December 2009
Tar Heels Place Nine Players On All-ACC Football... →
Extra Points: Flag Football
NFL Update: Week 12
Tar Heels Downed By NC State 28-27
Walston: A Desperate Team
Nine University of North Carolina football players, including four first-team…
November 2009
Groh's Tenure At Virginia Ends →
It is officially the start of a new era for both of Virginia’s revenue sports. Virginia athletics issued a press release Sunday afternoon informing the media of the decision to dismiss football coach…
ACC football power rankings: Week 14 →
5. North Carolina (8-4, 4-4; LW: No. 5) – The Tar Heels squandered their opportunity to move up the pecking order in the bowl selection process with their loss to NC State, and suffered another…
Extra Points: Flag Football →
You do not, under any circumstance, let a six-point underdog hang around. You bury them. You do not let the home crowd get revved up in the second half. You send them out to the parking lot at…
Bowl outlook: UNC-Kentucky shaping up →
North Carolina’s basketball tradition could land them in the Music City Bowl. The Music City is lining up a potential hoops-themed matchup between the Tar Heels (8-4) and Kentucky (7-5) for their…
Regular season ends on a 'What if?' note →
The UNC football team dropped from the AP Top 25 after a disappointing end to its season when it fell to N.C. State 28-27 on Saturday. It was the third straight year the Tar Heels have lost to the…
Extra Points: Flag Football →
Tar Heels Downed By NC State 28-27
Walston: A Desperate Team
Final Stats
Postgame Notes
Photo Gallery 1|Photo Gallery 2
There are some bedrock truisms throughout the world of sports…
T.J. Yates plays well in loss →
With N.C. State quarterback Russell Wilson in no mood to make donations to the cause, North Carolina’s defense finally couldn’t score points Saturday. That unusual development, in turn, put the bulk…
RT @ESPN_ACC: ACC helmet stickers: Week 13 - http://tinyurl.com/yzem37r
RT @accfootballnews: RT @tarheelfanblog: BTW, Mack Brown started out 0-5 against NCSU so for all those fans pissed at BD over 0-3 need t …
RT @TarHeelMonthly: AL: Bowl projections: CBSSports.com says Nashville. http://tinyurl.com/me4bjh ESPN says Charlotte. http://tinyurl.co …
RT @ESPN_CollegeFB: ACC helmet stickers: Week 13 - http://tinyurl.com/yzem37r
Wolfpack in a shocker →
Battered and beleaguered N.C. State pulled itself off the Carter-Finley Stadium turf yesterday afternoon to knock off arch-rival North Carolina for the third consecutive season. The Wolfpack,…
Wolfpack's happy ending hits sour note for Tar... →
North Carolina State quarterback Russell Wilson had one regret following Saturday’s season-ending 28-27 victory against rival North Carolina. Moments after taking a knee and exchanging an emphatic…
Tom O'Brien 3-0 against Heels →
In a mind-numbing development yesterday, the college bowl season started weeks ahead of schedule. N.C. State knocked off North Carolina 28-27 in the Local Bowl. As Wolfpack coaches from Burt Gatling…
Win pleases Pack on many levels →
For much of Saturday, N.C. State wide receiver Owen Spencer got a detailed look at Charles Brown’s facemask. That’s because the North Carolina cornerback spent a good chunk of the afternoon getting…
Tar Heels Downed By NC State, 28-27 →
Even in a season gone awry, Russell Wilson and North Carolina State still know how to beat North Carolina. Wilson threw four touchdown passes and Alan-Michael Cash blocked a field goal attempt with…
Walston: A Desperate Team →
How do you beat a desperate team? N.C. State, with nothing else to play for, so badly wanted to beat North Carolina, to put a bruise on the face on the team from down the road. There were no bowl…
N.C. State stuns North Carolina, 28-27 →
Raleigh, N.C. — Maybe Tom O’Brien should schedule North Carolina more often. A tough fall for N.C. State closed on a remarkable note Saturday as the Wolfpack upset No. 23 North Carolina 28-27 in a…
Carolina bowl hopes take a hit →
Atlanta is out - and Orlando may be in? North Carolina bowl hopes took a slide with Saturday’s loss, and the Heels have no shot at the Chick-fil-A. Carolina is 4-4 in ACC play and can’t go to a bowl…
Russell Wilson leads Pack to win over the Heels →
On the last snap of his career for N.C. State, safety Clem Johnson saw that North Carolina quarterback T.J. Yates was uncomfortable in the pocket. Yates didn’t get his feet set, and Johnson broke on…
North Carolina Postgame Notes vs. NC State →
The 28-27 loss to NC State was the closest margin of victory in the series since NC State won, 35-34, in Chapel Hill in 1986. It’s the first one-point game played in Raleigh since the Pack won,…
N.C. State proved it had plenty to play for →
Anyone who has said that a team with a 4-7 record doesn’t have anything to play for in its season finale should have been at Carter-Finley Stadium on Saturday. It didn’t hurt that the schedule gave…
UNC-NCSU: Between the Lines →
North Carolina knew heading into Saturday’s rivalry game that in order to win the defense had to contain NC State’s one-man offense – Russell Wilson. Wilson tossed all four of NC State’s touchdowns –…
Another Rivalry Loss →
UNC may have had more talent than N.C. State on Saturday, but it was the Wolfpack that made the plays when it mattered most as they pulled off the rivalry shocker to upset the Tar Heels, 28-27. UNC…
UNC-NCSU: Postgame Quotes + Audio →
“You have to congratulate State for the win today. I thought we got off to a very good start. People have been doing an awful lot of things over the last couple of weeks defensively to put pressure…
Heels the perfect ending for Wolfpack →
Rising up from a knee that sealed N.C. State’s improbable win against North Carolina, Russell Wilson happily reared back and fired a perfect spiral into the student section at Carter-Finley Stadium….
