First meeting | October 12, 1894 North Carolina, 44â0 |
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Latest meeting | November 25, 2023 NC State, 39â20 |
Next meeting | November 30, 2024, in Chapel Hill |
Statistics | |
Meetings total | 113 |
All-time series | North Carolina leads, 68â39â6 (.628) [1] |
Largest victory | NC State, 48â3 (1988) |
Longest win streak | North Carolina, 9 (1943â1955) |
Current win streak | NC State, 3 (2021âpresent) |
The North CarolinaâNC State football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the North Carolina Tar Heels football team of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the NC State Wolfpack football team of North Carolina State University. [2] [3] [4]
Both universities are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the yearly matchup is a protected rivalry in the expanded ACC. [5] The rivalry game is played at the end of each season during Thanksgiving week. [6] North Carolina leads the all-time series 68â39â6. The Wolfpack have won 6 of the last 8 and 12 of the last 17 in the series. NC State won the most recent contest, 39-20 on November 25, 2023. It is annually anticipated as the biggest college football game in the state of North Carolina. [7]
Only twice in the history of the rivalry has the game been contested anywhere beside Chapel Hill or Raleigh. The game has been played 60 times in Chapel Hill, 51 times in Raleigh, and twice in Charlotte, North Carolina (1998 and 1999). Played uninterrupted since 1953, the game since 1965 has alternated annually between the two respective campuses (save for the aforementioned 1998 & 1999 games). Games in odd-numbered years are played in Raleigh at NC State, and even-numbered years in Chapel Hill at UNC.
North Carolina and NC State were both charter members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, which was founded in 1953. Since that year, the rivalry has been played every season without a break. NC State hired Earle Edwards as head coach in 1954, and he was able to have considerably more success against North Carolina than his predecessors. Edwards amassed a 6â3 record against North Carolina during that time period and a 9â8 record during his career as head coach of the Wolfpack, making him the winningest NC State coach against the Tar Heels.
In the first 26 seasons of the ACC, the series record was tied at 13. Beginning in 1979, North Carolina went on a seven-game winning streak. During this time, North Carolina head coach Dick Crum amassed an 8â2 record against the Wolfpack. NC State hired Dick Sheridan as head coach prior to the 1986 season, and he went 6â1 against the Tar Heels. Following Sheridan's retirement from coaching, North Carolina went on another seven-game winning streak, leaving NC State head coach Mike O'Cain winless against Tar Heels coaches Mack Brown and Carl Torbush. The 1998 and 1999 games were held at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, NC, with the Tar Heels victorious in both.
During the 2000s, NC State went 6â4 in the series, including winning the last three games of the decade under Tom O'Brien, who finished with a 5-1 record against Carolina. From 2000â2023, NC State leads 15â9. The series record in the ACC currently stands at 37â34 in favor of North Carolina. Mack Brown is 7â8 against NC State as head coach of the Tar Heels, while his overall record against NC State as a head coach is 7â10 (UNC-Chapel Hill, Texas, and Appalachian State). [8] NC State head coach Dave Doeren is currently 7â4 against UNC-Chapel Hill, including a 4â1 record in Kenan Stadium. [9]
North Carolina victories | NC State victories |
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North Carolina State figures it's had way too much practice at bouncing back from soul-crushing losses over the years. Finding an emotional edge shouldn't be a problem against rival North Carolina.
When these neighborhood rivals play Friday, the only thing for certain is that it'll be a tough day for the losers - whose pursuit of their biggest remaining goal will be denied by the team they dislike the most.
First meeting | October 12, 1894 North Carolina, 44â0 |
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Latest meeting | November 25, 2023 NC State, 39â20 |
Next meeting | November 30, 2024, in Chapel Hill |
Statistics | |
Meetings total | 113 |
All-time series | North Carolina leads, 68â39â6 (.628) [1] |
Largest victory | NC State, 48â3 (1988) |
Longest win streak | North Carolina, 9 (1943â1955) |
Current win streak | NC State, 3 (2021âpresent) |
The North CarolinaâNC State football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the North Carolina Tar Heels football team of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the NC State Wolfpack football team of North Carolina State University. [2] [3] [4]
Both universities are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the yearly matchup is a protected rivalry in the expanded ACC. [5] The rivalry game is played at the end of each season during Thanksgiving week. [6] North Carolina leads the all-time series 68â39â6. The Wolfpack have won 6 of the last 8 and 12 of the last 17 in the series. NC State won the most recent contest, 39-20 on November 25, 2023. It is annually anticipated as the biggest college football game in the state of North Carolina. [7]
Only twice in the history of the rivalry has the game been contested anywhere beside Chapel Hill or Raleigh. The game has been played 60 times in Chapel Hill, 51 times in Raleigh, and twice in Charlotte, North Carolina (1998 and 1999). Played uninterrupted since 1953, the game since 1965 has alternated annually between the two respective campuses (save for the aforementioned 1998 & 1999 games). Games in odd-numbered years are played in Raleigh at NC State, and even-numbered years in Chapel Hill at UNC.
North Carolina and NC State were both charter members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, which was founded in 1953. Since that year, the rivalry has been played every season without a break. NC State hired Earle Edwards as head coach in 1954, and he was able to have considerably more success against North Carolina than his predecessors. Edwards amassed a 6â3 record against North Carolina during that time period and a 9â8 record during his career as head coach of the Wolfpack, making him the winningest NC State coach against the Tar Heels.
In the first 26 seasons of the ACC, the series record was tied at 13. Beginning in 1979, North Carolina went on a seven-game winning streak. During this time, North Carolina head coach Dick Crum amassed an 8â2 record against the Wolfpack. NC State hired Dick Sheridan as head coach prior to the 1986 season, and he went 6â1 against the Tar Heels. Following Sheridan's retirement from coaching, North Carolina went on another seven-game winning streak, leaving NC State head coach Mike O'Cain winless against Tar Heels coaches Mack Brown and Carl Torbush. The 1998 and 1999 games were held at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, NC, with the Tar Heels victorious in both.
During the 2000s, NC State went 6â4 in the series, including winning the last three games of the decade under Tom O'Brien, who finished with a 5-1 record against Carolina. From 2000â2023, NC State leads 15â9. The series record in the ACC currently stands at 37â34 in favor of North Carolina. Mack Brown is 7â8 against NC State as head coach of the Tar Heels, while his overall record against NC State as a head coach is 7â10 (UNC-Chapel Hill, Texas, and Appalachian State). [8] NC State head coach Dave Doeren is currently 7â4 against UNC-Chapel Hill, including a 4â1 record in Kenan Stadium. [9]
North Carolina victories | NC State victories |
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North Carolina State figures it's had way too much practice at bouncing back from soul-crushing losses over the years. Finding an emotional edge shouldn't be a problem against rival North Carolina.
When these neighborhood rivals play Friday, the only thing for certain is that it'll be a tough day for the losers - whose pursuit of their biggest remaining goal will be denied by the team they dislike the most.