WEATHER Chapel Hill, NC ZIP: 27514 NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS Enrollment: 19,117 (#6/#79) CAREER PASSING LEADERS CAREER RUSHING LEADERS CAREER RECEIVING LEADERS Phil’s Homefield Edge - 3.75 T L FINAL W 2020 Schedule Difficulty - #39 U I 1. TJ Yates 9,377 ‘07-’10 1. Amos Lawrence 4,391 ‘77-’80 1. Ryan Switzer 2,907 ‘13-’16 R N SCORE 2. Darian Durant 8,755 ‘01-’04 2. Mike Voight 3,971 ‘73-’76 2. Hakeem Nicks 2,840 ‘06-‘08 DATE OPPONENT F E NC OPP L 3. Bryn Renner 8,221 ‘10-’13 3. Leon Johnson 3,693 ‘93-’96 3. Quinshad Davis 2,614 ‘12-’15 North Carolina has lost 4 of their L/5 ssn openers. The Tar Heels are 2-3 all-time vs Syracuse Sep. 12 Syracuse A and they’ve lost the last 2 meetings. This is only the 2nd ACC meeting. First meeting, NC is 5-1 all-time vs current CUSA foes, only loss was in 1950. The Tar Heels Sep. 19 Charlotte A covered their last 3 games in ‘19 outscoring foes 152-30. Bonus: NC has beaten 7 FCS foes in L5Y, avg score 52-18. North Carolina is 23-5 hosting Sep. 26 non-conference foes since 2009. BOSTON COLLEGE IS OFF BYE NC is 5-2 all-time vs Boston College and they’ve won 4 straight. LTH was in ‘09, NC won 31-13. Oct. 3 at Boston College A In their last five meetings against the Eagles the Tar Heels have only averaged 104.8 rushing ypg. The home team is 2-4 L/6 in the series. NC has lost 4 straight vs VT, 4 of their last 6 losses are by double- Oct. 10 Virginia Tech A digits. The Tar Heels are 3-13 vs the Hokies in ACC mtgs. In ‘18 Tar Heels led at half, but would fall 22-19. NC only has 3 series wins including last 2 meetings both in Tallahassee. LTH Mitch Trubisky threw for Oct. 17 at Florida St G 405 yds. The Tar Heels jumped to 21-0 2Q lead but needed a GW fg as time expired to win 37-35. NC is on a 4-9 run vs NC State. They’ve lost 5 of their last 6 at home incl the L/3. In ‘18 gm went into OT Oct. 24 NC State A and NC St prevailed 34-28 but the game ended in a brawl w plyrs from both tms earning suspensions. NC has lost three straight meetings after taking 7 straight from ‘10-’16. LTH QB Perkins Oct. 31 at Virginia G threw for 217 & rushed for 112. UVA led 31-14 4Q. NC added td w/7:53 left, 31-21 final. NC has lost 3 of the last 4 in this series but the Tar Heels are 24-6 since ‘89. LTH Duke put up a ssn Nov. 7 at Duke G high 629 yards. The game was tied at 28 2Q. Duke led 42-28 and NC added td w/1:15 left, 42-35 final. WAKE FOREST IS OFF BYE NC has lost 4 of last 6 meetings vs WF. Home team has won 5 straight meetings and covered Nov. 14 Wake Forest A 8 of the last 9. These two met LY in a ‘Non Conf’ game and WF led 21-0 2Q but only won by 6. Nov. 21 NOTRE DAME IS OFF BYE NC is just 2-17 all-time vs the Irish. Their last win came at home in 2008 and the Heels are 2-2 in Nov. 27 Notre Dame (Fri) A their last 4 home meetings vs the Irish. NC has won 3 of the L/6 in Coral Gables. LTH NC got QB Surratt back and he threw for just 10 Dec. 5 at Miami,FL A yds and 3 int’s. NC was only outgained 354-329 but 8 TO’s (3 def td’s allowed) led to 37 pt loss.