North Carolina Heads To Winston Salem To Take On Wake Forest

Instead of playing on Saturday like the rest of the teams located in triangle this weekend that include their Atlantic Coast Conference foes Duke and NC State North Carolina will play on Friday when they visit Wake Forest.

North Carolina comes into the game with a record of 2-0 while they’re 1-0 in the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference while Wake Forest who comes into the game with a record of 2-0 and is a member of the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference and unlike North Carolina has yet to play a conference game.

As for North Carolina’s previous game, They topped Miami last Saturday.

Sam Howell found Dazz Newsome just inside the end zone for the go-ahead touchdown with 1:01 left to help North Carolina rally past Miami 28-25 on Saturday night.
Howell's perfect throw found Newsome dragging his toes inches from the sideline to cap a stunning clutch drive led by the true freshman. Howell also completed a 20-yard pass to Rontavius Groves on fourth-and-17 to extend the drive, which came after the Tar Heels had surrendered the lead on a Miami touchdown with 4:38 left.”according to https://goheels.com/news/2019/9/8/football-carolina-makes-fourth-quarter-comeback-to-beat-miami-28-25.aspx

Michael Carter's diving-for-the-pylon 2-point conversion pushed the lead to 28-25, only to see Miami (0-2, 0-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) drive past midfield to set up a tying field-goal attempt. But Bubba Baxa's 49-yard kick went wide left, sending several Tar Heels players sprinting toward the student section to celebrate even though there were still 5 seconds left.
Howell threw for 274 yards and two touchdowns for the Tar Heels (2-0, 1-0).”according to https://goheels.com/news/2019/9/8/football-carolina-makes-fourth-quarter-comeback-to-beat-miami-28-25.aspx

As for Wake Forest’s previous game,

They won on the road at Rice last Friday.

Wake Forest improved to 2-0 on the season with a 41-21 victory at Rice on Friday night. Jamie Newman led the Demon Deacon offense to its fourth straight game of over 500 yards, tying a school record. Newman completed 21 of 27 passes for 312 yards and three touchdowns. Two of those touchdown throws went to Scotty Washington, who had a career-high 158 yards on seven catches. Kenneth Walker rushed for 125 yards, highlighted by a 96-yard touchdown run in the third quarter, the longest play from scrimmage in school history. “according to https://godeacs.com/news/2019/9/6/football-deacs-run-away-from-rice-41-21.aspx

The Demon Deacons won its fourth consecutive road game, dating back to last season, and won its road opener for the fourth straight year. “according to https://godeacs.com/news/2019/9/6/football-deacs-run-away-from-rice-41-21.aspx

How It Happened: Wake Forest took the opening kickoff and scored on their opening possession, capped by a 2-yard touchdown run by Christian Beal-Smith. After a strip sack from Boogie Basham gave the Deacs the ball back, a 7-yard touchdown pass from Newman to Sage Surratt doubled the lead to 14-0. Rice got on the scoreboard with a 1-yard touchdown run from Aston Walter, following a lengthy delay to care for injured Owl quarterback Wiley Green. On the next series, Rice backup quarterback Tom Stewart scored on a 10-yard run to tie the game at 14-14, which was the score at the end of the first quarter. “according to https://godeacs.com/news/2019/9/6/football-deacs-run-away-from-rice-41-21.aspx

On the opening play of the second quarter, Washington outjumped the Rice defense for a 25-yard touchdown catch to give the Deacs a 21-14 lead. A 34-yard pass to Jack Freudenthal on the next possession set up a 26-yard field goal from Nick Sciba. Wake Forest held that 24-14 lead at halftime. “according to https://godeacs.com/news/2019/9/6/football-deacs-run-away-from-rice-41-21.aspx

Wake Forest's first drive of the second half resulted in a 23-yard field goal from Sciba, who tied the school record with his 14th consecutive made field goal. Newman's 59-yard deep pass found Washington for his second touchdown catch of the night to extend the lead to 34-14 at the end of three quarters. “according to https://godeacs.com/news/2019/9/6/football-deacs-run-away-from-rice-41-21.aspx

After the Deacs stuffed Rice on fourth-and-goal with a tackle-for-loss by Justin Strnad, Walker took the next play 96 yards for the longest touchdown run in school history. It was the freshman's first career touchdown and gave him his first career 100-yard rushing game. A late 19-yard touchdown catch by Rice's Austin Trammell made the final score 41-21. “according to https://godeacs.com/news/2019/9/6/football-deacs-run-away-from-rice-41-21.aspx

Kick-off is set for 6:00pm from BB&T Field. The game will be televised on ESPN.