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2012 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	2012
team	North Carolina Tar Heels
sport	football
conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
division	Coastal Division
short_conf	ACC
record	8–4
conf_record	5–3
head_coach	Larry Fedora
hc_year	1st
off_coach	Blake Anderson
oc_year	1st
off_scheme	Spread
def_coach	Dan Disch
dc_year	1st
def_scheme	[4–2–5](4-2-5-defense)
captain	Giovani Bernard
captain2	Jonathan Cooper
captain3	Pete Mangum
captain4	Kevin Reddick
captain5	Sylvester Williams
stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium

The 2012 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Larry Fedora and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The Tar Heels finished the season 8–4 overall and 5–3 in ACC play to tie for first in the Coastal Division with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Miami Hurricanes. Due to NCAA sanctions imposed in the wake of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill football scandal, North Carolina was ineligible for the conference title and banned for postseason play for the 2012 season.

Sanctions from scandal

Main article: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill football scandal

On March 12, 2012, the university was notified of penalties issued by the NCAA Committee on Infractions for violations discovered in the 2010 season. North Carolina was banned from all postseason play in 2012, including bowl games and the ACC Championship Game. Also, UNC was placed probation for three years and lost five scholarships per season for three seasons beginning with the recruiting class of 2013.

Recruiting

National Signing Day was on February 1, 2012, and was the first chance for high school seniors to officially declare which university or college they will be attending for their college career. North Carolina had 23 high school seniors sign a National Letter of Intent to play football with them. Terrance Knox and Shakeel Rashad both graduated from high school early and enrolled at UNC in January 2012.

Coaching staff

New football coach Larry Fedora officially took over as the head coach at UNC on January 1, 2012. He signed a 7-year contract worth more than $1.7 million annually. He takes over a team that is banned from a bowl game for the 2012–13 season.

Schedule

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Game summaries

Elon

;First quarter

UNC – Giovani Bernard 59 yd run (Casey Barth kick)
UNC – Giovani Bernard 6 yd pass from Bryn Renner (Casey Barth kick) ;Second quarter
UNC – Casey Barth 21 yd field goal
UNC – Giovani Bernard 70 yd punt return (Casey Barth kick)
UNC – Jheranie Boyd 35 yd pass from Bryn Renner (Casey Barth kick)
UNC – Casey Barth 32 yd field goal
UNC – A.J. Blue 1 yd run (Casey Barth kick) ;Third quarter
UNC – Jack Tabb 23 yd pass from Bryn Renner (Casey Barth kick)
UNC – Marquise Williams 3 yd run (Casey Barth kick)
UNC – A.J. Blue 4 yd run (Casey Barth kick) ;Fourth quarter
no scoring

;Top Passing

UNC – Bryn Renner – 14/21, 236 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT
Elon – Thomas Wilson – 13/27, 99 yds, 0 TD, 2 INT ;Top Rushing
UNC – Giovani Bernard – 93 yds, 1 TD
Elon – Thuc Phan – 19 yds, 0 TD ;Top Receiving
UNC – Eric Ebron – 53 yds, 0 TD
Elon – Kierre Brown – 31 yds, 0 TD North Carolina started a new era under head coach Larry Fedora with the first shutout since beating Duke 38–0 to finish the 1999 season. The last time UNC scored 62 points was in the 1995 season against Ohio, which is only 3 points shy of the school record. Giovani Bernard scored 3 touchdowns (one rushing, one receiving, and one punt return), all before sitting out the entire second half of the game. Carolina also completed passes to 14 different receivers, including one reception by quarterback Bryn Renner. The Tar Heels also set a school and ACC record with 260 punt return yards during the game.

Wake Forest

;First quarter

UNC – Eric Ebron 6 yd pass from Bryn Renner (Casey Barth kick)
WF – Tanner Price 2 yd run (Jimmy Newman kick) ;Second quarter
UNC – A.J. Blue 1 yd run (Casey Barth kick)
WF – Deandre Martin 4 yd run (Jimmy Newman kick)
WF – Josh Harris 6 yd run (Jimmy Newman kick) ;Third quarter
UNC – Romar Morris 4 yd run (Casey Barth kick)
UNC – Casey Barth 25 yd field goal ;Fourth quarter
UNC – Casey Barth 30 yd field goal
WF – Tanner Price 1 yd run (Jimmy Newman kick)

