to a 17-0 lead just 3:39 into the game. Carolina fumbled on the second play, leading to a 25-yard field goal by Tim Duncan.

Oklahoma then went 46 yards on three plays, capped by a 4-yard run by Quinton Griffin. The Tar Heels fumbled the ensuing kickoff and OU recovered at the UNC 19-yard line. Four plays later, Renaldo Works scored from seven yards out and it was 17-0 Oklahoma with 11:21 to play in the first quarter.

Just over seven minutes later, UNC tailback Andre’ Williams fum-bled and OU All-America linebacker Rocky Calmus scooped up the loose ball and raced 14 yards for a touchdown and a 24-0 lead.

Peppers got the Tar Heels on the board with 1:48 to play in the first when he intercepted a screen pass and dashed 29 yards for a score, his second career interception return for a touchdown.

However, the Sooners’promptly answered as Antwone Savage took a short kickoff and went 88 yards for a score and a 31-7 lead.

Early in the second quarter, Oklahoma cornerback Derrick Strait intercepted a Ronald Curry pass and raced 47 yards for another score.

Oklahoma tacked on its final points of the first half, and as it turned out, the game, on a 22-yard field goal by Duncan. That score followed yet another UNC turnover, this time a fumbled snap at UNC’s own 3-yard line.

The Tar Heels scored the game’s final 20 points. Cornerback Michael Waddell returned a punt 89 yards for a touchdown late in the second quarter to cut Oklahoma’s lead to 41-14. The return was the second-longest in Carolina history.

Durant took over for Curry at quarterback on the third series of the second half. He connected with Chesley Borders on a 26-yard TD pass early in the fourth quarter. Borders caught ball over the middle and raced around the corner for the score.

On Carolina’s next possession, Durant led the Tar Heels to the end zone again. On 4th-and-10 at the Sooner 45, Durant found Kory

Bailey for 42 yards. Two plays later, Durant hit Brandon Russell for a touchdown. Thornton led the Carolina defensive stand in the second half. Thornton had 13 tackles, four of which were for negative yardage, including one quarterback sack.

CAROLINA 7 7 0 13 – 27

OKLAHOMA 31 10 0 0 – 41

OU– Duncan 25 FG (13:31, 1st) (5:37, 1st) 0-3 OU– Griffin 4 run (Duncan kick) (12:48, 1st) 0-10 OU– Works 7 run (Duncan kick) (11:21, 1st) 0-17 OU– Calmus 14 fumble return (Duncan kick) (4:17, 1st) 0-24 NC– Peppers 29 interception return (Bender kick) (1:48, 1st) 7-24 OU– Savage 88 kickoff return (Duncan kick) (1:32, 1st) 7-31 OU– Strait 47 interception return (Duncan kick) (9:04, 2nd) 7-38

OU– Duncan 22 FG (6:10, 2nd) 7-41

NC– Waddell 89 punt return (Bender kick) (3:17, 2nd) 14-41 NC– Borders 26 pass from Durant (Bender kick) (11:59, 4th) 21-41 NC– Russell 1 pass from Durant (kick failed) (7:00, 4th) 27-41

UNC OKLAHOMA

First Downs 20 12

Rushes-Yards 35-64 33-108

Passing Yards 226 178

Comp-Att-Int 17-41-1 21-31-1

Plays-Total Yards (Ave) 76-290 (3.8) 64-286 (4.5)

Punts (Ave) 9-44.0 11-42.6

Fumbles-Lost 6-4 0-0

Penalties/Yards 5/34 10/104

Time of Possession 28:39 31:21

Individual Rushing

Carolina- Durant 4-39, A. Williams 8-24, Parker 11-14, Team 2-(-5), Curry 10-(-8)

Oklahoma- Griffin 16-68, Works 5-28, White 3-6, Fagan 1-4, Hybl 8-2 Individual Passing (Comp-Att-Yds-TD-INT)

Carolina- Curry 5-14-74-0-1, Durant 12-26-152-2-0 Oklahoma- Hybl 20-29-152-0-1, White 1-2-26-0-0 Individual Receiving

