Don McCauley Football News & Bio

Name: Don McCauley Hometown: Garden City, NY High School: Garden City Born: May 12, 1949 (74) Notes: 1969 & 1970 ACC Football Player of the Year; UNC single-season record 1,720 rushing yards

Extra Points: Ten Spot
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...
Mon Nov 9, 2020

Don McCauley’s toughness, records shine 50 years later
UNC running back Don McCauley ended the 1970 season with 1,863 rushing yards. That number wasn’t eclipsed by an ACC player until former Boston College...
Fri May 29, 2020

Greatest former UNC athlete by state (Massachusetts): Don McCauley
Move over O.J. Simpson, Don McCauley just broke your record. That’s what much of the 1970 football season ended up being about for North Carolina...
Thu May 23, 2019

UNC Football Family Embraces Fight Against Pitt Hopkins Syndrome
They stand on the UNC sideline, hand in hand, preparing to take the Kenan Stadium field before Saturday's Notre Dame game. For David Bomar, a...
Sat Oct 14, 2017

Are today's ACC QBs on par with the historical greats?
Forty-five years ago, the ACC’s top quarterback was a guy named Paul Miller. He averaged 118 yards total offense per game in 1971. His naked...
Tue Oct 25, 2016

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