Virginia 22, North Carolina 20

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	22	20
Total Yards	350	399
Passing	153	339
Rushing	197	60
Penalties	10-85	3-28
3rd Down Conversions	11-20	6-11
4th Down Conversions	0-0	1-1
Turnovers	0	3
Possession	39:14	20:46

Air/Ground Leaders
Virginia Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Sewell 11/17 96 0 0 Lalich 7/10 57 0 0	North Carolina Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Yates 25/38 339 3 1
Virginia Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Peerman 30 186 1 38 Pearman 5 43 0 16	North Carolina Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG White 16 60 0 11 Yates 6 0 0 7
Virginia Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Covington 4 40 0 19 Peerman 3 37 0 25	North Carolina Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Foster 7 139 0 34 Nicks 7 113 2 53

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				UVA	UNC
	TD	07:50	Cedric Peerman 1 Yd Run (Chris Gould Kick)	7	0
	FG	03:29	Chris Gould 51 Yd	10	0
SECOND QUARTER				UVA	UNC
	FG	11:39	Chris Gould 28 Yd	13	0
	FG	06:19	Chris Gould 37 Yd	16	0
	TD	00:22	Hakeem Nicks 4 Yd Pass From T.J. Yates (Connor Barth Kick)	16	7
THIRD QUARTER				UVA	UNC
	FG	06:49	Chris Gould 48 Yd	19	7
	TD	04:37	Hakeem Nicks 53 Yd Pass From T.J. Yates (Connor Barth Kick)	19	14
FOURTH QUARTER				UVA	UNC
	FG	08:56	Chris Gould 32 Yd	22	14
	TD	01:57	Richard Quinn 2 Yd Pass From T.J. Yates (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)	22	20

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- Cedric Peerman shredded the North Carolina defense for 186 yards and a touchdown, and Chris Gould tied a school record with five field goals Saturday as Virginia held off North Carolina, 22-20.

Gould's kicks included a 48-yarder in the third quarter that was initially ruled no good by officials under the crossbar. Coach Al Groh challenged the call and it was overturned. That gave Virginia (2-1, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) a 19-7 lead.

But North Carolina (1-2, 0-1 ACC) shook off the reversal and drew to 19-14 when T.J. Yates hit Hakeem Nicks on a 53-yard scoring play. Nicks slipped one tackler and dragged another Virginia defender about 7 yards into the end zone.

The Tar Heels forced a Virginia punt and moved from their 20 to the Cavaliers 41. But defensive end Chris Long snatched Yates' pass out of the air and ran 25 yards to the North Carolina 30.

Two holding penalties and a delay of game stalled Virginia's drive and Gould kicked a 32-yard field goal with 8:56 left.

North Carolina rallied from a second turnover and marched 85 yards to score on Yates' 2-yard pass to Richard Quinn with 1:57 left. But Yates 2-point conversion pass was batted down by Nate Collins at the line of scrimmage.

The victory snapped Virginia's four-game road losing streak in the ACC.

Peerman ran 1 yard for a first-quarter score. Gould had a career-best 51-yard field goal in the period, and added kicks of 28 and 37 yards in the second quarter before Yates hit Nicks on a 4-yard scoring pass with 22 seconds left in the half.

Yates has nine touchdown passes in three games, the best performance by a North Carolina quarterback to start a season.