Carolina- Allen 6-74, Borders 4-54, Bailey 3-59, Aiken 2-22, Russell 2-17 Oklahoma- Griffin 7-48, Fagan 4-54, Works 4-20, Savage 3-30, Clayton 1-13, Mackey 1-7, Toney 1-6 Attendance- 75,423 OKLAHOMA41 NORTHCAROLINA 27 ■AUGUST25, 2001 MEMORIALSTADIUM NORMAN, OKLA. TV: ESPN

Defensive end Julius Peppers intercepted this pass and returned it 29 yards for a touchdown at Oklahoma.

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Sophomore tailback Bruce Perry rushed for 116 yards and punter Brooks Barnard won the field position battle as he aver-aged 50.4 yards per punt in lead-ing the Maryland Terrapins to a 23-7 win over the Tar Heels. It was the ACC opener for both schools.

Barnard was the game’s most valuable performer as he repeatedly pinned Carolina deep in its own territory. He dropped six of his eight punts inside the 20-yard line and forced the Tar Heels to begin drives at their own 1, 9, 10, 14, 11 and 16-yard lines. Carolina’s average starting field position for the game was its own 22-yard line.

For the second consecutive week, UNC gained more total offense yards, yet lost by double figures. At Oklahoma, five first-half turnovers led to defeat. At Maryland, an ineffective offense and poor field position resulted in the loss.

Carolina outgained the Terps, 276-247. The Tar Heels gained 4.4 yards per play and held the Terps to just 3.4 yards per snap.

However, Maryland had 17 first downs, seven more than UNC. The Tar Heels scored on their first play from scrimmage as sopho-more tailback Willie Parker raced around left end and split the second-ary for 77 yards and a touchdown. It was Parker’s longest career carry, equaled the 17th-longest in Carolina history, and was the longest run by a Tar Heel since 1993.

It was, unfortunately, 28 percent of Carolina’s total yardage output for the entire game.

Two series later, Maryland pulled even, converting two third downs en route to a 20-yard scoring pass from Shaun Hill to wideout Jafar Williams. The scoring drive followed a 53-yard Barnard punt that the Terps killed at the 1-yard line. Carolina had to punt from its own end zone, and the Terps took over at the UNC 32. Facing 3rd-and-12 from the 20, Hill hit Williams on a drag route and Williams raced past cor-nerback Errol Hood to the end zone for the score.

The Terps took the lead for good early in the second quarter. Barnard dropped another punt at the UNC 10-yard line and Carolina was penalized back to the 5. On third down, safety Tyrone Stewart broke past the blocking and tripped Parker in the end zone for a safe-ty.

Neither team was able to effectively move the ball over the next two quarters. Redshirt freshman Darian Durant replaced Ronald Curry at quarterback midway through the third period, and completed his first three pass attempts for 27 yards. His next throw, however, on 4th-and-4 from the Maryland 38, was intercepted by safety Tony Jackson.

The Terps marched 65 yards in 10 plays and scored on a 5-yard pass from Hill to Scooter Monroe. The key play of the scoring drive was a 12-yard run by Perry on 3rd-and-5 from the Carolina 19.

Durant was intercepted on a tipped ball on the ensuing possession, giving the Terps the ball on their own 46-yard line. Maryland went 54 yards in eight plays for the game-clinching touchdown. Hill converted another third down by rushing for 11 yards on an option run. Marc Riley capped the drive by scoring from a yard out.

The loss marred another fine effort by Carolina defensive end Julius Peppers, who had four tackles for losses for 21 yards, including three

quarterback sacks for 19 yards. Hood also had a career-high 15 tack-les, including three behind the line of scrimmage.

Parker finished with 102 yards on 13 carries, although he had just 25 yards on his last

12 attempts. It was Parker’s second career 100-yard game; he had 158 against the Terrapins in 2000. Durant was 10 for 14 for 97 yards and two intercep-tions. Curry com-pleted 6 of 12 for 61 yards and one interception.

