Team Notes
*USF’s 3-0 start marks just the third time in school history that it has accomplished the feat ... The Bulls also jumped out to 3-0 beginning in 1998, when they finished 8-3, and 2006, finishing 9-4 and a win in the PapaJohns.com Bowl.

*Today marked the third straight year that the Bulls have faced a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference ... Today’s 37-10 win over the Tar Heels improves USF’s record to 2-2 against ACC schools ... The Tar Heels are also the first non-conference Bowl Championship Series (BCS) school to face the Bulls at Raymond James Stadium.

USF’s 37-point output this afternoon is the most since it tallied 37 against the Tar Heels on Oct. 14, 2006.

Today’s attendance of 37,693 is the largest home crowd since 35,671 came through the turnstiles to see the Bulls and Pittsburgh on Nov. 4, 2006 ... It is also the fifth largest home crowd in school history.
 

Individual Notes

* QB Matt Grothe threw for 216 yards on 16-of-27 passing in the first half ... His first half total fell just 12 yards shy of the school record for yards in the first half originally set by himself against Syracuse on Nov. 11, 2006 ... Grothe would finish that game with 364 yards on 25-of-35 passing ... Grothe finished today’s game with 230 yards on 17-of-30 passing ... He also rushed for 35 yards on 12 carries.

* Through the end of today’s game, Matt Grothe has thrown a career-best 127 pass attempts without an interception ... The streak dates back to the second quarter of the West Virginia game on Nov. 25, 2006

* DE George Selvie recorded at least one sack in his third straight game when he took down North Carolina QB T.J. Yates in the first quarter ... Selvie came into the game with the Tar Heels leading the nation in sacks with 5.5 per game and is also tops in tackles for a loss with 9.5 ... He finished the contest with three sacks and five TFL giving him 8.5 sacks and 14.5 TFL on the year.

* RB Mike Ford logged his fifth touchdown of his career and his fifth on the ground on a four-yard scamper with 11:37 left in the first quarter.

* WR Amarri Jackson caught his second touchdown pass of the year and the fifth of his career when QB Matt Grothe found him on a 12-yard pass with 6:02 left in the first quarter.

* DB Trae Williams recorded his first interception of the season when he picked off UNC QB T. J. Yates in the first quarter.

* DB Louis Gachette turned in his first interception of the season and the fourth of his career picking off T.J. Yates with 43 seconds left in the first half ... His last interception came against McNeese State on Sept. 2 in the 2006 season opener.

* LB Ben Moffitt recorded his first career interception in the third quarter.

* LB Brouce Mompremier also recorded his first career interception just two drives after his fellow LB Ben Moffitt accomplished the same feat.

* K Delbert Alvarado went three-for-three today on field goals after hitting just two-of-six in his last game at Auburn.

* RB Jamar Taylor recorded his first career touchdown on a one-run with 6:10 left in the game.