;Top Passing

UNC – Bryn Renner – 23/39, 271 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
WF – Tanner Price – 27/38, 327 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT ;Top Rushing
UNC – A.J. Blue – 106 yds, 1 TD
WF – Josh Harris – 40 yds, 1 TD ;Top Receiving
UNC – Erik Highsmith – 71 yds, 0 TD
WF – Michael Campanaro, 164 yds, 0 TD

Louisville

;First quarter

LOU – Senorise Perry 13 yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
LOU – Charles Gaines 32 yd Pass From Teddy Bridgewater (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
LOU – John Wallace 22 yd field goal ;Second quarter
LOU – Eli Rogers 15 yd Pass From Teddy Bridgewater (John Wallace Kick)
LOU – Jeremy Wright 12 yd Run (John Wallace Kick)
UNC – Romar Morris 44 yd Pass From Bryn Renner (Casey Barth Kick)
LOU – Nick Heuser 4 yd Pass From Teddy Bridgewater (John Wallace Kick) ;Third quarter
UNC – Eric Ebron 2 yd Pass From Bryn Renner (Casey Barth Kick) ;Fourth quarter
LOU – John Wallace 43 yd field goal
UNC – Erik Highsmith 9 yd Pass From Bryn Renner (Casey Barth Kick)
UNC – Eric Ebron 5 yd Pass From Bryn Renner (Casey Barth Kick)
UNC – Romar Morris 50 yd Pass From Bryn Renner (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed) ;Top Passing
UNC – Bryn Renner – 26–41, 363 yds, 5 TD, 1 INT
LOU – Teddy Bridgewater – 23–28, 279 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT ;Top Rushing
UNC – A.J. Blue – 43 yds, 0 TD
LOU – Jeremy Wright – 114 yds, 1 TD ;Top Receiving
UNC – Romar Morris – 149 yds, 2 TD
LOU – Charles Gaines – 78 yds, 1 TD

East Carolina

;First quarter

UNC – Giovani Bernard 14 yd Pass From Bryn Renner (Casey Barth Kick) ;Second quarter
ECU – Warren Harvey 22 yd field goal
UNC – Casey Barth 20 yd field goal
ECU – Warren Harvey 26 yd field goal ;Third quarter
UNC – Sean Tapley 62 yd Pass From Bryn Renner (Casey Barth Kick)
UNC – Giovani Bernard 4 yd Run (Casey Barth Kick) ;Fourth quarter
UNC – Casey Barth 41 yd field goal ;Top Passing
UNC – Bryn Renner – 27–43, 321 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT
ECU – Shane Carden – 17–30, 124 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT ;Top Rushing
UNC – Giovani Bernard – 50 yds, 1 TD
ECU – Vintavious Cooper – 68 yds, 0 TD ;Top Receiving
UNC – Erik Highsmith – 66 yds, 0 TD
ECU – Justin Jones – 46 yds, 0 TD

Idaho

;First quarter

UNC – Sean Tapley 36 yd pass from Bryn Renner (Casey Barth kick)
UNC – Erik Highsmith fumble recovery in End Zone (Casey Barth kick)
UNC – Giovani Bernard 2 yd run (Casey Barth kick)
UNC – Quinshad Davis 35 yd pass from Bryn Renner (Casey Barth kick) ;Second quarter
UNC – Giovani Bernard 68 yd run (Casey Barth kick)
UNC – Casey Barth 33 yd field goal
UNC – A.J. Blue 3 yd run (Casey Barth kick) ;Third quarter
UNC – Quinshad Davis 35 yd pass from Marquise Williams (Casey Barth kick)
UNC – Marquise Williams 1 yd run (Casey Barth kick) ;Fourth quarter
UNC – Marquise Williams 4 yd run (Casey Barth kick) ;Top Passing
UNC – Bryn Renner – 14–19, 231 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT
IDHO – Dominique Blackman – 19–35, 109 yds, 0 TD, 4 INT ;Top Rushing
UNC – Romar Morris – 74 yds, 0 TD
IDHO – James Baker – 44 yds, 0 TD ;Top Receiving
UNC – Quinshad Davis – 89 yds, 2 TD
IDHO – Mike Scott – 38 yds, 0 TD

