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Georgia Tech at NC State & Clemson at Virginia highlight 6-game schedule
for week No. 5 Florida State No. 2, Clemson climbs to 11th in latest football rankings THIS WEEK'S GAMES (WEEK #5 SCHEDULE): Thursday, September 21 Stadium(Capacity) Series Last Meeting TV Time Georgia Tech (2-1) at NC State (3-0) Carter Finley Stadium (51,500) GaT (12-7-0) 48-21 (GaT) 1999 ESPN 8:00 Saturday, September 23 Clemson (3-0) at Virginia (2-1) Scott Stadium (61,500) Clem. (33-5-1) 33-14 (Clem.) 1999 ABC 3:30 Louisville (2-0) at Florida State (3-0) Doak Campbell Stadium (80,000) FSU (11-1-0) 40-15 (FSU) 1991 ESPN2 6:00 M. Tennessee State (1-2) at Maryland (1-1) Byrd Stadium (48,055) 1st meeting 1st meeting 6:00 Marshall (1-1) at North Carolina (2-1) Kenan Stadium (60,000) 1st meeting 1st meeting ESPN reg 6:00 Duke (0-3) at Vanderbilt (0-3) Vanderbilt Stadium (53,879) Vandy (4-3-0) 31-14 (Vandy) 1999 7:00 Thursday, September 21 Georgia Tech (2-1, 0-1) at NC State (3-0, 0-0) 8:00 p.m., ESPN Carter-Finley Stadium (51,500) THE GAME: NC State will be shooting for its third-straight victory to open the season when it hosts Georgia Tech in a nationally-televised affair on ESPN ... the Yellow Jackets have won five in a row over the Wolfpack, including the last two games in Raleigh and lead the series 12-7. THE COACHES: George O'Leary is 38-26 in six seasons with the Yellow Jackets ... Chuck Amato is 3-0 in his first season as a head coach ... is the first NC State head coach to win his first three games since Harry Hartsell in 1917. GAME NOTES: A year ago, Georgia Tech was 89th nationally in defense against the run allowing 183.2 yards per game; after three games this year the Jackets are 23rd yielding only 2.2 yards per attempt and 82.0 yards per contest ... NC State leads the nation in passing offense (376.3) while Tech is 111th in passing efficiency defense, yielding 303.0 yards per game ... GaT QB George Godsey has thrown for 544 yards and seven TDs and no interceptions and ranks 24th nationally in passing efficiency ... Tech WR Kelly Campbell is eighth in Tech annals in career receiving yardage (1,396) and ninth in career receptions (82); needs one more TD catch to tie the Tech career mark of 14 ... soph LB Recardo Wimbush is GaT's top tackler with 27 hits, including seven tackles for loss. ... NC State true freshman QB Philip Rivers leads the ACC and is second nationally in total offense, averaging 356.3 yards per game ... Rivers leads the ACC in pass completions (76), yards passing (1,069) and touchdown passes (10) ... Ray Robinson is 13th among NC State career rushing leaders with 1,470 yards ... NC State WR Koren Robinson continued his hot streak against SMU, catching five passes for 149 yards and two TDs, marking the eighth time in his last nine games (and ninth time overall) that he has had 100-yards or more in receiving yardage; is already ninth on State's all-time receiving yardage list with 1,229 yards after only 14 career games ... the Wolfpack defense sacked SMU quarterbacks eight times ... since 1990, State is 45-16 at home, including an 11-2 mark over the last three seasons. (NCAA Rank) Ga Tech NC State Points Offense 27.3 (50) 40.0 (11) Total Offense 313.0 (77) 481.0 (7) Rush Offense 109.3 (79) 104.7 (86) Pass Offense 203.7 (56) 376.3 (1) Points Defense 18.7 (44) 23.0 (67) Total Defense 385.0 (85) 327.9 (52) Rush Defense 82.0 (23) 172.0 (83) Pass Defense 303.0 (111) 155.7 (26) Saturday, September 23 No. 11 