This Week in ACC Football |
ACCOLADES
Five ACC teams, Maryland, Florida State, Georgia Tech, NC State and Wake Forest are bowl eligible ... ACC Champion Maryland ranked seventh in AP poll, eighth in Coaches' ranking ... Terps' Ralph Friedgen named Football News national Coach of the Year after becoming the first coach in league history to win ACC title in his rookie season ... Clemson's Woody Dantzler needs 131 yards rushing to become the first player in NCAA history to rush for 1,000 yards and pass for 2,000 yards in the same season ... Maryland No. 12 in latest BCS Rankings ... Tech's George Godsey has at least one TD pass in 10 straight games ... FSU's Chris Rix needs only 126 yards to set single season total offense yardage mark for ACC freshmen ... GaT's Kelley Rhino sets ACC single season punt return yardage mark with 491 yards ... visiting teams are 20-14 in ACC games this season.
GAME PREVIEWS
Saturday, December 1
Penn State (5-5, 4-4 Big Ten)
at Virginia (4-7, 3-5)
ESPN; Noon
Scott Stadium (61,500)
THE GAME: Virginia brings down the curtain on its 112th season of intercollegiate football when the Cavaliers host a Nittany Lion club that has won five of its last six games ... this is the first meeting between the two teams since a 14-6 Virginia win in 1989 ... Penn State leads the series 4-1, including a 2-0 mark in Charlottesville ... UVa defensive coordinator Al Golden was Penn State's starting tight end in 1990-91 while the Cavaliers' assistant head coach lettered at Penn State in 1979-80 while Virginia football administrative assistant Tom Sherhan was the Lions' QB in 1966-67, Joe Paterno's first two years as head coach. THE COACHES: Joe Paterno, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA Division I-A history, is 327-95-3 in 36 seasons at Penn State ... Al Groh is 4-7 in his first year at Virginia and 30-47 in seven seasons overall. NITTANY NOTES: Penn State has won five of six games after an 0-4 start ... the Nittany Lions have been behind in all five of their wins, including double-digit deficits to beat Ohio State and Michigan State ... Penn State is 61-10-2 (.849) all-time against teams currently in the ACC ... the Nittany Lions have not lost a fumble in their last six games. CAV COPY: Junior WR Billy McMullen leads the ACC in receptions (7.3), receiving yardage (92.6); and TD receptions (12) and has scored at least one TD in eight of UVa's 11 games ... McMullen is Virginia's all-time leader in receptions (138) and is fifth in receiving yardage (2,043) and is bidding to become the first Cavalier to lead the ACC in receptions since Tom Fadden in 1975 ... McMullen's 80 receptions are the second-best single season total in ACC history and only eight shy of the existing league mark of 88 set by NC State's Torry Holt ... the Cavaliers have two quarterbacks - Matt Schaub (1,449) and Bryson Spinner
(1,278) - who have thrown for over 1,250 yards each ... Spinner is also third on the team in rushing and ranks ninth in the ACC in total offense
(143.6) while Schaub is 10th (132.6) ... as a team, UVa has thrown 24 TD passes this season, tripling the total of eight all of last season.
Saturday, December 1
Duke (0-10, 0-7)
at Clemson (5-5, 3-4)
1:00 p.m.
Memorial Stadium (81,474)
THE GAME: Clemson has held the upper hand in this long-time rivalry between these two teams since they first met on the gridiron in 1934 ... the Tigers have won two in a row (by a 110-to-29 margin) and 20 of the last 24 meetings to take a 29-15-1 lead in the series ... the Tigers have won the last 10 games played in "Death Valley" with the last Duke win coming in 1980. THE COACHES: Carl Franks is 3-29 in three seasons at Duke ... Tommy Bowden is 20-14 in three seasons at Clemson and 38-18 in five years overall. DEVIL DATA: QB D. Bryant is sixth in the ACC and 47th nationally in total offense (217.6) ... Bryant's 2,171 yards passing is the 11th best single season mark in school history and the most yards passing by a Blue Devil QB since Spence Fischer threw for 2,668 yards in 1995 ... TB Chris Douglas has 13 straight games with 100-or-more all-purpose yards and is sixth nationally in all-purpose yards (170.2) ... Douglas leads the team and is fifth in the ACC in rushing (79.7) and is bidding to become the first player in school history to lead the team in rushing in both his freshman and sophomore seasons ... Douglas' 797 yards is the 10th best single season rushing total in school history ... Douglas is also 17th on the ACC's career kickoff return yardage list with 1,456 yards. TIGER TIDBITS: Woodrow Dantzler had 306 yards in total offense against South Carolina and moved into ninth on the ACC's career total offense list with 7,871 yards ... Dantzler leads the ACC and is ninth nationally in total offense (298.6) ... TB Travis Zachery is second among school career rushing leaders with 2,943 yards ... Zachery is tied for fourth among ACC career touchdown leaders (46) and tied for 10th on the league's all-time scoring list with 276 points ... WR Derek Hamilton leads all ACC freshmen in receptions (49) and receiving yards (590) ... Hamilton leads the ACC and ranks second nationally in kickoff returns (31.8); and leads all ACC freshmen in all-purpose yardage (102.0) ... junior Brian Mance is second in the ACC in punt returns (12.0) and fourth in kickoff returns (24.5).
Saturday, December 1
SMU (4-6, 4-4 WAC)
at North Carolina (6-5, 5-3)
1:30 p.m.
Kenan Stadium (60,000)
THE GAME: North Carolina goes after its seventh win of the season when the Tar Heels close out their 2001 regular season hosting an SMU team
that has won two in a row following Saturday's 37-20 win over Rice ...