Virginia Tech

;First quarter

VT – Logan Thomas 13 yd run (Cody Journell kick)
UNC – Sean Tapley 94 yd kickoff return (Casey Barth kick)
UNC – Bryn Renner 4 yd run (Casey Barth kick)
VT – Marcus Davis 49 yd pass from Logan Thomas (Cody Journell kick) ;Second quarter
UNC – Giovani Bernard 62 yd run (Casey Barth kick)
VT – Cody Journell 40 yd field goal
UNC – A.J. Blue 1 yd run (Casey Barth kick)
VT – Cody Journell 35 yd field goal ;Third quarter
UNC – Sean Tapley 19 yd pass from Bryn Renner (Casey Barth kick)
VT – Demitri Knowles 93 yd kickoff return (two-point conversion failed)
UNC – Casey Barth 44 yd field goal
UNC – A.J. Blue 13 yd run (Casey Barth kick) ;Fourth quarter
VT – Corey Fuller 66 yd pass from Logan Thomas (Logan Thomas pass to Corey Fuller for two-point conversion)
UNC – Casey Barth 40 yd field goal ;Top Passing
UNC – Bryn Renner – 17–30, 194 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT
VT – Logan Thomas – 26–49, 354 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT ;Top Rushing
UNC – Giovani Bernard – 262 yds, 1 TD
VT – Logan Thomas – 20 yds, 1 TD ;Top Receiving
UNC – Quinshad Davis – 65 yds, 0 TD
VT – Corey Fuller – 143 yds, 1 TD

Miami (FL)

;First quarter

UNC – Giovani Bernard 10 yd run (Casey Barth kick) ;Second quarter
MIA – Mike James 1 yd run (Jake Wieclaw kick)
UNC – Giovani Bernard 17 yd run (Thomas Hibbard pass to Eric Ebron for two-point conversion) ;Third quarter
MIA – Stephen Morris 5 yd run (Jake Wieclaw kick)
UNC – Casey Barth 48 yd field goal ;Fourth quarter
no scoring ;Top Passing
UNC – Bryn Renner – 25–40, 214 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT
MIA – Stephen Morris – 12–26, 155 yds, 0 TD, 2 INT ;Top Rushing
UNC – Giovani Bernard – 177 yds, 2 TD
MIA – Mike James – 96 yds, 1 TD ;Top Receiving
UNC – Eric Ebron – 87 yds, 0 TD
MIA – Rashawn Scott – 72 yds, 0 TD

Duke

;First quarter

UNC – Casey Barth 30 yd field goal
DUKE – Anthony Boone 2 yd run (Ross Martin kick)
DUKE – Ross Martin 28 yd field goal ;Second quarter
DUKE – Ross Martin 30 yd field goal
UNC – Casey Barth 23 yd field goal
DUKE – Jela Duncan 2 yd run (Ross Martin kick) ;Third quarter
UNC – Casey Barth 28 yd field goal
DUKE – Ross Martin 20 yd field goal ;Fourth quarter
UNC – Giovani Bernard 1 yd run (Casey Barth kick)
DUKE – Ross Martin 43 yd field goal
UNC – Sean Tapley 5 yd pass from Bryn Renner (Casey Barth kick)
UNC – Giovani Bernard 4 yd pass from Bryn Renner (Casey Barth kick)
DUKE – Jamison Crowder 5 yd pass from Sean Renfree (Ross Martin kick) ;Top Passing
UNC – Bryn Renner – 19–32, 198 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT
DUKE – Sean Renfree – 23–36, 276 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT ;Top Rushing
UNC – Giovani Bernard – 143 yds, 1 TD
DUKE – Josh Snead – 99 yds, 0 TD ;Top Receiving
UNC – Eric Ebron – 68 yds, 0 TD
DUKE – Conner Vernon – 124 yds, 0 TD

NC State

;First quarter

UNC – Giovani Bernard 8 yd run (Casey Barth kick)
UNC – Erik Highsmith 45 yd run (Thomas Hibbard pass to Jack Tabb for two-point conversion)
NCSU – Charlie Hegedus 32 yd pass from Mike Glennon (Niklas Sade kick)
UNC – Casey Barth 45 yd field goal
UNC – Giovani Bernard 1 yd run (Casey Barth kick)
NCSU – Rashard Smith 30 yd pass from Mike Glennon (Niklas Sade kick) ;Second quarter
NCSU – Bryan Underwood 20 yd pass from Mike Glennon (Niklas Sade kick)
NCSU – Tobais Palmer 83 yd pass from Mike Glennon (Niklas Sade kick) ;Third quarter
NCSU – Bryan Underwood 55 yd pass from Mike Glennon (Niklas Sade kick) ;Fourth quarter
UNC – Sean Tapley 3 yd pass from Bryn Renner (Casey Barth kick)
UNC – Casey Barth 34 yd field goal
UNC – Giovani Bernard 74 yd punt return (Thomas Hibbard pass to Jack Tabb for two-point conversion) ;Top Passing
UNC – Bryn Renner – 30–47, 358 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
NCSU – Mike Glennon – 29–52, 467 yds, 5 TD, 2 INT ;Top Rushing
UNC – Giovani Bernard – 135 yds, 2 TD
NCSU – Tony Creecy – 66 yds, 0 TD ;Top Receiving
UNC – Giovani Bernard – 95 yds, 0 TD
NCSU – Tobais Palmer – 119 yds, 1 TD

