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	#23 North Carolina Tar Heels (8-3)

Carolina D leads Heels to 31-13 win over BC

BOSTON (AP) Cam Thomas and Kendric Burney each had defensive touchdowns on Saturday as North Carolina scored three times in a span of 2 minutes, 19 seconds to open a 21-point lead and hold on to beat Boston College 31-13.

North Carolina (8-3, 4-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) forced six turnovers totaled to win its fourth consecutive game.

Deunta Williams had three interceptions, returning one 39 yards to the BC 6 inch-line with 4:42 left in the game. Ryan Houston ran it in from there for his second touchdown of the game to make it 28-13. (MORE)

Tar Heels Headlines

Sat, Nov 21

Final	1	2	3	4	T
North Carolina	21	0	0	10	31
Boston College	3	10	0	0	13

Box | At the Stadium | H2H | Recap

Leader	Tar Heels	Eagles
Passing	T. Yates 182	D. Shinskie 101
Rushing	R. Houston 45	M. Harris 132
Receiving	G. Little 69	R. Gunnell 60

Atlantic Coast
Atlantic
	Overall	Conference
15 Clemson	8-3	6-2
Boston College	7-4	4-3
Florida State	6-5	4-4
Wake Forest	4-7	2-5
North Carolina State	4-7	1-6
Maryland	2-9	1-6
Coastal
	Overall	Conference
7 Georgia Tech	10-1	7-1
14 Virginia Tech	8-3	5-2
19 Miami (FL)	8-3	5-3
23 North Carolina	8-3	4-3
Duke	5-6	3-4
Virginia	3-8	2-5

Leaders
Passing Yards:	T. Yates	1673
Passing TDs:	T. Yates	10
Rushing Yards:	R. Houston	572
Rushing TDs:	R. Houston	9
Receiving Yards:	G. Little	478
Receiving TDs:	G. Little	3
Interceptions:	D. Williams	6

Offense (FBS Rank)
Yards:	3256 (112)
Passing Yards:	1769 (107)
Rushing Yards:	1487 (74)
Points per game:	24.1 (81)
Yards per game:	296.0 (113)
Touchdowns:	23 (106)
Field Goals:	18 (8)

Defense (FBS Rank)
Yards:	2878 (5)
Passing Yards:	1840 (9)
Rushing Yards:	1038 (11)
Points per game:	15.9 (12)
Yards per game:	261.6 (5)
Touchdowns:	17 (10)
Field Goals:	18 (108)

Schedule 2009
Date	Opponent	Result / Time
9/5	vs. Citadel	W 40 - 6
9/12	at Connecticut	W 12 - 10
9/19	vs. East Carolina	W 31 - 17
9/26	at Georgia Tech	L 7 - 24
10/3	vs. Virginia	L 3 - 16
10/10	vs. Georgia Southern	W 42 - 12
10/22	vs. Florida State	L 27 - 30
10/29	at 14 Virginia Tech	W 20 - 17
11/7	vs. Duke	W 19 - 6
11/14	vs. 12 Miami (FL)	W 33 - 24
11/21	at Boston College	W 31 - 13
11/28	at North Carolina State	9:00 PT10:00 MT11:00 CT12:00 ET

AP Rank
Rank	School	Rec
1	Florida	11-0
2	Alabama	11-0
3	Texas	11-0
4	TCU	11-0
5	Cincinnati	10-0
6	Boise State	11-0
7	Georgia Tech	10-1
8	Pittsburgh	9-1
9	Ohio State	10-2
10	Oregon	9-2
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Coaches Rank
Rank	School	Rec
1	Florida	11-0
2	Texas	11-0
3	Alabama	11-0
4	TCU	11-0
5	Cincinnati	10-0
6	Boise State	11-0
7	Georgia Tech	10-1
8	Ohio State	10-2
9	Pittsburgh	9-1
10	Oregon	9-2
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