Clemson (3-0, 1-0) at Virginia (2-1, 1-0) 3:30 p.m., ABC Scott Stadium (61,500) THE GAME: Both the 11th-ranked Tigers, off to their best start since 1991, and home-standing Cavaliers will be looking to maintain their early-season momentum when they square off for the 40th time in a rivalry that begin in 1955 ... Clemson won the first 29 meetings in the series and currently leads the series by a 33-5-1 margin, including a 14-3 mark in Scott Stadium ... since 1990, Virginia is 5-4-1 against the Tigers. THE COACHES: Tommy Bowden is 27-10 in four seasons overall, with a 9-6 mark in two years at Clemson ... George Welsh is 185-127-4 in 28 seasons, including a 130-81-3 in 19 years with the Cavaliers. GAME NOTES: Two of the nation's top quarterbacks - Clemson's Woodrow Dantzler and Virginia's Dan Ellis - will be on display Saturday in Scott Stadium ... in addition to leading the ACC in rushing (91.7), Dantzler has completed 67 percent of his passes for 537 yards and six touchdowns while Ellis has completed 64 percent of his attempts for 849 yards and five TDs; Dantzler is ranked second nationally in passing efficiency, Ellis fifth ... over his last five games Dantzler is averaging 276.6 yards per game in total offense while completing 64-of-105 passes (.610) for 971 yards and 10 TDs with only one interception ... over his last five games Ellis has completed 89 of 134 passes (.664) for 1,554 yards (310.8 pg) and 15 TDs; has thrown for over 200 yards in five straight games and is eighth on the school's all-time passing list with 3,181 yards ... UVa's Antwoine Womack is third in the ACC in rushing (84.3) while Clemson's Travis Zachery is fourth (75.3); over his last six games, Zachery has scored 15 TDs ... Cavalier WR Billy McMullen is third in the ACC in both receptions (5.0) and receiving yardage (96.0) while Clemson's Rod Gardner is sixth in receptions (4.3) and fifth in yardage (67.3), on the Clemson career charts Gardner is fifth in receptions (121) and sixth in receiving yardage (1,650) .... UVa's Mike Abrams is 13th nationally in punting (44.7) ... the Clemson offense has not had a turnover this year. (NCAA Rank) Clemson Virginia Points Offense 51.7 (2) 31.7 (35) Total Offense 520.7 (2) 448.3 (17) Rush Offense 292.7 (6) 165.3 (42) Pass Offense 228.0 (39) 283.0 (16) Points Defense 5.3 (1) 18.0 (40) Total Defense 160.0 (1) 370.7 (80) Rush Defense 77.0 (19) 151.3 (64) Pass Defense 83.0 (1) 219.3 (75) Saturday, September 23 Louisville (2-0) at No. 2 Florida State (3-0, 2-0) 6:00 p.m., ESPN2 Doak Campbell Stadium (80,000) THE GAME: The second-ranked Seminoles go after their 16th consecutive win over the past two seasons when they host an undefeated Louisville club in a nationally-televised affair on ESPN2 ... Florida State has won 11 in a row in the series since the Cardinals captured the first meeting between the two teams 41-14 in 1952 ... the two teams have not played since a 40-15 FSU win in 1991. THE COACHES: John L. Smith is 16-10 in three years at Louisville and 85-49 in 12 seasons overall ... Bobby Bowden is 234-53-4 in 25 years at FSU and 307-65-4 in 35 seasons overall. GAME NOTES: FSU rushed for 194 yards in Saturday's 63-14 win over UNC, its highest rushing total in 17 games ... FSU's Chris Weinke has completed 63 percent of his passes for 1,023 yards and eight TDs with no interceptions and is ranked sixth nationally in passing efficiency and sixth in total offense (329.0) ... Weinke has thrown for 200 yards or more in 14 straight regular season games