ATLANTA, GA.—This one had the feel and flavor of another win over Georgia Tech, a 26-14 bouncing of the No. 19-ranked Yellow Jackets in Kenan Stadium in late October 1992. Coach Mack Brown had been laboring four and a half years and through the dank and dim forest of 2-20 to build a respectable football program, and with players like Natrone Means flourishing on offense and Tommy Thigpen and Bracey Walker cutting a huge swath on defense, the Tar Heels first bounced Virginia and then upended Tech on successive weekends in Chapel Hill, the latter leading to a goal-post leveling eruption for the benefit of ABC’s television cameras.
Extra Points: Gut Punch