UNC and SMU have met just once with the Tar Heels posting a 28-24 win in Dallas in 1984. THE COACHES: Mike Cavan is 18-27 in six years at SMU and 85-76-2 in 16 campaigns overall ... John Bunting is 6-5 in his first season at UNC and 44-19-2 in six years overall. MUSTANG MUSINGS: SMU has won four of its last six games ... the Mustangs lead the WAC and rank 22nd nationally in total defense (314.7) ... true freshman ShanDerrick Charles leads in the team in ruishing with 783 yards, breaking the existing school freshman rushing record of 761 yards set by Craig James in 1979 ... in its four victories this season, SMU has a turnover margin of +2, while in its six losses the Mustangs are a minus 13 ... LB Vic Viloria is second in the WAC in tackles per game (10.1). HEEL HYPE: Freshman QB Darian Durant is second in the ACC and 12th nationally in passing efficiency and his 17 TD passes are the third most by a freshman in ACC annals ... in five games versus ranked opponents, Durant has completed 59 of 100 passes for 697 yards and eight TDs ... senior QB Ronald Curry is the school's all-time passing leader with 4,871 yards ... Curry is also 1st on UNC's all-time total offense chart, and 18th on the ACC's, with 6,078 yards ... Julius Peppers leads UNC in interceptions (3) and has 29.5 career QB sacks, which ranks the junior DE second all-time at UNC and is seventh in ACC annals ... Kory Bailey is fourth on the school's all-time reception list (135) and fifth in receiving yardage (1,892)... The Tar Heels are the first team in ACC history to start a season 0-3 and win its next five games ... Bosley Allen is ninth on the ACC's all-time punt return yardage list (786) ... junior WR Sam Aiken leads the team in receptions (42), receiving yards
(738) and TD receptions (8) ... in his last two games, Aiken has 12 catches for 264 yards and three TDs.
Saturday, December 1
Georgia Tech (7-4, 4-3)
at Florida State (6-4, 5-2)
ESPN; 3:30 p.m.
Doak Campbell Stadium (80,000)
THE GAME: Georgia Tech's Yellow Jackets take to the road for the final time this season travelling to Tallahassee to take on Florida State's Seminoles in the 18th meeting of a series that was first contested in 1952 ... FSU has won all nine meetings since joining the ACC in 1992 and leads the series by a 9-7-1 margin.
THE COACHES: George O'Leary is 52-32 in seven seasons at Georgia Tech ... Bobby Bowden is 321-91-4 in 36 years overall and 248-59-4 in 26 seasons at Florida State. BUZZ BITS: PK Luke Manget leads the ACC in scoring (8.4) and field goals
(1.7) and has made an ACC-record 129 straight PATs; is 15th on the ACC's career scoring list with 252 points ... Kelly Campbell is seventh on the ACC's career receiving yardage list (2,843), tied for sixth in career receptions (188), tied for eighth in TD receptions (24), 20th in all-purpose yardage (4,306) and 23rd in kickoff returns (1,311) ... junior TB Joe Burns' 1,126 yards rushing is the sixth best single season mark in school history ... Burns is fourth on the school's career rushing list with 2,595 yards and has scored a TD in 15 of his last 19 games ... QB George Godsey has thrown a TD pass in 10 straight games and has passed for 200 yards or more in 16 of his last 19 games ... Godsey is third on Tech's career passing yardage list with 5,862 yards. NOLE NOTES: Freshman QB Chris Rix leads the ACC and is seventh nationally in passing efficiency (156.4); is second in the ACC and 12th in the nation in total offense (284.4) ... over his last four games, Rix has averaged 312.5 yards per game passing with 13 touchdowns ... Rix has thrown a TD pass in each of his first 10 games ... Rix is only 125 yards shy of tying the ACC freshman single season total offense mark of 2,969 yards set by NC State's Philip Rivers a year ago ... Javon Walker is second in the ACC in receiving yardage (87.9) and is averaging 20.4 yards per catch ... WR Talman Gardner has 11 TDs in 33 catches ... freshman Xavier Beitia has made 13 of 14 field goals and leads the ACC in field goal percentage (92.9) ... nine different FSU players have intercepted at least one pass.
2001 Atlantic Coast Conference Team Statistics Through games of Nov 26, 2001
TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Yds/G
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Maryland............ 11 2428 2409 872 4837 5.5 46 439.7
Florida State....... 10 1588 2683 688 4271 6.2 39 427.1
Georgia Tech........ 11 1617 3072 845 4689 5.5 43 426.3
Clemson............. 10 1699 2329 753 4028 5.3 32 402.8
Wake Forest......... 11 2438 1854 861 4292 5.0 34 390.2
North Carolina...... 11 1353 2660 784 4013 5.1 36 364.8
NC State............ 11 1228 2712 740 3940 5.3 33 358.2
Virginia............ 11 1084 2737 754 3821 5.1 28 347.4
Duke................ 10 1161 2231 738 3392 4.6 22 339.2
RUSHING OFFENSE G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G
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Wake Forest......... 11 609 2438 4.0 27 221.6
