Postgame Notes

Oct. 27, 2007

Aaron Curry Picks Two

Aaron Curry returned an interception 77 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter. It was his second interception return for a touchdown this year.
It marked Wake Forest's fifth interception return for a touchdown this season.
Curry also intercepted a pass on UNC's first offensive play of the game. It marked the second time this season (the other was Sept. 1 at Boston College) where Wake Forest recorded an interception on the opponent's first play of the game.
Curry now has four career interceptions and three this season.
Curry finished the game with a team-high nine tackles.

Sam Swank Sets Wake Forest Career Scoring Mark

The redshirt junior placekicker set the school record for points scored in a career.
His 23-yard field goal with 13:12 to play in the first quarter gave him 241 points, one more than previous record-holder Chris Barclay (2002-05) who scored 240 career points.
Swank would add field goals of 22 yards and 46 yards in the third quarter.
Swank increased his career scoring total to 251 points with 13 against the Tar Heels.
With three field goals, Swank increased his school record for field goals in a career to 53.
Swank also had a season-long 66-yard punt in the fourth quarter.

Kevin Marion Nearly Returns Two Kickoffs For Touchdowns

Kevin Marion returned his first kickoff return of the afternoon 98 yards for a touchdown. The return ties the BB&T Field record (Myles Savage, 10/18/97 vs. Maryland) and was the second-longest in school history (99 yards by John Stone 11/13/99 at Duke).
The return was Marion's career-best and his first KOR for a touchdown in his career. It was the sixth total touchdown of his career.
Marion's second return was for 83 yards and set up a 14-yard scoring run by Josh Adams. Marion was tripped up at the last instance on the second return by UNC's Matt Merletti.
Marion had two kickoff returns for 181 yards. The school record for return yards in a game is 195 by Anthony Williams at Maryland in 1990.

Josh Adams Finds Paydirt Twice

Josh Adams' six-yard touchdown run with 5:00 to play in the first quarter was his fifth rushing touchdown of the season and his sixth overall touchdown.
Adams added a 14-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter, giving him seven total touchdowns for the season.
His two touchdown runs gave Adams six rushing touchdowns this season and seven total touchdowns.
Adams has set school records for the most touchdowns and the most rushing touchdowns by a redshirt freshman.

Non-Offensive Touchdowns

Wake Forest added to its ACC-leading non-offensive touchdown total. The Deacs now have nine on the season after Kevin Marion's 98-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and Aaron Curry's 77-yard interception return.

Success Against In-State Opponents

Wake Forest is now 21-5 against in-state opponents during the Jim Grobe Era. The Deacons have won seven straight games against in-state competition.
Grobe is now 4-2 against UNC at Wake Forest and 4-3 for his career.

With the win...

Wake Forest improves to 6-2 on the season, 4-1 in the ACC
The Deacons are bowl-eligible with six wins on the season
Wake Forest owns a six-game winning streak, its longest since the 1992 season.
Wake Forest has defeated North Carolina for the second straight year.
Jim Grobe moves his record at Wake to 43-37 and 76-70-1 for his career.
Grobe is the first Wake Forest coach to have a career record six games over .500 since D.C. "Peahead" Walker retired following the 1950 season with a career record of 77-51-6.

Miscellaneous

Game captains for Wake Forest today were #21 Kenneth Moore and #88 John Tereshinski.
The attendance of 33,023 is the largest of the season and the 15th-largest in BB&T Field history.
Wake Forest's 37 points are the most it has scored vs. North Carolina since a 42-24 win in 1988.
When Wake Forest converted a third and 14 in the first quarter, it was just the second time this season Wake was successful on third and 10 or longer (were 1-23).

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