on Today’s Game
UNC
No. .Name Pos Clat
1 Chuckie Parquet QB Fr.*
2 Omar Brown SS So.
3 Greg Williams WR So.
4 Octavus Barnes WR So.
5 Ricco McCain LB Fr.
6 Chris Watson FB Jr.
7 Mark Dunn LB Fr.*
8 Tucker Perry QB Sr.
9 Keith Newman DB Fr.
10.. Oscar Davenport QB Fr.*
11.. Scott Caparelli p/K Sr.
11.. Toney Coles QB Fr.*
12.. Leon Johnson RB Jr.
13.. Kevin Addis LB Sr.
13.. Bruce Kinney WR Jr.
14.. Marcus Wall WR Sr.
15.. Mike Thomas QB Sr.
16.. Darien Johnson WR Fr.*
17.. Darrin Ashford WR Jr.
18.. Na Brown WR Fr.
19.. Jason Peace QB Fr.
20.. Mike Geter RB So.
21JomoLegins CB Fr.*
23.. L.C. Stevens WR Fr.*
24.. Reggie Love CB So.
25.. Terry Billups CB So.
26.. KeKe Spinks LB Fr.*
27.. Jonathan Linton FB So.
27.. Bruce DeWitt FS So.
28.. Sean Boyd FS Sr.
29.. Robert Williams DB Fr.
30.. Greg Harris SS Fr.
31.. Chris Welch PK Jr.
32.. Shawn Lyons LB So.
33 ... Derrick DePriest P/PK Fr.
34.. Beau Parry LB Sr.
35.. Jason Wright WR So.
36.. Wendell Camp SS Sr.
37.. Josh McGee PK Fr.
38.. Eric Thomas SS Sr.
39.. Steve Fisher CB So.
40.. Todd Weeks LB Fr.*
41.. Brian Simmons LB So.
42 ... Ronald Thomas FS Jr.
43 ... D.J. Williams WR Sr.
43 ... Chris Key FS Jr.
44.. Andre Barkley TB Fr.
45.. Michael Cordora FB Sr.
47.. Fuzzy Lee CB Sr.
48 ... Shawn Woodard LB Fr.
49.. Jamie Carrick LB Fr.*
51 ... Mike Baxter OG/C So.
52 ... Seth Everett DT Fr.*
52 ... Buck Weller DS So.
53 ... Kivuusama Mays LB So.
54.. James Hamilton LB Jr.
55.. Pat Conneely OG Sr.
56.. Joe Ellison OL Fr.
57.. Ryan Carfley OL Fr.
61 ... Mike Hobgood OG So.
62 ... Brian Honeycutt OG Jr.
63 ... Scott Overbeck OG Sr.
64.. Jeff Saturday C So.
65 ... Kareem Ellis OL Fr.
66 ... Jeff Wertalik OT Fr.*
67 ... Russell Babb OT Sr.
68.. Bryan Jones OL Jr.
69.. Stu Holt DS Sr.
70.. Andre Purvis DT Jr.
71 ... Marcus Jones DT Sr.
72 ... Shawn Crouthamel OT So.
74 ... Jerness Gethers OG Jr.
75.. Byron Thomas OT Jr.
76.. Mike Gimbol OL Fr.
77.. John Surigao OT Fr.*
78.. Marcus Dow DT Fr.*
79.. Ryan Hoffman OT So.
80.. Joey Walters DE Fr.
83 ... Marc Montoro TE Jr.
84.. Nate Hobgood Chittick DE So.
85 ... Chris Mintz TE Fr.
86.. Ebenezer Ekuban TE Fr.
87.. Greg Ellis DE So.
89.. Shane Pierson LB Fr.*
90.. Vonnie Holliday DT So.
91.. Mike Pringley DE Fr.*
92 ... Freddie Jones TE Jr.
93.. Allen Mogridge TE Fr.
94.. Rick Terry DT Jr.
95.. Jon Hall DL Fr.
96.. Russell Davis DE Fr.*
97.. Robert Nixon DL Fr.
98.. Teto Simpson DE Fr.
Punt Returner! 4 O.
Game and time: No. 9 Virginia at North Caro
lina, Noon
Site: Kenan Stadium
Playing surface: Natural grass.
TV/Radio: The game will be televised by Raycom-
Jefferson Pilot (WRAL-5). The Tar Heel Sports Net
work will provide radio coverage. The flagship stations
are WCHL (1360 AM) and WTRG (100.7 FM).
1995 records: UNC 2-2; Virginia 5-1.
Series: UNC leads 53-42-4 (35-10, UVa. in 1994).
Personnel Update: North Carolina OG
Jerness Gethers (leg), SS Wendel Camp (knee) are out.
QB Tucker Perry (thumb) and SS Eric Thomas (groin)
are questionable. Virginia —C Dave Gathman (knee),
DB Joe Williams (ankle), T Doug Karczewski
(apendectomy) are out. TE Bobby Neely (ankle) is
questionable.
