Final
White leads North Carolina past Clemson 21-16
Oct 10, 2010 - 12:02 AM By JOEDY McCREARY AP Sports WriterCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- Johnny White rushed for two touchdowns and gained 179 total yards, and North Carolina held on to beat Clemson 21-16 on Saturday for its third straight victory.
White caught six passes for 90 yards, finished with 89 yards rushing and scored on runs of 4 and 26 yards.
T.J. Yates was 18-for-34 for 164 yards with a 9-yard touchdown pass to Jheranie Boyd for the Tar Heels (3-2, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference). They coaxed just enough production out of the offense to beat the Tigers for the first time since 2001.
Kyle Parker's 74-yard TD pass to Jaron Brown with 5:31 left pulled the Tigers (2-3, 0-2) within five, but they couldn't convert the two-point attempt and didn't get the ball back until only 13 seconds remained. Parker then threw three deep passes, all incompletions.
He finished 21-for-38 for 214 yards for the Tigers, who were held to a season-low 305 total yards and lost their third straight.
The Tar Heels - who finished with 255 total yards and were held to 15 total yards in the third quarter - certainly needed both of White's scoring runs. Two plays after his 12-yard catch from Yates on fourth-and-4, White bounced off a series of tacklers on his way to the end zone. That 26-yard run extended the lead to 21-10 with 6:53 to play.
Jamie Harper pulled the Tigers to 14-10 with a 10-yard touchdown run with 5 1/2 minutes left in the third. Clemson drove into North Carolina territory on its next possession, but the drive stalled at the 24 and Chandler Catanzaro's 42-yard field goal was wide right.
Brown finished with 107 yards receiving on four catches for the Tigers.
On a day safety Deunta Williams returned to the Tar Heels following a four-game suspension, the school also announced a few hours before kickoff that fullback Devon Ramsay - who had played in the previous four games - would sit out after additional information turned up in the ongoing NCAA investigation of the program. The school also said safety Jonathan Smith - who had been held out - would not play this season, but didn't specify why.
That had the potential to create yet another distraction in a season full of them for the Tar Heels, but they certainly came out looking focused. White powered in from 4 yards out to cap their opening drive - a 12-play, 48-yard march during which Yates was 6 of 7 for 35 yards.
North Carolina's offense was stuck in neutral for much of the rest of the half, with Yates misfiring on 7 of 9 attempts during a rough stretch that preceded his pretty 51-yard strike to a streaking White down the left sideline. That kept alive an 80-yard drive that the senior quarterback capped with his scoring pass to Boyd with 54 seconds before the half, putting the Tar Heels up 14-3.
Clemson had pulled to 7-3 with 6 1/2 minutes left in the half on Catanzaro's 48-yard field goal.
- NCAAF FINAL
1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CLEMSON 0 3 7 6 16
NORTH CAROLINA 7 7 0 7 21 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: NORTH CARO - TD, JOHNNY WHITE 4 YD RUN (CASEY
BARTH KICK), 8:15. NORTH
CAROLINA 7-0
2ND QUARTER: CLEMSON - FG, CHANDLER CATANZARO 48 YD,
8:41. NORTH CAROLINA 7-3
NORTH CARO - TD, JHERANI
Oct 9 6:57 PM - NCAAF
CLEMSON 16
NORTH CAROLINA 21 0:00 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Oct 9 6:57 PM
TD CLEMSON JARON BROWN 74 YD PASS FROM KYLE PARKER (TWO-POINT PASS CONVERSION FAILED)
Clemson 16, North Carolina 21 4th - 5:31Oct 9 6:44 PM
TD CLEMSON JARON BROWN 74 YD PASS FROM KYLE PARKER (TWO-POINT PASS CONVERSION FAILED)
Clemson 16, North Carolina 21 4th - 5:31Oct 9 6:44 PM- NCAAF
TD CLEMSON
JARON BROWN 74 YD PASS FROM KYLE PARKER
(TWO-POINT PASS CONVERSION FAILED)
CLEMSON 16
NORTH CAROLINA 21 5:31 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Clemson 16, North Carolina 21 4th - 5:31Oct 9 6:44 PM
TD NORTH CAROLINA JOHNNY WHITE 26 YD RUN (CASEY BARTH KICK)
Clemson 10, North Carolina 21 4th - 6:53Oct 9 6:33 PM
TD NORTH CAROLINA JOHNNY WHITE 26 YD RUN (CASEY BARTH KICK)
Clemson 10, North Carolina 21 4th - 6:53Oct 9 6:33 PM- NCAAF
CLEMSON 10
NORTH CAROLINA 21 6:53 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Clemson 10, North Carolina 21 4th - 6:53Oct 9 6:33 PM - NCAAF
CLEMSON 10
NORTH CAROLINA 14 0:00 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Oct 9 6:04 PM
TD CLEMSON JAMIE HARPER 9 YD RUN (CHANDLER CATANZARO KICK)
Clemson 10, North Carolina 14 3rd - 5:34Oct 9 5:47 PM
TD CLEMSON JAMIE HARPER 9 YD RUN (CHANDLER CATANZARO KICK)
Clemson 10, North Carolina 14 3rd - 5:34Oct 9 5:47 PM- NCAAF
CLEMSON 10
NORTH CAROLINA 14 5:34 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Clemson 10, North Carolina 14 3rd - 5:34Oct 9 5:47 PM - NCAAF
CLEMSON 3
NORTH CAROLINA 14 0:00 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Oct 9 5:07 PM
TD NORTH CAROLINA JHERANIE BOYD 9 YD PASS FROM T.J. YATES (CASEY BARTH KICK)
Clemson 3, North Carolina 14 2nd - 0:54Oct 9 4:58 PM
TD NORTH CAROLINA JHERANIE BOYD 9 YD PASS FROM T.J. YATES (CASEY BARTH KICK)
Clemson 3, North Carolina 14 2nd - 0:54Oct 9 4:58 PM
TD NORTH CAROLINA JHERANIE BOYD 9 YD PASS FROM T.J. YATES (CASEY BARTH KICK)
Clemson 3, North Carolina 14 2nd - 0:54Oct 9 4:58 PM- NCAAF
CLEMSON 3
NORTH CAROLINA 14 0:54 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Clemson 3, North Carolina 14 2nd - 0:54Oct 9 4:58 PM - NCAAF
CLEMSON 3
NORTH CAROLINA 7 6:15 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Clemson 3, North Carolina 7 2nd - 6:15Oct 9 4:36 PM - NCAAF
CLEMSON 0
NORTH CAROLINA 7 0:00 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Oct 9 4:06 PM
TD NORTH CAROLINA JOHNNY WHITE 4 YD RUN (CASEY BARTH KICK)
Clemson 0, North Carolina 7 1st - 6:45Oct 9 3:53 PM
TD NORTH CAROLINA JOHNNY WHITE 4 YD RUN (CASEY BARTH KICK)
Clemson 0, North Carolina 7 1st - 6:45Oct 9 3:53 PM- NCAAF
CLEMSON 0
NORTH CAROLINA 7 6:45 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Clemson 0, North Carolina 7 1st - 6:45Oct 9 3:53 PM
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