{"69394":{"#nid":"69394","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Football vs. North Carolina","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech, which has put up record-breaking statistics on offense en route to a 3-0 record, faces its most difficult challenge of the young season when it hosts undefeated North Carolina Saturday at Bobby Dodd Stadium in the Yellow Jackets\u0027 ACC opener (ESPN).\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Yellow Jackets broke an NCAA record for rushing yards per attempt (12.1), broke an ACC record for net rushing yards (604) and broke a school for total offense (768) in Saturday\u0027s 66-24 win over visiting Kansas. Tech scored on nine straight possessions during one stretch and the Jacket defense closed the door by forcing three straight 3-and-outs in the second half.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech, 3-0 for the first time since 2005, leads the nation in scoring offense (59.3), total offense (675.3) and rushing offense (427.7).\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENorth Carolina (3-0 overall and 1-0 in the ACC) is coming off a 28-17 win over visiting Virginia on Saturday - its first ACC-opening win since 2000. Quarterback Bryn Renner threw for two touchdowns, Ryan Houston ran for two touchdowns and Giovani Bernard rushed for 102 yards to lead the Tar Heels.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUNC had just one turnover in the win over Virginia after suffering five turnovers in the win over Rutgers the previous week. The Tar Heels are paced by a strong rushing defense, which is allowing less than 77 yards rushing per game.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech leads the all-time series 25-18-3. The Yellow Jackets have won five of the last six and 11 of the last 13 meetings. Tech won last year\u0027s meeting in Chapel Hill, 30-24, a highlight in Tech\u0027s 2010 season.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EACC rivals square off during Georgia Tech Family Weekend and Gwinnett Day at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ACC rivals square off during Georgia Tech Family Weekend."}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2011-08-17 13:28:46","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:55:22","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-09-24T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2011-09-24T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-09-24T16:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-09-24 17:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-09-24 20:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-09-24 20:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ramblinwreck.cstv.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/geot-m-footbl-body.html","title":"Georgia Tech Football"},{"url":"http:\/\/ramblinwreck.cstv.com\/tickets\/ticket-info.html","title":"Ticket Information"}],"groups":[],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"3224","name":"ACC"},{"id":"1625","name":"athletics"},{"id":"1843","name":"football"},{"id":"3397","name":"fun"},{"id":"1155","name":"NCAA"},{"id":"167014","name":"Sports"},{"id":"167141","name":"Student Life"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1793","name":"Sports\/Athletics"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dbuchan@athletics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EDean Buchan\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Athletics\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6283\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}