Unc Gets to Play at Home Again
The Tar Heels' 2021 regular season schedule features some archetype opponents, too as some that Carolina fans haven't ever seen in Kenan Stadium. Chapelboro.com'south Michael Koh takes you on a historical deep dive of the 12 teams UNC volition face this flavor.
Virginia Tech
North Carolina's Michael Carter (#eight) is tackled from behind past Virginia Tech defender Devon Hunter (#vii) in the second quarter of an NCAA college football Saturday, Oct. 19 2019, in Blacksburg Va. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)
When and where?Friday, September 3 at 6 p.m. in Blacksburg, VA.
The last time these teams played?Concluding flavour, when Carolina'southward offense exploded in a 56-45 win in Chapel Colina.
Biggest blowout?A 59-7 Virginia Tech win in 2017. The Hokies scored 52 unanswered points. Information technology was the biggest defeat of head double-decker Larry Fedora's time in Chapel Colina, and marked a depression point in his tenure.
Closest game? There accept been two two-point games in the history of the series. The beginning came all the way dorsum in 1928, when the Hokies eked out a 16-14 win. It was the second in a three-game losing streak for UNC head coach Robert Roswell "Buster" Brown. The Tar Heels had lost 20-0 to Harvard the previous game. The second two-point run into lasted six overtimes, saw UNC blow multiple chances to win, and brought the Lane Stadium crowd into hysterics. Virginia Tech escaped with a 43-41 win.
Longest win streak?Both teams have won five in a row in the series: the Hokies from 2004 to 2008, and the Tar Heels from 1929 to 1945.
Who leads the all-time serial?Virginia Tech, 24-12. In that location accept been six ties in the history of the serial.
2021 Issue:Virginia Tech beat the No. ten Tar Heels, 17-10.
Georgia State
Georgia State quarterback Cornelious Brown plays against Louisiana Lafayette during an NCAA football game on Saturday, September 19, 2020, in Atlanta. (John Amis/AP)
When and where?Sat, September eleven at vii:30 p.grand. in Chapel Colina.
The terminal time these teams played?This volition be the first coming together between the two programs.
Center Parc Stadium in Atlanta, GA. (Jason Getz/Georgia State Athletics)
So, who is Georgia State anyway? The Panthers are a very new football program. They began play in 2010 as an independent in the FCS, before joining the Dominicus Belt Conference in 2013.
Where do they play?Proficient question! Georgia Land plays in what used to exist Turner Field, former home of Major League Baseball game's Atlanta Braves. Of course, before hosting the Braves, Turner Field was Atlanta'south Olympic Stadium for the 1996 Summertime Games. Since the Braves moved out in 2017, the stadium has been retrofitted for football and renamed Center Parc Stadium.
2021 result:UNC throttled the Panthers, 59-17.
Virginia
When and where?Sabbatum, September 18 at vii:30 p.m. in Chapel Hill.
The final time these teams played?Last season, when the Cavaliers upset No. 15 Carolina 44-41 in Charlottesville, VA.
Biggest blowout?Virginia obliterated the Tar Heels 66-0 fashion back in 1912. Cavaliers coach John South. "Speed" Elliott certainly lived up to his name.
Closest game?In that location have been three one-point games in the history of the series, the nigh recent beingness a 28-27 Carolina road victory in the 2014 season. The game was sealed in an odd sequence: after UNC quarterback Marquise Williams' helmet came off during a play, he had to sit out at least 1 snap. Freshman Mitch Trubisky came in to relieve Williams, and so threw the game-winning touchdown.
Longest win streak?The Tar Heels took nine consecutive wins from Virginia betwixt 1974 and 1982.
Who leads the all-time serial?UNC, 64-58, although Virginia has won four directly to tighten upward the S'due south Oldest Rivalry.
But Mack is back! Non so fast. In his career at Carolina, head coach Mack Dark-brown is just 3-nine against Virginia.
2021 Result:UNC vanquish Virginia, 59-39.
Georgia Tech
UNC receiver Anthony Ratliff-Williams battles confronting a Georgia Tech defender in 2018. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
When and where?Saturday, September 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Atlanta.
Great! I'll become tickets to Bobby Dodd Stadium. Agree your horses! The game will exist played in Atlanta'southward state-of-the-fine art Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
The last time these teams played?The 2019 flavour, when Carolina beat the Yellow Jackets 38-22 in Atlanta.