Maryland............ 11 526 2428 4.6 33 220.7
Clemson............. 10 418 1699 4.1 18 169.9
Florida State....... 10 388 1588 4.1 15 158.8
Georgia Tech........ 11 471 1617 3.4 24 147.0
North Carolina...... 11 448 1353 3.0 12 123.0
Duke................ 10 389 1161 3.0 13 116.1
NC State............ 11 355 1228 3.5 15 111.6
Virginia............ 11 326 1084 3.3 4 98.5
PASS OFFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G
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Georgia Tech........ 11 374 239 13 63.9 3072 8.2 19 279.3
Florida State....... 10 300 170 13 56.7 2683 8.9 24 268.3
Virginia............ 11 428 250 14 58.4 2737 6.4 24 248.8
NC State............ 11 385 248 7 64.4 2712 7.0 18 246.5
North Carolina...... 11 336 190 14 56.5 2660 7.9 24 241.8
Clemson............. 10 335 192 13 57.3 2329 7.0 14 232.9
Duke................ 10 349 171 17 49.0 2231 6.4 9 223.1
Maryland............ 11 346 203 9 58.7 2409 7.0 13 219.0
Wake Forest......... 11 252 131 14 52.0 1854 7.4 7 168.5
SCORING OFFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg
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Maryland............ 11 49 41 1 0 17 1 390 35.5
Florida State....... 10 44 40 0 0 13 1 345 34.5
Georgia Tech........ 11 45 38 1 0 18 0 364 33.1
North Carolina...... 11 39 38 0 0 10 0 302 27.5
NC State............ 11 37 28 1 0 16 0 300 27.3
Wake Forest......... 11 36 33 0 0 11 5 292 26.5
Clemson............. 10 34 30 0 0 9 0 261 26.1
Virginia............ 11 29 25 0 0 10 0 229 20.8
Duke................ 10 24 20 1 0 5 0 181 18.1
PASS EFFICIENCY G Att Cmp Pct Int Yds TD Effic
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Florida State....... 10 300 170 .567 13 2683 24 149.5
Georgia Tech........ 11 374 239 .639 13 3072 19 142.7
North Carolina...... 11 336 190 .565 14 2660 24 138.3
NC State............ 11 385 248 .644 7 2712 18 135.4
Maryland............ 11 346 203 .587 9 2409 13 124.4
Virginia............ 11 428 250 .584 14 2737 24 124.1
Clemson............. 10 335 192 .573 13 2329 14 121.7
Wake Forest......... 11 252 131 .520 14 1854 7 111.8
Duke................ 10 349 171 .490 17 2231 9 101.5
KICKOFF RETURNS G Ret Yds TD Avg
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Clemson............. 10 41 1012 1 24.7
Wake Forest......... 11 35 846 1 24.2
Georgia Tech........ 11 32 742 0 23.2
Virginia............ 11 39 826 1 21.2
Duke................ 10 51 1057 0 20.7
Florida State....... 10 32 655 0 20.5
NC State............ 11 27 548 0 20.3
North Carolina...... 11 25 488 0 19.5
Maryland............ 11 29 554 0 19.1
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TURNOVER MARGIN G Fum Int Tot Fum Int Tot Mar Per/G
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Maryland............ 11 10 24 34 9 9 18 +16 1.45
NC State............ 11 16 7 23 6 7 13 +10 0.91
Florida State....... 10 10 14 24 8 13 21 +3 0.30
Georgia Tech........ 11 11 11 22 7 13 20 +2 0.18
Virginia............ 11 9 14 23 10 14 24 -1 -0.09
Wake Forest......... 11 9 13 22 11 14 25 -3 -0.27
North Carolina...... 11 9 8 17 11 14 25 -8 -0.73
Clemson............. 10 5 8 13 8 13 21 -8 -0.80
Duke................ 10 8 6 14 10 17 27 -13 -1.30
TOTAL DEFENSE G Rush Pass Plys Yards Avg TD Yds/G
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North Carolina...... 11 1402 1964 772 3366 4.4 24 306.0
Georgia Tech........ 11 1237 2347 751 3584 4.8 26 325.8
Maryland............ 11 997 2645 785 3642 4.6 21 331.1
NC State............ 11 1562 2390 796 3952 5.0 28 359.3
Florida State....... 10 1335 2259 703 3594 5.1 31 359.4
Wake Forest......... 11 1544 2694 762 4238 5.6 40 385.3
Clemson............. 10 1721 2174 717 3895 5.4 35 389.5
Virginia............ 11 2269 2598 853 4867 5.7 34 442.5
Duke................ 10 2374 2430 747 4804 6.4 53 480.4
RUSHING DEFENSE G Rushes Yards Avg. TD Yds/G
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Maryland............ 11 387 997 2.6 5 90.6
Georgia Tech........ 11 386 1237 3.2 15 112.5
North Carolina...... 11 400 1402 3.5 15 127.5
Florida State....... 10 369 1335 3.6 21 133.5
Wake Forest......... 11 423 1544 3.7 19 140.4
NC State............ 11 454 1562 3.4 10 142.0
Clemson............. 10 436 1721 3.9 17 172.1
Virginia............ 11 531 2269 4.3 21 206.3
Duke................ 10 449 2374 5.3 32 237.4
PASS DEFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G
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North Carolina...... 11 372 183 8 49.2 1964 5.3 9 178.5
Georgia Tech........ 11 365 198 11 54.2 2347 6.4 11 213.4
NC State............ 11 342 201 7 58.8 2390 7.0 18 217.3
Clemson............. 10 281 162 8 57.7 2174 7.7 18 217.4
Florida State....... 10 334 181 14 54.2 2259 6.8 10 225.9
Virginia............ 11 322 194 14 60.2 2598 8.1 13 236.2
Maryland............ 11 398 219 24 55.0 2645 6.6 16 240.5
Duke................ 10 298 183 6 61.4 2430 8.2 21 243.0
Wake Forest......... 11 339 209 13 61.7 2694 7.9 21 244.9
SCORING DEFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg
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Maryland............ 11 24 24 0 0 14 0 210 19.1
NC State............ 11 29 28 0 0 7 0 223 20.3
Georgia Tech........ 11 30 24 0 0 11 1 239 21.7
North Carolina...... 11 29 23 2 0 14 4 251 22.8
Florida State....... 10 34 32 0 0 10 2 270 27.0
Wake Forest......... 11 41 38 0 0 9 0 311 28.3
Clemson............. 10 35 27 1 0 15 0 284 28.4
Virginia............ 11 38 32 0 0 19 0 317 28.8
Duke................ 10 57 54 0 0 12 0 432 43.2
PASS DEF EFFICIENCY G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Effic
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North Carolina...... 11 372 183 8 49.2 1964 9 97.2
Maryland............ 11 398 219 24 55.0 2645 16 112.1
Georgia Tech........ 11 365 198 11 54.2 2347 11 112.2
Florida State....... 10 334 181 14 54.2 2259 10 112.5
NC State............ 11 342 201 7 58.8 2390 18 130.7
Virginia............ 11 322 194 14 60.2 2598 13 132.6
Clemson............. 10 281 162 8 57.7 2174 18 138.1
Wake Forest......... 11 339 209 13 61.7 2694 21 141.2
Duke................ 10 298 183 6 61.4 2430 21 149.1
PUNT RETURNS G Ret Yds TD Avg
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Duke................ 10 21 260 1 12.4
North Carolina...... 11 40 484 1 12.1
Georgia Tech........ 11 47 531 0 11.3
Wake Forest......... 11 31 343 1 11.1
Florida State....... 10 28 263 2 9.4
Clemson............. 10 24 225 0 9.4
Virginia............ 11 29 238 0 8.2
NC State............ 11 20 155 1 7.8
Maryland............ 11 23 166 1 7.2
PUNTING G No. Yards Avg Ret Yds Avg Net/P
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Maryland............ 11 54 2401 44.5 26 222 4.1 40.4
Clemson............. 10 40 1577 39.4 15 100 2.5 36.9
Georgia Tech........ 11 36 1443 40.1 13 116 3.2 36.9
Virginia............ 11 60 2436 40.6 27 286 4.8 35.8
Wake Forest......... 11 51 1958 38.4 26 182 3.6 34.8
NC State............ 11 53 2166 40.9 35 328 6.2 34.7
North Carolina...... 11 64 2474 38.7 35 405 6.3 32.3
Florida State....... 10 48 1829 38.1 23 313 6.5 31.6
Duke................ 10 64 2361 36.9 45 422 6.6 30.3
FIRST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total
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Maryland............ 11 139 105 13 257
Georgia Tech........ 11 99 127 24 250
Wake Forest......... 11 142 85 20 247
Clemson............. 10 114 102 13 229
Florida State....... 10 89 116 21 226
NC State............ 11 72 120 23 215
North Carolina...... 11 76 117 19 212
Virginia............ 11 71 123 16 210
Duke................ 10 74 97 17 188
3RD-DN CONVERSIONS G Conv Att Pct
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Clemson............. 10 73 154 47.4
Maryland............ 11 84 179 46.9
Georgia Tech........ 11 80 173 46.2
Wake Forest......... 11 81 178 45.5
Florida State....... 10 58 133 43.6
North Carolina...... 11 65 163 39.9
NC State............ 11 62 156 39.7
Duke................ 10 59 158 37.3
Virginia............ 11 54 152 35.5
SACKS BY G Sacks Yards
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Maryland............ 11 38 294
Georgia Tech........ 11 33 176
NC State............ 11 28 215
Wake Forest......... 11 26 188
North Carolina...... 11 24 171
Virginia............ 11 20 108
Clemson............. 10 16 104
Florida State....... 10 15 98
Duke................ 10 13 75
PENALTIES G No Yds Avg/G
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Duke................ 10 68 538 53.8
Wake Forest......... 11 74 645 58.6
Georgia Tech........ 11 79 648 58.9
Maryland............ 11 75 661 60.1
North Carolina...... 11 89 695 63.2
NC State............ 11 82 708 64.4
Virginia............ 11 82 761 69.2
Florida State....... 10 86 721 72.1
Clemson............. 10 93 788 78.8
FIELD GOALS G Made Att Pct
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Florida State....... 10 13 14 .929
NC State............ 11 16 18 .889
Clemson............. 10 9 11 .818
Wake Forest......... 11 11 14 .786
North Carolina...... 11 10 14 .714
Duke................ 10 5 7 .714
Georgia Tech........ 11 18 27 .667
Maryland............ 11 17 26 .654
Virginia............ 11 10 17 .588
4TH-DN CONVERSIONS G Conv Att Pct
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Maryland............ 11 8 11 72.7
Wake Forest......... 11 11 18 61.1
Georgia Tech........ 11 11 20 55.0
Virginia............ 11 8 16 50.0
Clemson............. 10 10 20 50.0
NC State............ 11 8 18 44.4
North Carolina...... 11 4 11 36.4
Duke................ 10 8 24 33.3
Florida State....... 10 1 6 16.7
TIME OF POSSESSION G Total Time Avg/G
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Georgia Tech........ 11 350:35 31:52
Maryland............ 11 348:53 31:43
Wake Forest......... 11 348:14 31:39
Florida State....... 10 308:34 30:51
North Carolina...... 11 330:30 30:02
Clemson............. 10 293:21 29:20
NC State............ 11 322:17 29:17
Duke................ 10 291:29 29:08
Virginia............ 11 295:15 26:50
RED ZONE OFFENSE G RedZone Percent TDs R/P FG-AT Fumb/Int/Downs/Other
