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The teams played twice in the 1892 season, with the Cavaliers winning the first game and the Tar Heels winning the second. The two teams have played a total of 128 times, making the yearly matchup the fourth most played rivalry game among college football's major conferences. The all-time series record is 67–58–4, in favor of the Tar Heels.
The Tar Heels represent University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the NCAA's Atlantic Coast Conference. Although North Carolina began competing in intercollegiate football in 1888, [1] the school's official record generally does not include statistics from before the 1940s, as records from earlier years are often incomplete and inconsistent.
This is a list of seasons completed by the North Carolina Tar Heels football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Since the team's creation in 1888, the Tar Heels have participated in more than 1,100 officially sanctioned games, including 30 bowl games.
North Carolina leads the all-time series 68–40–6. Through 1955 North Carolina had built a commanding 34-5-6 series lead; since 1956 NC State leads 35-34-0. The Wolfpack have currently won four matchups in a row, in addition to 7 of the last 9 and 13 of the last 18 in the series.
Bill Belichick is the current head coach. Mack Brown led the Tar Heels in two separate stints, the first from 1988–1997, and the second from 2019–2024.. The North Carolina Tar Heels college football team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level.
* The NCAA record book includes a special note about 6 interceptions by Dick Miller (Akron) versus Baldwin-Wallace on Oct. 23, 1937 before the collection of division records. [ 112 ] † Tulane University lists 5 interceptions by Mitchell Price in a game versus Tennessee–Chattanooga September 3, 1988 which is not recognized as an official ...
North Carolina quarterback T. J. Yates with the ball in North Carolina's end-zone during the 2008 Meineke Car Care Bowl.. The North Carolina Tar Heels football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast ...
The North Carolina Tar Heels college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), and represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). All-America selections are individual player ...