Virginia offense: The balanced attack is led by
junior TB Tiki Barber and senior QB Mike Groh.
Barber averages over 109 yards per game and has
racked up nine TDs in six games. Groh has passed for
1,174 yards and six TDs with only three interceptions.
After losing star wideout Tyrone Davis to gradua
tion, that left Patrickjefifers to handle the bulk of the
load. Jeffers has responded with 18 catches for 298
yards in five games. Derick Byrd, Demetrius Allen
and Germane Crowell also have chipped in to
replace the Davis void. “Balanced attacks like this one
are the ones that cause you the most problems,” UNC
coach Mack Brown said.
UNC offense: After tallying 637 yards of ofiense
last week, everything would appear to be OK. That
may be a costly illusion. Those yards were against
Ohio, not a team ranked in the top 10 like Virginia.
Going into last week’s game, the Tar Heels had yet to
score consistently. Perhaps the 62 points will give them
a confidence boost as they play the Cavs, but it still
remains to be seen whether this offense can score
consistendy in the red zone and hold on to the ball.
Virginia UNC
Cavaliers Tar Heels
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(5-1) ' (2-2)
Time: Noon
Television: R-J, WRAL TV-5
Radio: WCHL-1360 AM,
WTRG 100.7 FM
Brown said Oscar Davenport will see time
again as Mike Thomas's backup at QB. “We’d like
to continue to use Oscar Davenport, because it took
some pressure off of Mike. ... We plan to bring in
Oscar for at least the third series and then play it by
ear after that.”
Virginia defense: Not as stingy as last year, but
sufficient. After limiting opponents to 63.6 yards per
game on the ground in 1994, the Cavaliers are giving
up 115.3 in 1995. But against the pass, they are
getting solid play from their defensive backs. The
team has 10 interceptions, including three by S Percy
Ellsworth and two each by comers Ronde Bar
ber and Sean Crocker. The team has also broken
up 32 passes. UVa. coach George Welsh said he
would prefer that his DBs break up passes rather than
risk interceptions. Total up the 10 picks and then add
nine fumbles caused, and the Wahoos are plus-9 in
the turnover category. This could spell trouble for
UNC, which is minus-13.
UNC defense: No. 1 in the nation. That rank is
somewhat deceiving as it is in yards per game, and the
UNC Schedule
Syracuse 20, UNC 9
at Maryland 32, UNC 18
UNC 17, at Louisville 10
UNC 62, Ohio 0
Today, Virginia
Oct. 14 at Georgia Tech
Oct. 21 Wake Forest
Nov. 4 at Clemson
Nov. 11 Florida State
Nov. 18 Duke
Nov. 24 at N.C. State
UVa. UNC
At Home 3-0 1-1
On Grass 5-1 1-2
On T.V. 2-1 1-2
Day Games 4-1 1-1
UNC Cane Bests
Yards rushing:
Jonathan Linton, 102
Yards passing:
Mike Thomas, 293
Receptions:
Leon Johnson, 10
Yards receiving:
Octavus Barnes, 211
Tackles:
Two tied at 11
More stats on page 12
Tar Heels just choked the Bobcats, holding them to
84 yards. But it is still an impressive stat, considering
the youth of the front seven. To adjust for that youth,
Brown switched Marcos Jones from end to tackle
to get him closer to the quarterback and get younger
guys on the outside. Brown is satisfied with the results
through four games, in two of which Jones was
completely healthy. “He hasn’t gotten the stats (one
sack) he got on the outside last year, but Marcus
having the inside has helped us stop the run on the
inside.” With Jones seeing constant doubleteaming,
Rick Terry, Greg Ellis, Russell Davis and the
linebackers are piling up the sacks. “Marcus has had
as much to do with the success of the other guys as
much as the other guys themselves,” Brown said.
After taking the week offlast week against option
oriented Ohio, the UNC defensive backs will face
their severest test since the Maryland debacle. Vir
ginia burned the Tar Heels deep a couple of times last
year. Today’s game will give Sean Boyd, Fuzzy
Lee and Cos. a chance to prove themselves.
Analysis /Prediction: After whipping Ohio last
week, all seemed to be well with UNC. Everything
was peachy keen. But then after the game, allegations
of Tar Heel players dealing with agents came about.
These have been put to rest as being false, but while
Brown was interviewing players Sunday and Mon
day, he could have been getting ready for Virginia.
“There’s no question it was a distraction for me,”
Brown said. “And it was a distraction for our play
ers.” When hosting the No. 9 team in the nation, a
team you haven’t beaten consistently in a long time,
any distraction hurts. How much of a factor this
week’s distraction will play in today’s game is unde
terminable, but it is nonetheless a factor. Virginia’s
propensity to cause turnovers and UNC’s propensity
to turn over the ball could be the deciding factor.
Virginia 24, UNC 20
COMPILED BY JUSTIN SCHEEF
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