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Wake Forest's Fred Robbins
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Football Spoils UNC's Homecoming With 19-3 Road Win
Wake needs one more win to become bowl-eligible.
Nov. 6, 1999
Box Score
By DAVID DROSCHAK
AP Sports Writer
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Wake Forest moved within one victory of qualifying
for its first bowl since 1992, playing solid defense and error-free football in
a 19-3 victory Saturday over reeling North Carolina.
Neither team showed much offensive imagination as the Demon Deacons (5-4,
2-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) snapped a nine-game losing streak against the
Tar Heels (1-8, 0-6).
Wake Forest didn't need much of an offense as North Carolina's woes
continued in half-filled Kenan Stadium. The Tar Heels dropped their seventh
straight and fell to 0-5 at home.
With Wake Forest clinging to a 10-3 lead, Dustin Lyman came up with the
biggest defensive play of the game. The senior linebacker sacked Luke Huard and
recovered the quarterback's fumble at the North Carolina 29 midway through the
third quarter.
Matthew Burdick's 29-yard field goal five plays later gave the Demon Deacons
a 10-point lead and all but put the game away.
Burdick added two fourth-quarter field goals to close out the scoring.
The Tar Heels have scored a combined 25 points in their last four games
since quarterback Ronald Curry was lost for the season with a ruptured Achilles
tendon.
The teams traded field goals before scrambling Ben Sankey led the Demon
Deacons on the only touchdown drive of the opening half.
His 27-yard completion to James Lik gave Wake Forest the ball near midfield,
and Sankey used his legs to finish the 80-yard drive midway through the second
quarter.
A 22-yard scramble on third down and a 19-yard option run set up his 5-yard
scoring pass to Rhamen Love-Lane, whose first career reception was a TD.
The Tar Heels learned before the game that Antwon Black, switched from
defensive back to quarterback when Curry went down a month ago, has
mononucleosis and is lost for the season.
North Carolina tried tailback Domonique Williams in place of Huard late in
the third quarter, but all it produced was boos from the crowd.