Biggest blowout?UNC destroyed Georgia Tech 41-0 during the 1982 season. That Tar Heels team featured legends Ethan Horton and William Fuller, who accept since had their numbers honored past the program.
Closest game?There have been ii ane-indicate margins in series history: a 29-28 win for the Jackets in 1974, and a 21-twenty Carolina victory in 1986.
Longest win streak?Georgia Tech won six consecutive games between the programs from 1998 to 2003.
Who leads the all-fourth dimension series?Georgia Tech, 30-21. There accept been 3 ties in series history.
Wasn't there a particularly important tie?That's right! In 1990, the No. xi Yellow Jackets visited Kenan Stadium sporting a 5-0 tape. The game was an exciting one, as the unranked Tar Heels led 13-ten tardily, before a Georgia Tech field goal knotted up the score. It would end in a 13-xiii necktie. Tech brutal to No. 16 in the next week'south polls, but 2 weeks later they would beat No. 1 Virginia on the road. The Jackets would finish the regular season x-0-1, and defeat No. 19 Nebraska in the Citrus Bowl. Following the game, Georgia Tech was voted No. 1 in the year-end Coaches Poll by a unmarried point. Colorado was voted No. 1 in the AP Poll, and then the ii schools both claim the 1990 national title. UNC was the just squad Georgia Tech did not defeat that flavour. Said Mack Dark-brown, "People say, 'You tied Georgia Tech!' I say, 'No, they tied us.'"
2021 issue:Georgia Tech blew out the Tar Heels, 45-22.
Knuckles
Nov 7, 2020; Durham, Due north Carolina, Usa; North Carolina Tar Heels wide receiver Emery Simmons (#0) makes a touchdown catch covered past Duke Bluish Devils cornerback Jeremiah Lewis (#39) during the starting time quarter at Wallace Wade Stadium. (Jim Dedmon/USA TODAY Sports)
When and where?Sat, Oct 2 at noon in Chapel Loma.
The last fourth dimension these teams played?Last flavor. Carolina had no trouble with the Blue Devils in a 56-24 rout.
Biggest blowout? In 1959, Carolina won 50-0 confronting Duke and caput motorbus Neb Murray. No, not that i.
Closest game?Nine games between UNC and Knuckles have been decided by a single signal. The most recent was a 28-27 Duke victory in 2016 over Mitch Trubisky and the No. 17 Tar Heels. It was the final time Carolina would play as a ranked team nether head omnibus Larry Fedora.
How about Mack?Head motorbus Mack Chocolate-brown certainly enjoys seeing Knuckles, although his record against them got off to a bumpy start. The Blue Devils took the beginning two games between the schools with Brownish equally coach, including a 41-0 laugher in Chapel Hill in which Duke head coach Steve Spurrier famously took a team moving picture in front of the scoreboard. But since and so, Chocolate-brown has not lost against Duke during his two stints at UNC.
Longest win streak?Carolina won 13 direct battles for the Victory Bell between 1990 and 2002.
Who leads the all-time serial?The Tar Heels hold a comfortable reward, 61-41. At that place take been four ties in series history.
2021 issue:UNC routed the Blue Devils, 38-7.
Florida State
Quarterback Sam Howell (#7) of the North Carolina Tar Heels is forced out the pocket by Defensive Tackle Robert Cooper (#91) of the Florida State Seminoles during the game at Doak Campbell Stadium on Bobby Bowden Field on October 17, 2020 in Tallahassee, Florida. (Don Juan Moore/Character Lines)
When and where?Saturday, Oct nine in Chapel Hill, at 3:xxx p.m.
The terminal time these teams played?Final season in Tallahassee, FL. The Seminoles stunned the No. v Tar Heels 31-28 after a drastic Carolina comeback vicious short.
Biggest blowout? The Seminoles showed no mercy for head coach Carl Torbush and the Tar Heels in 2000, crushing Carolina 63-14 in Tallahassee.
Closest game?This is a little weird. The ii closest games were both Carolina wins, both by a score of 37-35, and both in Tallahassee. In the start game, played in 2010, a Florida State missed field goal with 2 seconds left doomed the Seminoles. The second game, played in 2016, saw UNC kicker Nick Weiler drill a dramatic 54-yard field goal for the win as fourth dimension expired. Those would be the just two times FSU head coach Jimbo Fisher would face the Tar Heels. UNC is the only ACC school he didn't shell during his time in Tallahassee.