Georgia Tech

;First quarter

UNC – Giovani Bernard 4 yd run (Casey Barth kick)
GT – Tevin Washington 25 yd run (Chris Tanner kick)
UNC – A.J. Blue 1 yd run (Casey Barth kick)
GT – Vad Lee 1 yd run (Chris Tanner kick) ;Second quarter
GT – David Sims 11 yd run (Chris Tanner kick)
UNC – Romar Morris 30 yd run (Casey Barth kick)
GT – Vad Lee 1 yd run (Chris Tanner kick)
UNC – A.J. Blue 5 yd run (Thomas Hibbard pass to Jack Tabb for two-point conversion) ;Third quarter
GT – Jamal Golden 100 yd kickoff return (two-point pass conversion failed)
UNC – Giovani Bernard 78 yd pass from Bryn Renner (Casey Barth kick)
GT – Robert Godhigh 4 yd run (Chris Tanner kick)
GT – Chris Tanner 35 yd field goal
GT – Robert Godhigh 27 yd run (Chris Tanner kick)
GT – Robert Godhigh 32 yd pass from Vad Lee (Chris Tanner kick)
UNC – Quinshad Davis 11 yd pass from Bryn Renner (Thomas Moore kick) ;Fourth quarter
UNC – Tim Scott 34 yd interception return (Thomas Moore kick)
GT – Orwin Smith 22 yd run (Chris Tanner kick)
GT – Chris Tanner 34 yd field goal

;Top Passing

UNC – Bryn Renner – 24–35, 350 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
GT – Vad Lee – 6–10, 169 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT ;Top Rushing
UNC – Giovani Bernard – 78 yds, 1 TD
GT – Vad Lee – 112 yds, 2 TD ;Top Receiving
UNC – Quinshad Davis – 104 yds, 1 TD
GT – Darren Waller – 63 yds, 0 TD

Virginia

;First quarter

UNC – Erik Highsmith 9 yd pass from Bryn Renner (Thomas Moore kick)
UVA – Drew Jarrett 34 yd field goal ;Second quarter
UNC – A.J. Blue 3 yd run (Thomas Moore kick)
UVA – Darius Jennings 9 yd pass from Phillip Sims (Drew Jarrett kick)
UNC – Tre Boston 36 yd interception return (two-point run conversion failed) ;Third quarter
UVA – Drew Jarrett 28 yd field goal ;Fourth quarter
UNC – Giovani Bernard 23 yd pass from Bryn Renner (Thomas Moore kick)
UNC – Erik Highsmith 20 yd pass from Bryn Renner (Thomas Moore kick)
UNC – Thomas Moore 30 yd field goal

;Top Passing

UNC – Bryn Renner – 29–36, 315 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT
UVA – Michael Rocco – 11–16, 155 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT ;Top Rushing
UNC – Giovani Bernard – 57 yds, 0 TD
UVA – Kevin Parks – 53 yds, 0 TD ;Top Receiving
UNC – Quinshad Davis – 178 yds, 0 TD
UVA – Dominique Terrell – 79 yds, 0 TD

NFL draft

7	214	Travis Bond	G	Minnesota Vikings

References

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Carter, Andrew. (March 13, 2012). "UNC's Thorp Calls NCAA Penalties 'Painful'". [[The News & Observer]].
(2012). "2012 North Carolina Football Signees List". tarheelblue.com.
(2012). "Larry Fedora takes over Tar Heels". [[ESPN]].
(2012). "University of North Carolina Football Roster". tarheelblue.com.
(2012). "North Carolina embarrasses Elon in coach Larry Fedora's debut". [[ESPN]].
(2013). "2013 NFL Draft Tracker". [[NFL]].

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