For the second straight game Carolina did not force a turnover.

CAROLINA 7 0 0 0 – 7

MARYLAND 7 2 0 14 – 23

NC– Parker 77 run (Reed kick) (13:12, 1st) 7-0 MD– J. Williams 20 pass from Hill (Novak kick) (6:33, 1st) 7-7 MD– Stewart tackles Parker in end zone for safety (11:43, 2nd) 7-9 MD– Monroe 5 pass from Hill (Novak kick) (13:19, 4th) 7-16 MD– Riley 1 run (Novak kick) (6:35, 4th) 7-23

UNC MARYLAND

Rushes-Yards 37-118 46-161

Comp-Att-Int 16-26-3 10-26-0

Punts (Ave) 6-35.8 8-50.4

Penalties/Yards 5-30 3-20

Carolina- Parker 13-102, Curry 9-10, Moore 1-6, A. Williams 9-5, Durant 5-(-5)

Maryland- Perry 21-116, Riley 10-30, Crawford 5-21, Hill 8-0, Team 1-(-1), Whitmer 1-(-5)

Individual Passing (Comp-Att-Yds-TD-INT) Carolina- Curry 6-12-61-0-1, Durant 10-14-97-0-2 Maryland- Hill 10-26-86-2-0

Individual Receiving

Carolina- Aiken 5-49, Russell 3-31, Bailey 3-29, Allen 2-27, Borders 2-17, Parker 1-5

Maryland- J. Williams 2-28, Gary 2-26, Monroe 2-16, Riley 8, Parson 1-7, Whitmer 1-5, Perry 1-(-4) Attendance- 44,080 MARYLAND23 NORTHCAROLINA 7 ■SEPTEMBER 1, 2001 BYRDSTADIUM COLLEGEPARK, MD.

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77-Texas scored 30 unanswered points over the final 35 minutes and held Carolina to just 211 total yards as the Longhorns defeated the Tar Heels, 44-14, before 83,106 fans.

Nathan Vasher set a Texas school record by returning eight UNC punts for 153 yards, including a backbreaking, 44-yard return for a touchdown early in the fourth quar-ter.

Dusty Mangum kicked three field goals for the Longhorns, includ-ing a 51-yarder and a pair of late second-quarter kicks that gave Texas a 20-14 lead at halftime.

Texas scored in a variety of ways, although Carolina held the Longhorns’highly-regarded passing game without a touchdown. Texas benefitted from an interception return for a touchdown, a punt return for a score, a long punt return that set up a short rushing touch-down and a safety.

It was the second straight game in which the Tar Heels had allowed a safety.

Simms completed 17 of 35 passes for only 167 yards. His longest completions of the day were 19-yarders to wideouts Roy Williams and Sloan Thomas.

The Longhorns gained 326 yards, despite converting just four of 15 third-down chances.

The Longhorns took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter when defensive end Cory Redding intercepted Ronald Curry’s pass and dashed 22 yards down the sideline for the score.

Texas forced Carolina to punt on the ensuing possession, and Vasher returned it 59 yards to the Tar Heel 5-yard line. Two plays later, Simms dove in from the one for a 14-0 lead.

UNC promptly answered with a long touchdown drive to cut the

Texas lead in half. Curry hit three long passes – for 13 yards to Chesley Borders, 20 yards to Sam Aiken and 27 yards to Borders – and scored on a dazzling, 20-yard run through the heart of the Texas defense.

Early in the second quarter, Vasher fumbled a John Lafferty punt. UNC fullback Madison Hedgecock recovered the ball at the Longhorn 17-yard line. Andre’ Williams, who finished the day with 50 yards, gained eight and nine yards on back-to-back plays to tie the game at 14.

Texas special teams and defense dominated from that point forward, however. Vasher set up a Mangum field goal with a 31-yard punt return. Mangum added 49-yarder as the second quarter ended to send Texas to the locker room with a 20-14 advantage.

