South's Oldest Rivalry under center to freshman Darian Durant. Probably the most famous spectator of this rivalry was present on Thanksgiving Day 1928. United States President Calvin Coolidge and First Lady Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge were among the 20,000 spectators watching the game at Charlottesville to see North Carolina win 24–20 over Virginia. Virginia's Tony Bennett holds an 8–7 edge against North Carolina's Roy Williams as of the end of the 2017-18 season. However, Carolina leads the overall series 131–55 as of the same date. At 122 games played, the "South's Oldest Rivalry" is tied for the second most played rivalry game nationwide
Josh Goodhue with no wins in 10 games. He scored 3 tries in 6 games the following year in which the Taniwha's level of performance improved, even if their results didn't get markedly better, winning just 1 of 10 regular season games. Impressive displays in tough circumstances for Northland saw Goodhue handed a Super Rugby contract by the Auckland-based Blues ahead of the 2017 Super Rugby season. He made his debut on 15 April 2017, coming off the bench against the Hurricanes. Goodhue represented New Zealand at schoolboy level and was a member of the New Zealand Under-20 side which won the