and in 23 of his 24 career starts; is 11th on the ACC career passing yardage list (6,695), 14h in total offense (6,147) and sixth with 54 TD passes ... Weinke will direct an FSU offense that is ranked sixth nationally against a Louisville defense that leads the nation in rushing defense (19.5) and is ninth overall (238.5) ... FSU's Marvin Minnis leads the ACC and is seventh nationally in receptions (20-for-339) ... Seminole TB Travis Minor ran for a season-high 112 yards against UNC and leads the Seminoles in rushing (63.3) ... FSU has been ranked in every AP poll since the fifth week of the 1989 season, a streak spanning 186 consecutive rankings ... FSU has won 30 straight in Doak Campbell Stadium and have not lost in 47 consecutive contests (FSU tied Florida in 1994) ... Louisville opened the season with wins over Kentucky (40-34) and Grambling (52-0); the shutout was keyed by 10 quarterback sacks, including four by sophomore DE Michael Josiah ... Cardinal QB Dave Ragone is third in the nation in passing efficiency having completed 35 of 51 passes (.696) for 433 yards and seven TDs. (NCAA Rank) Louisville Florida State Points Offense 46.0 (5) 39.3 (12) Total Offense 435.0 (21) 483.7 (6) Rush Offense 206.0 (23) 108.0 (81) Pass Offense 229.0 (38) 375.7 (2) Points Defense 17.0 (35) 12.7 (18) Total Defense 238.5 (9) 282.0 (25) Rush Defense 19.5 (1) 52.0 (4) Pass Defense 219.0 (72) 230.0 (82) Saturday, September 23 Middle Tennessee State (1-2) at Maryland (1-1, 0-0) 6:00 p.m. Byrd Stadium (48,055) THE GAME: Maryland closes out its 2000 non-conference schedule when the Terps return home to host the Blue Raiders of Middle Tennessee State under the lights in Byrd Stadium ... this is the Terps' first meeting with MTSU, a Division I-A independent ... the Blue Raiders opened the season with road losses to Illinois (35-6) and Florida (55-0) before defeating Murray State (44-28) Saturday. THE COACHES: Andy McCollum is 4-10 in his second year with the Blue Raiders ... Ron Vanderlinden is 11-24 in his four seasons in College Park. GAME NOTES: Maryland's LaMont Jordan ran for 38 yards against West Virginia and became the school's all-time leading rusher with 3,327 yards; moved into 15th place on the ACC's career rushing list ... sophomore QB Calvin McCall completed 19 of 29 passes against the Mountaineers for 215 yards and finished with a career-best 244 yards in total offense ... Terp PK Brian Kopka has made 36 of 52 career field goal attempts (.692) and is sixth among Maryland career scoring leaders with 178 points ... Terp offensive line has allowed only one QB sack through the first two games this season ... Maryland's Brooks Barnard leads the nation in punting with a 49.4 yards per kick average while Mukala Sikyala leads the ACC and is fifth nationally in kickoff returns (32.5) ... Maryland is 152-97-1 (.610) all-time in Byrd Stadium, built in 1950 at the cost of $1 million ... Terp OLB Aaron Thompson has 28 career tackles for loss ... MTSU's Kendall Newson is the school's all-time leading receiver with 117 career catches in only 24 games played (4.9 per game) ... MTSU is 35th in the country in total offense averaging 410.3 yards per game ... Blue Raider QB Wes Counts has started 24 straight games; completed 22-of-34 passes for 260 yards in the win over Murray State ... MTSU sophomore TB Dwone Hicks rushed for 115 yards and two TDs against Murray State and leads the team with 313 yards rushing. (NCAA Rank) M. Tennessee Maryland Points Offense 16.7 (93) 17.0 (90) Total Offense 410.3 (35) 270.0 (96) Rush Offense 190.0 (32) 85.5 (98) Pass Offense 220.3 (44) 184.5 (69) Points Defense 39.3 (106) 20.0 (52) Total Defense 406.3 (91) 442.0 (104) Rush Defense 168.3 (78) 190.0 (100) Pass Defense 238.0 (88) 252.0 (94) Saturday, September 23 Marshall (1-1) at North Carolina (2-1, 1-1) 6:00 p.m., ESPN Regional Kenan Stadium (60,000) THE GAME: North Carolina returns home to a sold-out Kenan Stadium to host Mid-American Conference foe Marshall in an ESPN regional telecast ... this is the first meeting between the two schools in football ... overall, the Tar Heels are 8-2 against teams from the MAC while the Thundering Herd are 2-2 against ACC teams. THE COACHES: Bob Pruett is 51-5 in five seasons at Marshall ... Carl Torbush is 16-22 in four seasons overall as a head coach and 13-14 in three years with the Tar Heels. GAME NOTES: North Carolina is 15th natioanlly in rushing defense (70.3) and is 46th in the nation in total defense (311.7) while Marshall is seventh in scoring offense (43.5) and 25th in total offense (428.0) ... UNC QB Ronald Curry is fifth in the ACC in total offense (199.0) and fifth in passing efficiency; has thrown for 570 yards and four TDs with only one interception ... junior WR Kory Bailey leads the Tar Heels in receiving with 11 catches for 137 yards ... UNC's Bosley Allen leads the ACC and is ninth nationally in punt returns (20.0); is averaging 23.4 yards per catch on eight receptions ... a year ago UNC was last in the nation in punt returns, averaging only 4.1 yards per return, after the first three games this season, the Tar Heels lead the ACC in punt returns averaging 18.3 yards per return ... UNC leads the ACC in quarterback sacks with 16 for 124 yards in losses ... Marshall opened the season with a 63-7 win over S.E. Missouri State before dropping a 34-24 decision to Michigan State, snapping a 17-game winning streak ... sophomore QB Byron Leftwich, who has completed 41-of-64 passes (.641) for 437 yards and five TDs ... Leftwich directs an offense averaging 43.5 points and 428 yards per game; threw threw for 227 yards and three TDs in the loss to Michigan State ... sophomore TB Brandon Carey leads the team in rushing with 120 yards on only 19 carries. (NCAA Rank) Marshall North Carolina Points Offense 43.5 (7) 26.3 (52) Total Offense 428.0 (25) 353.7 (64) Rush Offense 183.0 (34) 127.0 (67) Pass Offense 245.0 (33) 226.7 (40) Points Defense 20.5 (54) 28.7 (87) Total Defense 346.0 (63) 311.7 (46) Rush Defense 177.0 (85) 70.3 (15) Pass Defense 169.0 (38) 241.3 (90) Saturday, September 23 Duke (0-3, 0-1) at Vanderbilt (0-3) 7:00 p.m. Vanderbilt Stadium (53,879) THE GAME: Both the Blue Devils and the Commodores will be seeking to get into the win column when the two teams meet for the eighth time in a series that started in 1986 ... Vanderbilt has won the last three meetings to take a 4-3 lead in the rivalry ... Duke is 1-3 in Vanderbilt Stadium. THE COACHES: Carl Franks is 3-11 in his second season at Duke ... Woody Widenhofer is 10-26 in his fourth season at Vanderbilt and 22-58-1 in eight years overall. GAME NOTES: Duke QB Spencer Romine threw for a season-high 198 yards in Saturday's loss to Virginia; is eighth on the school's pass completion list (260) and eighth in passing yardage (3,303) ... Romine is 11th on Duke's career total offense list with 3,298 yards and needs only three yards to break into the school's top 10 career offense leaders list ... Duke's Chris Douglas leads all ACC freshmen