Inside the game
Junior Shaun Draughn, UNC's leading rusher, fractured his left shoulder blade on the first play of the game and will miss the rest of the season. Ryan Houston replaced Draughn in Saturday's 19-6 win over Duke and ran for a career-high 164 yards on 37 carries. The rushing attempts were the most by a UNC player in a single game since 1990 (Natrone Means, 37 vs. Duke).
Game balls
DE Robert Quinn: Three more sacks for the sophomore defensive end, who made life miserable for Duke quarterback Thaddeus Lewis.
RG Alan Pelc: Injuries forced the junior to play center for most of the second half. He didn't miss a beat, and UNC ran for 111 yards in the half.
Penalty flags
UNC quarterback T.J. Yates threw an interception, was sacked twice and generally was ineffective in hitting 16-of-28 passes for 119 yards. Lacking Draughn and having little depth behind Houston, the Heels need Yates to take pressure off the running game in the final three weeks.
Looking ahead
UNC (6-3, 2-3 ACC) hosts Miami at 3:30 p.m. Saturday on the regional ABC broadcast (WTVD, WCTI). The Tar Heels have won two straight against the 15th-ranked Hurricanes (7-2, 4-2), coach Butch Davis' former team. The Heels need one more win to qualify for a bowl game.
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Forget about Duke's comeback win over North Carolina. The evidence from this season suggests that the Blue Devils' biggest test of the week will come today when Maryland comes to Cameron Indoor Stadium. 
East Chapel Hill sophomore Ben Griffin was about 13 years old when he challenged a group of then-current and former University of North Carolina golfers. 
Rameses, North Carolina's 18th ram mascot, died Thursday night of natural causes. He was 8 years old. 
Hours after the Smith Center emptied and the cameras left, long after he and his North Carolina teammates went their separate ways, Tar Heels point guard Kendall Marshall lay awake in the early hours of Thursday morning with certain parts of Duke's 85-84 victory against UNC playing on a loop in his mind. 
Remember when ACC teams began conference play about a month ago, and how it seemed like the road to the regular-season championship would be limited to a two-team race between North Carolina and Duke? 
While there will be bonus time to draw up a game plan for Thursday's trip to Duke, the break also comes at a good time for C.J. Williams. 
North Carolina point guard Kendall Marshall said that Tar Heels coach Roy Williams has implemented a new rule for his team. 
For 39 minutes Wednesday night, almost everything broke Tyler Zeller's way. But at game's end, Zeller had the most miserable single minute of his athletic career. Keep up with the latest sports stories with our free e-mail newsletters, delivered to your inbox!
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Nov. 7, 2009: UNC 19, Duke 6 (5 images)
Houston, Barth lead Heels to victory