Carolina forced the Longhorns to punt on their first two series of the third quarter, but Texas upped its lead to 26-14 on a 12-play, 89-yard march later in the third quarter. The Longhorns cashed in on two of their four third-down conversions on the drive, which was capped by a 7-yard touchdown run by Cedric Benson.

Texas added a field goal, safety, punt return for touchdown, and touchdown run after an interception to provide the final margin. The Longhorns tacked on their final points of the day on a 12-yard run with 36 seconds to play.

Carolina converted just three of 16 third-down opportunities and allowed five quarterback sacks.

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CAROLINA 7 7 0 0 – 14

TEXAS 14 6 6 18 – 44

UT– Redding 22 interception return (Mangum kick) (10:04, 1st) 0-7 UT– Simms 1 run (Mangum kick) (6:45, 1st) 0-14 NC– Curry 20 run (Reed kick) (3:44, 1st) 7-14 NC– Williams 9 run (Reed kick) (12:40, 2nd) 14-14

UT– Mangum 36 FG (5:48, 2nd) 14-17

UT– Mangum 49 FG (0:00, 2nd) 14-20

UT– Benson 7 run (pass failed) (2:25, 3rd) 14-26 UT– Mangum 51 FG (14:50, 4th) 14-29 UT– Curry tackled in end zone for safety (14:33, 4th) 14-31 UT– Vasher 44 punt return (Mangum kick) (9:06, 4th) 14-38 UT– Robin 12 run (run failed) (0:36, 4th) 14-44

UNC TEXAS

Rushes-Yards 38-95 35-159

Comp-Att-Int 10-30-3 17-37-0

Punts (Ave) 12-40.7 9-41.3

Carolina- A. Williams 12-50, Parker 7-32, Curry 14-13, Moore 1-1, Durant 4-(-1)

Texas- I. Williams 10-75, Benson 9-27, R. Williams 1-25, Ike 6-15, Robin 2-14, Simms 6-8, Mock 1-(-5)

Individual Passing (Comp-Att-Yds-TD-INT) Carolina- Durant 5-10-47-0-1, Curry 5-20-69-0-2 Texas- Simms 17-35-167-0-0, Applewhite 0-2 Individual Receiving

Carolina- Aiken 3-59, Borders 3-37, Bailey 1-12, Allen 1-7, Hilton 1-4, Robinson 1-(-3)

Texas- Johnson 5-55, R. Williams 4-38, Thomas 2-35, Edwards 2-12, Ike 1-9, Trissel 1-8, Flowers 1-6, Scaife 1-4

Attendance- 83,106

TEXAS44

NORTHCAROLINA 14 ■SEPTEMBER 8, 2001

DARRELLK ROYAL-TEXAS

MEMORIALSTADIUM

AUSTIN, TEXAS

TV: ABC

Tailback Andre’ Williams tied the score at 14 early in the second quarter with this 9-yard touchdown run.

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Darian Durant passed for two scores, Ronald Curry threw for a touchdown and ran for another and Julius Peppers led a Carolina defense that allowed just 34 second-half yards as the Tar Heels whipped sixth-ranked Florida State, 41-9.

The contest was UNC’s first home game of the season and came a week after its game against SMU was postponed due to the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States.

The win was John Bunting’s first as UNC’s head coach and was Carolina’s first in 13 meetings with the Seminoles. The loss was Florida State’s third in ACC competition and the Seminoles’worst regular-season defeat in 16 years.

Durant and Curry combined to throw for 232 yards and three touch-downs. Carolina amassed 301 total yards and held the Seminoles to just 224 yards, 190 of which came in the first two quarters.

It was just the fifth time in Florida State’s last 235 games the Seminoles were held to less than 10 points.

The Tar Heels forced five turnovers, registered five quarterback sacks and held the Seminoles to just four of 16 on third down conver-sions.

Peppers dominated the line of scrimmage as he made 10 tackles, including four for losses, one of which was his 25th career sack, and had an interception, his second of the season.