and is sixth in the league in all-purpose yardage (121.3) ... Kyle Moore is 22nd in the country in kickoff returns (25.8) while Douglas is 33rd (23.7) ... Duke P Brian Morton is second in the ACC and seventh nationally in punting averaging 45.7 yards per kick ... several Vanderbilt players are listed among school career leaders - QB Greg Zolman is fourth on the school's career passing list with 3,785 yards, TB Jared McGrath is eighth on the rushing list with 1,720 yards and PK John Markham is third in career scoring with 159 points ... Vanderbilt All-American LB Jamie Winborn returned to action in the Commodores' 12-7 loss to Mississippi Saturday after serving a two-game suspension. (NCAA Rank) Duke Vanderbilt Points Offense 5.0 (113) 15.7 (93) Total Offense 215.0 (110) 329.3 (70) Rush Offense 73.7 (103) 77.0 (101) Pass Offense 141.3 (93) 252.3 (28) Points Defense 34.0 (99) 24.3 (72) Total Defense 450.7 (108) 370.7 (79) Rush Defense 180.7 (91) 188.0 (98) Pass Defense 270.0 (102) 182.7 (49) THE STANDINGS: Through games of Sep 18, 2000 Conference Points Overall Points Team W L T For Opp Pct W L T For Opp Pct ---- - - - --- --- --- - - - --- --- --- Florida State....... 2 0 0 89 35 1.000 3 0 0 118 38 1.000 Clemson............. 1 0 0 55 7 1.000 3 0 0 155 16 1.000 Virginia............ 1 0 0 26 10 1.000 2 1 0 95 54 .667 North Carolina...... 1 1 0 49 77 .500 2 1 0 79 86 .667 NC State............ 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 120 69 1.000 Maryland............ 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 1 0 34 40 .500 Georgia Tech........ 0 1 0 21 26 .000 2 1 0 82 56 .667 Duke................ 0 1 0 10 26 .000 0 3 0 15 102 .000 Wake Forest......... 0 2 0 21 90 .000 0 3 0 37 110 .000 Philip Rivers NC State QB Philip Rivers, a 6-5, 221-pound freshman out of Athens, Ala., currently leads the ACC and is second in the nation in total offense with a 355.3 yards per game average ... his 401 yards passing against Indiana (S9) is the second highest single-game total by an ACC freshman - Duke's Ben Bennett holds the ACC single game record for passing yardage with 469 yards vs. Wake Forest on Nov. 8, 1980 ... Rivers has already set five ACC freshmen single game records, including five touchdown passes against the Hoosiers. In the first three games of his career, Rivers has passed for 10 touchdowns and 1,069 yards in leading the Wolfpack to a 3-0 record ... listed below are the Top 6 ACC career passing yardage leaders and their first three game passing yardage totals: 3-Game Passing Yardage Comparisons Freshman 3-Game ACC Rank Season Yardage 1. Ben Bennett, Duke 1980 347 2. Jamie Barnette, NCS 1996 212 3. Spence Fischer, Duke 1992 490 4. Joe Hamilton, GaT 1996 363 5. Shawn Jones, GaT 1989 420 6. Brian Kuklick, WF 1994 157 ** Philip Rivers, NCS 2000 1,069 LaMont Jordan Rushed for 38 yards in Maryland's 30-17 loss at West Virginia and became the Terps' all-time leading rusher with 3,327 yards ... has 14 career 100-yard games, including 10 against ACC foes ... is averaging 103.1 yards rushing per game against ACC teams ... has run for 100 yards or more in 11 of his last 19 games ... needs to average 141.7 yards per game over his next nine games to become the ACC's all-time leading rusher. Jordan Career vs. the ACC 100-Yd Opp G Att Yds PC TD Gms PG UVa 3 69 434 6.3 2 1 144.7 UNC 3 58 318 5.5 4 2 106.0 NCS 3 62 310 5.0 2 2 103.3 Clem. 3 42 297 7.1 5 1 99.0 Duke 3 59 285 4.8 3Duke 1 95.0 WF 3 50 283 5.7 1 1 94.3 GaT 3 71 278 3.9 3 1 92.7 FSU 3 42 270 6.4 1 1 90.0 Tot: 24 453 2475 5.5 21 10 103.1 * In seven regular season games against ranked opponents, Jordan has rushed for 526 yards (75.1 yards pg) on 125 attempts (4.2 per carry) with two 100-yard games and one touchdown. By the Numbers 8 Number of games that Florida State's Chris Weinke has passed for 300 yards or more, which is tied for fifth best in ACC history. 