Longest win streak?Florida State won 9 consecutive matchups between 1992 and 2000, six of which came at the expense of head coach Mack Dark-brown. Brown yet has not beaten the Seminoles in his career.
Who leads the all-time serial?Florida Country, by a margin of sixteen-3. The teams tied once, in 1986.
2021 Result:Florida State won, 35-25.
Miami
North Carolina receiver Dyami Brownish races ahead of Miami cornerback DJ Ivey during the first half of their game, Sat, December 12, 2020, at Hard Rock Stadium. (Carolina Athletics)
When and where?Saturday, October 16 in Chapel Colina at 3:30 p.1000.
The last time these teams played?Last season in Miami, when the Tar Heels rode a record-setting offensive performance to a 62-26 blowout victory, effectively clinching a berth in the programme'due south first Orange Bowl.
Biggest blowout? The week of Carolina'southward 2015 game with Miami, the Tar Heels made their debut as a ranked team in the College Football game Playoff poll. The No. 23 Tar Heels announced their presence with authority in a 59-21 romp over the Hurricanes in Chapel Hill. A Ryan Switzer punt return touchdown served as the highlight of the night.
Closest game?Two games between the Hurricanes and Tar Heels have been decided by a three-point margin. The first was the offset meeting between the ii as ACC schools, when the Tar Heels upset No. 3 Miami 31-28 in Chapel Hill on a field goal by Connor Barth as time expired. The 2d was UNC's home opener in 2019, when a incoherent final minute saw freshman quarterback Sam Howell toss a go-ahead touchdown and Miami miss a potential game-tying field goal. Carolina won, 28-25, and head motorbus Mack Brown called the atmosphere in Kenan Stadium "the best I've always seen here."
Longest win streak?Oddly enough, neither squad has won more than three games in a row in this series. Miami'due south streak came between 1959 and 1961, while Carolina's lasted from 1946 to 1957. UNC did accept 3 directly from Miami between 2007 and 2009, but two of those wins have since been vacated.
Who leads the all-time series?The series is tied at 11 wins apiece.
2021 Event:UNC won, 45-42.
Notre Dame
North Carolina's Michael Carter (8) looks for running room confronting Notre Matriarch'due south Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah (6) in the second quarter on Friday, Nov 27, 2020 at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill, N.C. (Carolina Athletics)
When and where?Sat, October 30 in Due south Bend, IN, at 7:30 p.k.
The last fourth dimension these teams played?Last season in Chapel Hill. The No. nineteen Tar Heels took an early advantage over the Irish, but No. 2 Notre Dame wore Carolina down in a 31-17 loss, at that time the largest margin of defeat in head coach Mack Brown's second stint in Chapel Colina.
Biggest blowout?The Fighting Irish throttled Carolina 42-6 in 1949. Notre Dame was in the midst of an undefeated season in which they'd claim their third national title in four years.
Closest game?The closest game in this series is as well Carolina'southward but win, a 12-7 Tar Heels triumph in 1960. Carolina as well defeated the Irish 29-24 in 2008, but that win has since been vacated.
Longest win streak?Notre Dame won 10 straight games over the Tar Heels between 1949 and 1959.
Who leads the all-time series?You've probably guessed by now. Notre Dame leads the series, nineteen-1.
Is this a conference game?No. Notre Dame football'due south stay in the ACC was express to only concluding flavour. They are once once more independent on the gridiron.
2021 Result:Notre Dame won, 44-34.
Wake Forest
Wake Forest quarterback Sam Hartman (x) scrambles away from North Carolina linebacker Chazz Surratt (21) in the tertiary quarter at Kenan Stadium on Sat, November xiv, 2020 in Chapel Colina, North.C. (Carolina Athletics)
When and where?Sat, November 6 at noon in Chapel Hill.
The terminal time these teams played?The Tar Heels and Demon Deacons played a thriller in Chapel Hill last season. Wake Wood took a 21-point lead before Carolina scored 35 unanswered points. A late Deacons touchdown couldn't salvage a 59-53 Carolina victory. Quarterback Sam Howell deemed for vii touchdowns (six passing, i rushing), a unmarried-game school record.
Biggest blowout?Carolina shut out Wake Forest 65-0 in the 1928 season opener.
