Extra Points: Ten Spot

Posted Nov 9, 2020
Turns of the decades have been rhapsodic for UNC football in its annual grudge-match with Duke, that round number 10 spinning like a merry-go-round of color and happy times. Take 1970, for example, the day Don McCauley broke O.J. Simpson's single-season rushing record. McCauley carried the ball 47 times for 279 yards and scored five touchdowns. (GoHeels.com)

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