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North Carolina Football Team History


North Carolina Tar Heels
University of North Carolina
 Chapel Hill, NC
Founded: 1789
Stadium: Kenan Memorial Stadium
Capacity: 60,000
Colors: Carolina Blue & White
Coach:
Conference: Atlantic Coast-Coastal

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls

North Carolina News
Team Timeline
First Team: 1888  
 
Championships
National Championships
None
Conference Championships
  1895, 1922, 1934, 1946, 1949, 1963, 1971
1972, 1977, 1980
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 602-477-48
 Winning Pct. 55.8%
 National Championships 0
 Atlantic Coast Conference Titles 5
 Other Conference Titles 5
 Conference Record 11-13-0
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 340-192-25
 Away Record 232-262-21
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 122
 Winning Seasons (#1) 71
 Losing Seasons (#1)37
 Most Wins in A Season 11 (1997)
 Most Loses in A Season 10 (2003)
 10 Win Seasons 7
 Most Points Scored in a Game 65 (10/3/1914)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 431 (1993)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 69 (10/8/2005)
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 459 (2003)
 Largest Margin of Victory 65 (10/3/1914)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 66 (11/26/1912)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 101 (9/11/1993)
 Last Shutout 11/20/1999
 Last Time Shutout 11/5/2011
 Shutouts All-Time 195
 Been Shutout All-Time 139
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 13 (10/18/1947-10/30/1948)
 Longest Losing  12 (10/15/1966-10/14/1967)
 
Bowl Records
 Overall Record 13-16-0
 Rose 0-0-0
 Cotton 0-1-0
 Orange 0-0-0
 Fiesta 0-0-0
 Sugar 0-2-0
 
By the Decade
 2000-09  68-79
 1990-99 78-39-1
 1980-89 61-52-2
 1970-79 72-42-3
 1960-69 41-60
 1950-59 37-57-4
 1940-49 58-37-5
 1930-39 60-24-11
 1920-29 54-33-6
Next Game
 9/1/2012 (Sat)  
 Elon in a Non-Conference Game
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Last Meeting: North Carolina and Elon have never met in a game.
 
     
 
2012 Season
 Sat., Sep. 1  vs. Elon
 Sat., Sep. 8  @ Wake Forest
 Sat., Sep. 15  @ Louisville
 Sat., Sep. 22  vs. East Carolina
 Sat., Sep. 29  vs. Idaho
 Sat., Oct. 6  vs. Virginia Tech
 Sat., Oct. 13  @ Miami
 Sat., Oct. 20  @ Duke
 Sat., Oct. 27  vs. North Carolina State
 Sat., Nov. 10  vs. Georgia Tech
 Thu., Nov. 15  @ Virginia
 Sat., Nov. 24  vs. Maryland
 
2012 Season Totals
  Record0-0
  Scoring-
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record0-0
  Away Record0-0
 
2012 Atlantic Coast Coastal Standings
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 North Carolina & Virginia have played 106 games.
North Carolina has won 57 games.
Virginia has won 45 games.
with 4 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 1-15
 10 or more 67-64
 20 or more  57-39
 30 or more 39-8
 40 or more 16-1
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 10-1
 10 or more 58-78
 20 or more 28-70
 30 or more 6-51
 40 or more 2-20
 
  
 
Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

Great Moments in College Football History

Field goals in college football were originally worth five points. This was decreased to four points in 1904 and three points in 1909.