The game began with a dominant defensive presence on both sides as the first six offensive posses-sions failed to pro-duce a first down. The Seminoles did record a first down on their fourth series, but on the ensuing play, Carolina linebacker Quincy Monk stripped FSU quar-terback Chris Rix of the ball after an 11-yard run and the Tar Heels took over at their 39-yard line.

Freshman Darian Durant marched UNC 61 yards in nine plays for the game’s first score. He found Sam

Aiken for seven yards and a key first down on a

3rd-and-4 play from the FSU 27. On the next play, Durant hit Aiken in the right flat and Aiken somersaulted into the end zone for a 7-0 lead. It was Carolina’s first lead over the Seminoles since 1993.

Midway through the second quarter, Rix dodged a corner blitz and found Talman Gardner for a 29-yard touchdown to tie the game at 7-7. The Seminoles then forced UNC to punt, but center Greg Warren snapped the ball out of the end zone for a safety and a 9-7 Seminole lead.

The second half was all Carolina, but the biggest play of the game may have come on the second play of the third quarter. Durant was intercepted by cornerback Stanford Samuels, but UNC fullback Madison Hedgecock forced Samuels to fumble and tailback Andre’ Williams recovered to return the ball to the Tar Heels. Five plays later, Durant found Chesley Borders wide open for a 52-yard touchdown to give Carolina the lead for good.

A pair of Jeff Reed field goals in the third quarter increased UNC’s lead to 20-9. The two field goals were sandwiched around a holding penalty by Florida State that wiped out an 85-yard touchdown pass by Rix.

Curry extended the lead to 27-9 when he scrambled away from pressure and threw an off-balance pass to Kory Bailey for a 53-yard score early in the final quarter.

Carolina added touchdown runs by Williams (11 yards) and Curry (one yard).

FLORIDASTATE 0 9 0 0 – 9

CAROLINA 7 0 13 21 – 41

NC– Aiken 20 pass from Durant (Reed kick), (1:12, 1st) 7-0 FS– Gardner 29 pass from Rix (Beitia kick) (5:18, 2nd) 7-7 FS– Safety (ball snapped out of the end zone) (3:29, 2nd) 7-9 NC– Borders 52 pass from Durant (Reed kick) (12:36, 3rd) 14-9

NC– Reed 32 FG (8:12, 3rd) 17-9

NC– Reed 39 FG (2:47, 3rd) 20-9

NC– Bailey 53 pass from Curry (Reed kick) (13:12, 4th) 27-9 NC– A. Williams 11 run (Reed kick) (10:11, 4th) 34-9 NC– Curry 1 run (Reed kick) (4:20, 4th) 41-9

FSU UNC

Rushes-Yards 37-88 41-69

Comp-Att-Int 9-25-1 14-30-2

Punts (Ave) 9-40.1 5-30.8

Florida State- Rix 10-44, Maddox 12-34, G. Jones 6-18, Shelton 1-2, McCray 3-2, Gardner 1-(-2), McPherson 4-(-10)

Carolina- A. Williams 24-53, J. Lewis 5-29, Durant 2-10, Curry 8-(-6) Individual Passing (Comp-Att-Yds-TD-INT)

Florida State- Rix 8-21-112-1-1, McPherson 4-1-24-0-0

Carolina- Durant 9-16-115-2-2, Curry 4-12-93-1-0, Leak 1-1-24-0-0, Team 0-1

Individual Receiving

Florida State- Walker 2-51, Thorpe 2-38, Bell 2-14, Maddox 2-4, Gardner 1-29

Carolina- Aiken 5-63, Bailey 3-61, Russell 2-17, J. Lewis 2-15, Borders 1-52, I. Robinson 1-24 Attendance- 53,000 NORTHCAROLINA 41 FLORIDASTATE 9 ■SEPTEMBER22, 2001 KENANSTADIUM CHAPELHILL, N.C. TV: ABC

Carolina celebrates after Andre’ Williams scored on a 11-yard run in the Tar Heels’41-9 thrashing of the Seminoles.