10 Number of touchdown passes thrown by NC State freshman Philip Rivers ... Rivers is tied with Rutgers' Mike McMahon for the lead nationally with the 10 scoring tosses. 14 Number of career games that Maryland's LaMont Jordan has rushed for 100 yards or more. 15 Florida State's current winning streak, which is the longest active streak in the nation ... Wisconsin is second to the Noles with an 11-game winning streak. 23 Number of games that Florida State QB Chris Weinke has thrown for 200 yards or more in 24 career regular season starts. 674 Total offense yards by Virginia's Dan Ellis in his last two games versus Richmond (336) and Duke (338) ... Ellis is eighth in the country in total offense, averaging 299.3 yards per game. Chris Weinke Completed 12 of 22 passes for 262 yards and four TDs in Florida State's 28-13 win over North Carolina ... moved past Virginia's Shawn Moore (1987-90) and into 11th place on the ACC's all-time passing yardage list with 6,695 yards ... sixth among ACC career TD pass leaders with 50 ... currently averaging 341.0 yards passing per game in 2000 ... needs to average 324.3 yards passing per game over the next nine games to become the ACC's all-time leading passer. Weinke Career vs. the ACC Pass Yds Opp G Cmp-Att Int TD Yds PG GaT 3 58-93 0 7 913 304.3 UNC 3 44-76 2 7 872 290.7 Clem. 2 42-84 1 4 560 280.0 Duke 2 30-46 1 8 531 265.5 NCS 2 32-71 8 1 472 236.0 UVa 2 32-51 3 4 440 220.0 Md. 3 44-75 2 8 613 204.3 WF 2 21-39 1 3 388 194.0 Tot: 19 303-535 18 42 4789 252.1 * In eight regular season games against ranked opponents, Weinke has completed 146-of-247 passes (.587) for 1,872 yards (234.0 pg) and 12 TDs with only four interceptions (1 every 61.8 pass attempts). Week No. 4 in Review Cooper Rego scored two TDs and West Virginia made a fourth-quarter goal line stand en route to a 30-17 win over visiting Maryland; Terp QB Calvin McCall completed 19 of 29 passes for 215 yards ... Woodrow Dantzler ran for 166 yards and two TDs and passed for 157 yards and a touchdown to lead No. 16 Clemson past Wake Forest 55-7; the victory came in Clemson's 1,000th game ... Travis Minor rushed for 112 yards on 16 carries and Chris Weinke threw for 262 yards and four TDs as second-ranked Florida State exploded for 22 points in less than six minutes in the second quarter in a 63-14 win over North Carolina; Ronald Curry threw for 235 yards for the Tar Heels ... George Godsey completed 10 of 19 passes in Georgia Tech's 40-13 victory over Navy ... Dan Ellis completed 20 of 30 passes for 333 yards and three touchdowns to lead Virginia to a 26-10 win over home-standing Duke; Billy McMullen caught eight passes for 189 yards and two TDs for the Cavaliers while Spencer Romine completed 18 of 36 passes for a season-high 198 yards for the Blue Devils ... freshman QB Philip Rivers threw for 271 yards and two scores as NC State improved its record to 3-0 with a 41-0 win over visiting SMU; Koren Robinson had five catches for 149 yards and two TDs and the Wolfpack defense came up with 10 QB sacks, four interceptions and two blocked punts.
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