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NC State............ 11 38-43 88.4 24 11/13 13-13 0/ 1/ 2/ 2
North Carolina...... 11 29-34 85.3 23 10/13 6-7 2/ 1/ 1/ 0
Virginia............ 11 34-40 85.0 25 4/21 8-10 0/ 2/ 1/ 1
Clemson............. 10 30-36 83.3 23 14/9 6-8 0/ 2/ 1/ 1
Maryland............ 11 49-60 81.7 20 13/7 11-15 1/ 3/ 3/ 0
Duke................ 10 23-29 79.3 17 12/5 4-5 1/ 2/ 2/ 0
Florida State....... 10 33-42 78.6 22 13/9 11-12 1/ 2/ 2/ 3
Georgia Tech........ 11 39-51 76.5 28 16/12 11-16 1/ 1/ 3/ 2
Wake Forest......... 11 35-46 76.1 26 25/1 8-9 4/ 4/ 1/ 1
RED ZONE DEFENSE G RedZone Percent TDs R/P FG-AT Fumb/Int/Downs/Other
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NC State............ 11 25-49 51.0 19 8/11 6-13 4/ 4/ 7/ 2
Maryland............ 11 24-33 72.7 10 2/8 10-12 0/ 3/ 4/ 0
Virginia............ 11 42-53 79.2 25 20/5 17-22 1/ 3/ 1/ 1
Florida State....... 10 30-36 83.3 23 18/5 7-9 1/ 2/ 1/ 0
Wake Forest......... 11 35-42 83.3 28 15/13 6-7 0/ 4/ 2/ 0
Clemson............. 10 40-47 85.1 24 13/11 12-13 2/ 2/ 1/ 1
Georgia Tech........ 11 26-30 86.7 18 12/6 7-9 0/ 0/ 1/ 1
North Carolina...... 11 28-31 90.3 21 14/7 7-8 0/ 0/ 1/ 1
Duke................ 10 51-55 92.7 34 22/12 9-9 1/ 1/ 1/ 1
OPPONENT 1ST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total
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North Carolina...... 11 83 86 19 188
Maryland............ 11 67 116 12 195
Florida State....... 10 79 99 18 196
Georgia Tech........ 11 81 98 19 198
Clemson............. 10 95 100 24 219
Duke................ 10 113 100 11 224
Wake Forest......... 11 100 111 13 224
NC State............ 11 98 110 24 232
Virginia............ 11 120 110 25 255
OPP 3RD-DN CONVERT G Conv Att Pct
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North Carolina...... 11 63 179 35.2
Florida State....... 10 51 144 35.4
Maryland............ 11 68 184 37.0
Georgia Tech........ 11 60 161 37.3
NC State............ 11 64 156 41.0
Virginia............ 11 70 165 42.4
Clemson............. 10 69 153 45.1
Wake Forest......... 11 68 149 45.6
Duke................ 10 74 148 50.0
SACKS AGAINST G Sacks Yards
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Wake Forest......... 11 13 108
NC State............ 11 18 115
Maryland............ 11 19 141
Georgia Tech........ 11 22 158
Virginia............ 11 22 183
Florida State....... 10 27 192
North Carolina...... 11 28 192
Clemson............. 10 29 171
Duke................ 10 30 188
OPPONENT PENALTIES G No Yds Avg/G
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Florida State....... 10 87 751 75.1
NC State............ 11 98 796 72.4
Virginia............ 11 87 790 71.8
Duke................ 10 79 714 71.4
Georgia Tech........ 11 92 744 67.6
Wake Forest......... 11 82 693 63.0
Clemson............. 10 69 601 60.1
North Carolina...... 11 75 640 58.2
Maryland............ 11 66 554 50.4
PAT KICKING G Made Att Pct
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Georgia Tech........ 11 38 38 1.000
Virginia............ 11 25 25 1.000
North Carolina...... 11 38 39 .974
Wake Forest......... 11 33 34 .971
Clemson............. 10 30 31 .968
Maryland............ 11 41 44 .932
Florida State....... 10 40 44 .909
Duke................ 10 20 22 .909
NC State............ 11 28 33 .848
OPP 4TH-DN CONVERT G Conv Att Pct
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NC State............ 11 7 20 35.0
Maryland............ 11 10 27 37.0
North Carolina...... 11 5 13 38.5
Georgia Tech........ 11 5 13 38.5
Wake Forest......... 11 7 17 41.2
Florida State....... 10 10 20 50.0
Duke................ 10 8 13 61.5
Virginia............ 11 7 11 63.6
Clemson............. 10 11 16 68.8
KICKOFF COVERAGE G No. Yards TD Avg
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Clemson............. 10 31 629 0 20.3
Florida State....... 10 52 1062 0 20.4
Virginia............ 11 30 649 0 21.6
Wake Forest......... 11 20 454 0 22.7
Georgia Tech........ 11 45 1027 2 22.8
NC State............ 11 45 1039 0 23.1
North Carolina...... 11 37 923 1 24.9
Duke................ 10 19 476 0 25.1
Maryland............ 11 42 1097 2 26.1
2001 Atlantic Coast Conference Individual Statistics Through games of Nov 26, 2001
RUSHING Team Cl G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G
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Bruce Perry......... MD SO 11 219 1242 5.7 10 112.9
Joe Burns........... GT JR 11 262 1126 4.3 12 102.4
Tarence Williams.... WF JR 10 249 1018 4.1 10 101.8
Woodrow Dantzler.... CU SR 10 187 869 4.6 9 86.9
Chris Douglas....... DU SO 10 205 797 3.9 7 79.7
Ray Robinson........ ST SR 11 190 733 3.9 10 66.6
Greg Jones.......... FS SO 10 111 612 5.5 6 61.2
Fred Staton......... WF SO 11 137 583 4.3 7 53.0
Andre' Williams..... NC SO 11 170 520 3.1 4 47.3
Travis Zachery...... CU SR 10 128 461 3.6 5 46.1
PASSING AVG/GAME Team Cl G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Avg/G