Closest game?Nine games in this series have been decided by one indicate. Incredibly, all accept been won by Wake Forest, the well-nigh contempo beingness a 28-27 victory in Winston-Salem in 2012. The Demon Deacons scored a go-ahead touchdown with just over two minutes left to take hold of the lead for expert.
Longest win streak?UNC won 17 straight games in this series from 1893 until 1923.
Who leads the best series?Carolina leads the all-fourth dimension series, seventy-36. The 70 wins are their most confronting any individual opponent.
Is THIS a conference game?Nope! Since the ACC's cross-division scheduling rotation means the Tar Heels and Demon Deacons do non play regularly, the two schools accept agreed to a dwelling-and-home series which will be played outside the conference'southward schedule. And so, while Wake Forest and UNC are both ACC schools, the game will not count toward either's conference record.
2021 Result:UNC won, 58-55.
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh running back A.J. Davis (21) runs the brawl toward North Carolina defensive lineman Jason Strowbridge (55) during the first one-half of an NCAA football game game, Thursday, November. xiv, 2019, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
When and where?Thursday, November 11 at 7:thirty p.grand. in Pittsburgh.
The final time these teams played?2020 marked the kickoff year Carolina and Pitt didn't meet on the gridiron since 2012, the Panthers' final season before joining the ACC. Their nearly contempo meeting in 2019 went to overtime, where Pitt prevailed 34-27. Information technology was the terminal loss UNC would suffer in the 2019 flavour.
Biggest blowout? Near of the games between these schools, specially recently, have been close. Nine straight games between Pitt and Carolina accept been decided by 1 possession. Only the biggest blowout came dorsum in 1998, when caput bus Carl Torbush's Tar Heels rolled to a 29-10 abode win confronting the Panthers.
Closest game?Two games between these programs take been decided by ane point. Carolina fans won't presently forget the nigh recent occasion, a 37-36 comeback win for UNC in Kenan Stadium in 2016. Receiver Bug Howard caught the winning touchdown laissez passer from Mitch Trubisky with two seconds remaining.
Longest win streak?Carolina won six directly against Pitt betwixt 2013 and 2018. Pitt has never won 2 in a row confronting UNC, though that could change this twelvemonth.
Who leads the all-time series?UNC holds the advantage, 10-4.
If only Coach Fedora were here! Peradventure for this game just. Larry Fedora went undefeated against Pittsburgh in his time in Chapel Hill.
2021 Consequence:Pitt won in overtime, xxx-23.
Wofford
Image via Wofford Athletics
When and where?Saturday, November 20 in Chapel Hill at noon.
The final time these teams played?The Tar Heels and Terriers have never met on a football field.
Why does it have to be Wofford?Your guess is equally expert as mine. But considering the UNC men'due south basketball game squad has dropped ii home games to Wofford in the past four seasons, I wouldn't arraign Tar Heel fans for getting antsy.
2021 Outcome:UNC won, 34-14.
NC State
N Carolina's Chazz Surratt (21) sacks Due north.C. Land quarterback Ben Finley (10) for a loss of fourteen yards and forces a fumble in the third quarter at Kenan Stadium on Sabbatum, Oct 24, 2020 in Chapel Colina, Due north.C. (Carolina Athletics)
When and where?Friday, November 26 in Raleigh at seven p.1000.
The last time these teams played?The No. 14 Tar Heels welcomed the No. 23 Wolfpack into Kenan Stadium concluding October in a rare ranked meeting between the two teams. But one would enter the next week ranked, though, as UNC rolled to a 48-21 victory.
Biggest blowout? The 1988 flavor saw the Wolfpack destroy Carolina in head coach Mack Brown's first game in the serial, 48-3. The next year wouldn't be much better for Dark-brown, as NC State won twoscore-half-dozen in 1989.
Closest game?Seven games betwixt UNC and NC State have been decided past 1 betoken, with the Wolfpack holding the advantage in those contests, 5-ii. The well-nigh recent was a 28-27 NC State victory over No. 24 UNC in Raleigh in 2009. The Wolfpack blocked a potential go-ahead field goal by the Tar Heels with under five minutes left.
Longest win streak?Carolina won nine consecutive games between the two sides from 1943 to 1955.
Who leads the best series?Carolina holds a comfortable advantage over NC Country, 68-36. There have been six ties all-fourth dimension.
Featured image via Carolina Athletics
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