Pack, Heels in rare finale →
N.C. State and North Carolina each want a strong finish to the regular season today, but only one will succeed. The long, bitter rivals will meet in a season finale for only the third time at noon at…
NC State beats No. 23 North Carolina, 28-27 →
Russell Wilson threw four touchdown passes and Alan-Michael Cash blocked a field goal with about 5 minutes left to help North Carolina State rally past No. 23 North Carolina 28-27 on Saturday. Wilson…
Tar Heels Downed By NC State, 28-27 →
Notes
Photo Gallery
T.J. Yates threw two touchdown passes to Jheranie Boyd for the Tar Heels (8-4, 4-4), while Johnny White scored on a 40-yard run that helped North Carolina take a 10-point…
RT @ESPN_CollegeFB: Clemson looking unimpressive - http://tinyurl.com/yeubdxn
RT @uncfball: (espn) ACC returning to form: Don’t look now, but the ACC has turned into its old self. Clemson is flopp.. http://bit.ly/ …
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RT @TarHeelMonthly: AL: Bowl picture: if VT beats UVA, then VT, Clemson and GT must be picked before UNC. If FSU loses to UF, UNC must b …
RT @TarHeelMonthly: AL: So with an FSU loss and VT win, that would leave Miami and UNC to sort out Champs vs. Music City. Stay tuned for …
RT @CarolinaManiac: College Football : North Carolina Tar Heels 27 North Carolina State Wolf Pack 28 …….a dissapointing loss!!!
RT @ESPN_ACC: Great win for NC State - http://tinyurl.com/yg6gadu
NC State upsets the #24 Tar Heels 28-27 http://tarheelsfootball.com/post/261084736/nc-state-upsets-the-24-tar-heels-28-27
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NC State upsets the #24 Tar Heels 28-27
The NC State Wolfpack finish their season 5-7 with a victory against the 8-4 UNC Tar Heels.
The keys to the Wolfpack victory:
Great play from NC State QB Russell Wilson against a tough Tar Heel Defense - the Pack offense didn’t turn the ball over
Too many Tar Heel Penalties - Mental Mistakes
TJ Yates celebrated early and often after some big plays and failed to perform when he was really...
RT @TarHeelMonthly: LB: T.J. Yates’ 206 passing yards at the half are already his fourth-highest total of the year; most were 285 vs. EC …
RT @TarHeelMonthly: Jhay Boyd with his second receiving TD; this one for 70 yards. It’s 24-14 Tar Heels after the XP. Two plays, 49 seco …
Defense forces the Pack to 3 and out to get the ball back, down 1 in the 4th quarter
RT @TarHeelMonthly: Another costly penalty takes the Tar Heels out of FG range. 4th and 10 passed out of bounds. State takes over at own 33.
RT @TarHeelMonthly: More penalties costly for Carolina. Eight for 95 yards so far; most of Davis era is 121 yards.
RT @ESPN_ACC: Around the ACC: Halftime - http://tinyurl.com/yka5vvq
Pack lead 28-27 on another Wilson TD Pass
The Pack lead 28-27 in the 4th quarter on another Wilson TD Pass, as the Tar Heels Defense has not been able to stop the NC State QB since the first quarter.
Barth's 2nd Field Goal of the game makes it 27-21
Barth and the Heels come up with another field goal in the red zone… 27-21 Tar Heels lead the Wolfpack!
Fake Punt Results in Pack TD, now 24-21
Russell Wilson throws his 3rd TD of the game on a fake punt to bring the Pack within 3 of the Tar Heels.
TJ Yates 2nd TD Bomb to Boyd makes it 24-14
Jhay Boyd catches his second TD of the day from TJ Yates to make it 24-14.
Penalties Keep the Pack in the Game 17-14
Numerous penalties against the Tar Heel Defense gives the Pack its second TD of the game and makes the score 17-14 with over 4 minutes left in the second quarter.