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George Godsey....... GT SR 11 345 224 10 64.9 2810 18 255.5
Chris Rix........... FS FR 10 262 152 13 58.0 2515 22 251.5
Philip Rivers....... ST SO 11 368 240 7 65.2 2586 16 235.1
D. Bryant........... DU JR 10 328 164 15 50.0 2171 9 217.1
Shaun Hill.......... MD SR 11 329 197 9 59.9 2380 13 216.4
Woodrow Dantzler.... CU SR 10 291 176 10 60.5 2117 13 211.7
Darian Durant....... NC FR 11 210 135 9 64.3 1747 17 158.8
James MacPherson.... WF JR 11 209 113 11 54.1 1555 5 141.4
Matt Schaub......... VA SO 11 226 132 8 58.4 1449 10 131.7
Bryson Spinner...... VA SO 10 198 116 6 58.6 1278 14 127.8
RECEPTIONS/GAME Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Avg/C Rec/G
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Billy McMullen...... VA JR 11 80 1019 12 12.7 7.27
Derrick Hamilton.... CU FR 10 49 590 3 12.0 4.90
Guilian Gary........ MD SR 10 48 718 6 15.0 4.80
Ray Robinson........ ST SR 11 52 376 1 7.2 4.73
Bryan Peterson...... ST JR 11 48 657 2 13.7 4.36
Jonathan Smith...... GT SO 11 48 541 4 11.3 4.36
Javon Walker........ FS SR 10 43 879 6 20.4 4.30
Travis Zachery...... CU SR 10 41 363 2 8.9 4.10
Ben Erdeljac........ DU SR 10 39 587 1 15.1 3.90
Sam Aiken........... NC JR 11 42 738 8 17.6 3.82
ALL PURPOSE Team Cl G Rush Rcv PR KR Yds Avg/G
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Chris Douglas....... DU SO 10 797 215 0 690 1702 170.2
Bruce Perry......... MD SO 11 1242 359 0 117 1718 156.2
Joe Burns........... GT JR 11 1126 168 0 43 1337 121.5
Ray Robinson........ ST SR 11 733 376 0 109 1218 110.7
John Stone.......... WF SR 11 315 294 0 588 1197 108.8
Tarence Williams.... WF JR 10 1018 10 0 0 1028 102.8
Derrick Hamilton.... CU FR 10 17 590 0 413 1020 102.0
Alvin Pearman....... VA FR 11 331 283 209 266 1089 99.0
Billy McMullen...... VA JR 11 0 1019 0 0 1019 92.6
Javon Walker........ FS SR 10 0 879 0 0 879 87.9
KICK RETURN AVG Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Avg
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Derrick Hamilton.... CU FR 10 13 413 1 31.8
John Stone.......... WF SR 11 22 588 1 26.7
Tavon Mason......... VA JR 10 19 482 1 25.4
Brian Mance......... CU JR 9 23 564 0 24.5
Rich Parson......... MD FR 10 17 375 0 22.1
Craphonso Thorpe.... FS FR 10 24 528 0 22.0
Chris Douglas....... DU SO 10 33 690 0 20.9
Lamont Reid......... ST FR 9 11 223 0 20.3
Gregory Golden...... ST FR 9 11 216 0 19.6
Kevin Knight........ NC JR 11 14 260 0 18.6
FIELD GOALS Team Cl G FG FGA Pct. FG/G
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Luke Manget......... GT JR 11 18 27 66.7 1.64
Nick Novak.......... MD FR 11 16 25 64.0 1.45
Adam Kiker.......... ST SO 9 13 14 92.9 1.44
Xavier Beitia....... FS FR 10 13 14 92.9 1.30
Tyler Ashe.......... WF SR 11 11 14 78.6 1.00
Jeff Reed........... NC SR 10 10 14 71.4 1.00
David Greene........ VA SR 11 10 17 58.8 0.91
Aaron Hunt.......... CU SO 10 9 11 81.8 0.90
Brent Garber........ DU SO 10 5 7 71.4 0.50
Austin Herbert...... ST SO 11 3 3 100.0 0.27
TOTAL OFFENSE Team Cl G Rush Pass Plays Total Yds/G
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Woodrow Dantzler.... CU SR 10 869 2117 478 2986 298.6
Chris Rix........... FS FR 10 329 2515 347 2844 284.4
George Godsey....... GT SR 11 -61 2810 408 2749 249.9
Shaun Hill.......... MD SR 11 309 2380 445 2689 244.5
Philip Rivers....... ST SO 11 -28 2586 414 2558 232.5
D. Bryant........... DU JR 10 5 2171 403 2176 217.6
Darian Durant....... NC FR 11 114 1747 267 1861 169.2
James MacPherson.... WF JR 11 111 1555 272 1666 151.5
Bryson Spinner...... VA SO 10 158 1278 252 1436 143.6
Matt Schaub......... VA SO 11 10 1449 257 1459 132.6
PASS EFFICIENCY Team Cl G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Eff.
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Chris Rix........... FS FR 10 262 152 13 58.0 2515 22 156.4
Darian Durant....... NC FR 11 210 135 9 64.3 1747 17 152.3
George Godsey....... GT SR 11 345 224 10 64.9 2810 18 144.8
Philip Rivers....... ST SO 11 368 240 7 65.2 2586 16 134.8
Bryson Spinner...... VA SO 10 198 116 6 58.6 1278 14 130.1
Woodrow Dantzler.... CU SR 10 291 176 10 60.5 2117 13 129.5
Shaun Hill.......... MD SR 11 329 197 9 59.9 2380 13 128.2
Matt Schaub......... VA SO 11 226 132 8 58.4 1449 10 119.8
James MacPherson.... WF JR 11 209 113 11 54.1 1555 5 113.9
D. Bryant........... DU JR 10 328 164 15 50.0 2171 9 105.5
RECEIVE YDS/GAME Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Avg/C Yds/G
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Billy McMullen...... VA JR 11 80 1019 12 12.7 92.6
Javon Walker........ FS SR 10 43 879 6 20.4 87.9
Guilian Gary........ MD SR 10 48 718 6 15.0 71.8
Sam Aiken........... NC JR 11 42 738 8 17.6 67.1
Talman Gardner...... FS JR 10 33 649 11 19.7 64.9
Bryan Peterson...... ST JR 11 48 657 2 13.7 59.7
Derrick Hamilton.... CU FR 10 49 590 3 12.0 59.0
Ben Erdeljac........ DU SR 10 39 587 1 15.1 58.7
Kerry Watkins....... GT JR 11 39 645 5 16.5 58.6
Kory Bailey......... NC SR 11 40 561 6 14.0 51.0
SCORING Team Cl G TD XPT FG Pts Pts/G
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Luke Manget......... GT JR 11 0 38 18 92 8.4
Nick Novak.......... MD FR 11 0 41 16 89 8.1
Xavier Beitia....... FS FR 10 0 40 13 79 7.9
Joe Burns........... GT JR 11 13 2 0 80 7.3
Adam Kiker.......... ST SO 9 0 24 13 63 7.0
Talman Gardner...... FS JR 10 11 0 0 66 6.6
Billy McMullen...... VA JR 11 12 0 0 72 6.5
Bruce Perry......... MD SO 11 12 0 0 72 6.5
Jeff Reed........... NC SR 10 0 35 10 65 6.5
Ray Robinson........ ST SR 11 11 2 0 68 6.2
PUNT RETURN AVG Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Avg
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Ronnie Hamilton..... DU SR 10 18 240 1 13.3
Brian Mance......... CU JR 9 16 182 0 11.4
Bosley Allen........ NC JR 11 27 307 0 11.4
Kelly Rhino......... GT JR 11 44 491 0 11.2
Dominic Robinson.... FS FR 8 13 143 0 11.0
Fabian Davis........ WF JR 11 30 323 1 10.8
Alvin Pearman....... VA FR 11 23 209 0 9.1
Guilian Gary........ MD SR 10 15 101 0 6.7
PUNTING Team Cl G Punts Yds Avg
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Brooks Barnard...... MD JR 11 54 2401 44.5
Mike Abrams......... VA SR 11 57 2407 42.2
Austin Herbert...... ST SO 11 53 2166 40.9
Chance Gwaltney..... FS JR 10 46 1829 39.8
John Lafferty....... NC JR 11 62 2451 39.5
Wynn Kopp........... CU JR 10 40 1577 39.4
Trey McDonald....... DU FR 10 57 2174 38.1
SCORING (TDs) Team Cl G TD Rush Pass Ret PAT Pts Pts/G
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Joe Burns........... GT JR 11 13 12 1 0 1 80 7.3
Talman Gardner...... FS JR 10 11 0 11 0 0 66 6.6
Bruce Perry......... MD SO 11 12 10 2 0 0 72 6.5
Billy McMullen...... VA JR 11 12 0 12 0 0 72 6.5
Ray Robinson........ ST SR 11 11 10 1 0 1 68 6.2
Tarence Williams.... WF JR 10 10 10 0 0 0 60 6.0
Marc Riley.......... MD SR 10 10 10 0 0 0 60 6.0
Woodrow Dantzler.... CU SR 10 9 9 0 0 0 54 5.4
Chris Douglas....... DU SO 10 8 7 1 0 0 48 4.8
Sam Aiken........... NC JR 11 8 0 8 0 0 48 4.4
SCORING (KICK) Team Cl G PATs FGs Pts Pts/G
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Luke Manget......... GT JR 11 38-38 18-27 92 8.4
Nick Novak.......... MD FR 11 41-42 16-25 89 8.1
Xavier Beitia....... FS FR 10 40-44 13-14 79 7.9
Adam Kiker.......... ST SO 9 24-27 13-14 63 7.0
Jeff Reed........... NC SR 10 35-35 10-14 65 6.5
Tyler Ashe.......... WF SR 11 33-34 11-14 66 6.0
Aaron Hunt.......... CU SO 10 30-31 9-11 57 5.7
David Greene........ VA SR 11 25-25 10-17 55 5.0
Brent Garber........ DU SO 10 17-19 5-7 32 3.2
Austin Herbert...... ST SO 11 4-6 3-3 13 1.2
INTERCEPTIONS Team Cl G Int Yds TD Int/G
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Tony Jackson........ MD SR 11 6 6 0 0.55
Shernard Newby...... VA JR 11 5 39 0 0.45
Randall Jones....... MD SR 11 4 87 0 0.36
Mike Boulware....... FS SO 10 3 52 1 0.30
Marvious Hester..... GT JR 10 3 10 0 0.30
Charles Hafley...... CU SR 10 3 2 0 0.30
Brantley, K......... WF SO 11 3 48 0 0.27
Julius Peppers...... NC JR 11 3 42 1 0.27
Curome Cox.......... MD SO 11 3 41 0 0.27
Brian Williams...... ST SR 11 3 3 0 0.27
FIELD GOAL PCT Team Cl G FG FGA Long Pct.
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Austin Herbert...... ST SO 11 3 3 28 100.0
Vedad Siljkovic..... MD SR 9 1 1 44 100.0
Adam Kiker.......... ST SO 9 13 14 41 92.9
Xavier Beitia....... FS FR 10 13 14 42 92.9
Aaron Hunt.......... CU SO 10 9 11 48 81.8
Tyler Ashe.......... WF SR 11 11 14 44 78.6
Jeff Reed........... NC SR 10 10 14 49 71.4
Brent Garber........ DU SO 10 5 7 47 71.4
Luke Manget......... GT JR 11 18 27 51 66.7
Nick Novak.......... MD FR 11 16 25 51 64.0
PAT KICKING PCT Team Cl G Made Att Pct.
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Luke Manget......... GT JR 11 38 38 100.0
Jeff Reed........... NC SR 10 35 35 100.0
David Greene........ VA SR 11 25 25 100.0
Nick Novak.......... MD FR 11 41 42 97.6
Tyler Ashe.......... WF SR 11 33 34 97.1
Aaron Hunt.......... CU SO 10 30 31 96.8
Xavier Beitia....... FS FR 10 40 44 90.9
Brent Garber........ DU SO 10 17 19 89.5
Adam Kiker.......... ST SO 9 24 27 88.9
Austin Herbert...... ST SO 11 4 6 66.7
2001 Atlantic Coast Conference Individual Statistics Through games of Nov 26, 2001
TACKLES (All positions)
Player Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G Sack
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E.J. Henderson...... MD JR 11 LB 102 45 147 13.4 6.0
Levar Fisher........ ST SR 11 77 67 144 13.1 1.5
Bradley Jennings.... FS SR 10 72 55 127 12.7 0.5
Angelo Crowell...... VA JR 11 84 53 137 12.5 4.0
Chad Carson......... CU SR 10 LB 69 54 123 12.3 2.0
Ryan Fowler......... DU SO 10 64 51 115 11.5 2.0
Charles Hafley...... CU SR 10 SS 78 36 114 11.4 0.0
Marquis Hopkins..... WF SR 11 75 50 125 11.4 2.0
Dantonio Burnette... ST JR 10 53 59 112 11.2 0.5
John Leake.......... CU SO 10 57 53 110 11.0 0.0
Quincy Monk......... NC SR 11 79 41 120 10.9 0.0
David Thornton...... NC SR 11 84 36 120 10.9 3.0
Kendyll Pope........ FS SO 10 49 54 103 10.3 2.0
Abdual Howard....... FS SR 10 61 33 94 9.4 0.0
John Duckett........ VA SR 11 58 44 102 9.3 2.0
Terrence Holt....... ST JR 11 56 42 98 8.9 0.0
Brantley, K......... WF SO 11 48 47 95 8.6 2.0
Monsanto Pope....... VA SR 11 57 37 94 8.5 3.0
Rodney Thomas....... CU JR 10 LB 42 42 84 8.4 2.0
Jamyon Small........ DU JR 10 50 29 79 7.9 0.0
Recardo Wimbush..... GT JR 11 58 28 86 7.8 0.5
Dexter Reid......... NC SO 11 57 27 84 7.6 2.0
Tony Jackson........ MD SR 11 SS 49 34 83 7.5 0.0
Mike Boulware....... FS SO 10 37 38 75 7.5 0.0
Keyaron Fox......... GT SO 11 53 29 82 7.5 1.0
Chris Hope.......... FS SR 10 46 26 72 7.2 0.0
Jerton Evans........ VA JR 11 53 26 79 7.2 0.0
Julius Patterson.... ST JR 11 49 29 78 7.1 0.0
Leon Joe............ MD SO 11 LB 40 38 78 7.1 1.0
Jeremy Muyres....... GT JR 11 48 28 76 6.9 0.0
Eric Meekins........ CU JR 10 SAF 38 31 69 6.9 0.0
Ljubomir Stamenich.. VA SR 11 29 45 74 6.7 0.5
Quintin Williams.... WF SO 11 48 26 74 6.7 0.0
Brian Jamison....... ST SR 11 38 35 73 6.6 2.0
Raymond Mann........ VA SO 11 35 37 72 6.5 2.0
Darryl Sanders...... VA SR 11 43 28 71 6.5 4.0
Errol Hood.......... NC SR 11 47 24 71 6.5 0.0
Nathan Bolling...... WF SR 11 42 29 71 6.5 4.5
Jim Scharrer........ DU FR 9 36 22 58 6.4 1.0
Khaleed Vaughn...... CU SO 10 DE 29 35 64 6.4 2.0
Charles Hill........ MD SR 11 DT 36 34 70 6.4 2.0
Ed Kargbo-Okorgie... WF SR 11 44 24 68 6.2 2.5
Brian Williams...... ST SR 11 47 18 65 5.9 0.0
Darnell Dockett..... FS SO 10 27 31 58 5.8 0.0
Mike Whaley......... MD SO 10 LB 42 16 58 5.8 4.0
Jovon Bush.......... CU SR 10 DT 29 28 57 5.7 0.0
Calvin Pace......... WF JR 11 35 25 60 5.5 6.5
Obie Chukwumah...... WF SO 10 30 24 54 5.4 0.0
Aaron Thompson...... MD SR 11 LB 32 27 59 5.4 5.0
Cory Collins........ GT JR 11 45 14 59 5.4 0.0
SACKS Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Yds Total Avg/G
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Greg Gathers........ GT JR 11 10 0 68 10.0 0.91
Julius Peppers...... NC JR 11 7 2 49 8.0 0.73
Corey Smith......... ST SR 11 7 0 55 7.0 0.64
Calvin Pace......... WF JR 11 4 5 50 6.5 0.59
E.J. Henderson...... MD JR 11 LB 6 0 40 6.0 0.55
Terrance Chapman.... ST JR 9 5 1 41 5.5 0.61
Aaron Thompson...... MD SR 11 LB 4 2 36 5.0 0.45
Bryant McNeal....... CU JR 10 DE 5 0 36 5.0 0.50
Montique Sharpe..... WF JR 10 5 0 25 5.0 0.50
George Anderson..... ST JR 11 5 0 23 5.0 0.45
TACKLES FOR LOSS Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Yds Total Avg/G
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E.J. Henderson...... MD JR 11 LB 26 2 86 27.0 2.45
Nathan Bolling...... WF SR 11 21 0 57 21.0 1.91
Greg Gathers........ GT JR 11 16 2 95 17.0 1.55
Julius Peppers...... NC JR 11 15 3 67 16.5 1.50
Calvin Pace......... WF JR 11 13 5 65 15.5 1.41
Darnell Dockett..... FS SO 10 14 1 44 14.5 1.45
Mike Whaley......... MD SO 10 LB 10 4 44 12.0 1.20
George Anderson..... ST JR 11 10 1 35 10.5 0.95
David Thornton...... NC SR 11 10 0 37 10.0 0.91
Angelo Crowell...... VA JR 11 10 0 46 10.0 0.91
PASSES DEFENDED Team Cl G Brup Int Total
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Tony Jackson........ MD SR 11 11 6 17
Tony Okanlawon...... MD SR 7 9 5 14
Marvious Hester..... GT JR 10 11 3 14
Charles Hafley...... CU SR 10 10 3 13
Quintin Williams.... WF SO 11 10 2 12
Michael Waddell..... NC JR 11 12 0 12
Jeremy Muyres....... GT JR 11 9 3 12
Cory Collins........ GT JR 11 10 2 12
Marcus McGruder..... WF FR 11 8 3 11
Chris Young......... GT SR 11 10 1 11
FUMBLES FORCED Team Cl G Num
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Corey Smith......... ST SR 11 6
Angelo Crowell...... VA JR 11 4
Quincy Monk......... NC SR 11 3
Almondo Curry....... VA SO 10 3
Ryan Fowler......... DU SO 10 3
Greg Gathers........ GT JR 11 3
Bryant McNeal....... CU JR 10 3
Calvin Pace......... WF JR 11 3
Braxton K. Williams. CU SR 9 2
Cory Collins........ GT JR 11 2
FUMBLES RCVD Team Cl G Num
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Julius Patterson.... ST JR 11 4
Nate Krill.......... DU SR 10 2
Chris Young......... GT SR 11 2
Terrence Holt....... ST JR 11 2
Hetzel, J........... FS FR 5 2
Tony Jackson........ MD SR 11 2
Jerton Evans........ VA JR 11 2
Bradley Jennings.... FS SR 10 2
Eric King........... WF FR 11 2
Alfred Malone....... GT FR 9 2
STANDINGS
Conference Points Overall Points
Team W L T For Opp Pct W L T For Opp Pct
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Maryland............ 7 1 0 261 173 .875 10 1 0 390 210 .909
Florida State....... 5 2 0 276 177 .714 6 4 0 345 270 .600
North Carolina...... 5 3 0 237 145 .625 6 5 0 302 251 .545
Georgia Tech........ 4 3 0 229 187 .571 7 4 0 364 239 .636
NC State............ 4 4 0 212 185 .500 7 4 0 300 223 .636
Clemson............. 3 4 0 187 237 .429 5 5 0 261 284 .500
Wake Forest......... 3 5 0 213 247 .375 6 5 0 292 311 .545
Virginia............ 3 5 0 178 244 .375 4 7 0 229 317 .364
Duke................ 0 7 0 133 331 .000 0 10 0 181 432 .000
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