North Carolina–NC State football rivalry

North Carolina–NC State football rivalry
	North Carolina Tar Heels NC State Wolfpack
First meeting	October 12, 1894; North Carolina, 44–0
Latest meeting	November 25, 2023; NC State, 39–20
Next meeting	November 2024 in Chapel Hill
Statistics
Meetings total	113
All-time series	North Carolina leads,; 68–39–6 (.628)
Largest victory	NC State, 48–3 (1988)
Longest win streak	North Carolina, 9; (1943–1955)
Current win streak	NC State, 3; (2021–present)

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Locations of the two universities in North Carolina.

The North Carolina–NC 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 68–39–6. 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.

ACC era

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 6–3 record against North Carolina during that time period and a 9–8 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 8–2 record against the Wolfpack. NC State hired Dick Sheridan as head coach prior to the 1986 season, and he went 6–1 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 6–4 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 2000–2023, NC State leads 15–9. The series record in the ACC currently stands at 37–34 in favor of North Carolina. Mack Brown is 7–8 against NC State as head coach of the Tar Heels, while his overall record against NC State as a head coach is 7–10 (UNC-Chapel Hill, Texas, and Appalachian State). ^[8] NC State head coach Dave Doeren is currently 7–4 against UNC-Chapel Hill, including a 4–1 record in Kenan Stadium. ^[9]

Game results

North Carolina victories	NC State victories

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	October 12, 1894	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	44–0
2	October 20, 1894	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	16–0
3	October 12, 1895	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	36–0
4	October 2, 1897	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	40–0
5	October 15, 1898	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	34–0
6	October 7, 1899	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	34–0
7	October 28, 1899	Raleigh, NC	Tie	11–11
8	October 16, 1901	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	39–0
9	November 19, 1901	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	30–0
10	November 8, 1902	Raleigh, NC	Tie	0–0
11	November 16, 1904	Chapel Hill, NC	Tie	6–6
12	November 12, 1905	Raleigh, NC	Tie	0–0
13	October 23, 1919	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	13–12
14	October 21, 1920	Raleigh, NC	NC State	13–3
15	October 20, 1921	Raleigh, NC	NC State	7–0
16	October 19, 1922	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	14–9
17	October 18, 1923	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	14–0
18	October 16, 1924	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	10–0
19	October 15, 1925	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	17–6
20	October 30, 1926	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	12–0
21	October 29, 1927	Raleigh, NC	NC State	19–6
22	November 3, 1928	Raleigh, NC	Tie	6–6
23	November 2, 1929	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	32–0
24	November 7, 1930	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	13–6
25	October 31, 1931	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	18–15
26	October 29, 1932	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	13–0
27	November 4, 1933	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	6–0
28	October 27, 1934	Chapel Hill, NC	Tie	7–7
29	November 2, 1935	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	35–6
30	October 31, 1936	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	21–6
31	October 2, 1937	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	20–0
32	October 31, 1938	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	21–0
33	November 4, 1939	Chapel Hill, NC	#9 North Carolina	17–0
34	October 19, 1940	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	13–7
35	November 1, 1941	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	13–7
36	October 31, 1942	Raleigh, NC	NC State	21–14
37	October 30, 1943	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	27–13
38	November 8, 1947	Chapel Hill, NC	#18 North Carolina	41–6
39	October 16, 1948	Chapel Hill, NC	#1 North Carolina	14–0
40	September 24, 1949	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	26–6
41	September 23, 1950	Chapel Hill, NC	#20 North Carolina	13–7
42	September 22, 1951	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	21–0
43	September 26, 1953	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	29–7
44	September 25, 1954	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	20–6
45	October 1, 1955	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	25–18
46	September 22, 1956	Chapel Hill NC	NC State	26–6
47	September 21, 1957	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	7–0
48	September 20, 1958	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	21–14
49	October 3, 1959	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	20–12
50	September 24, 1960	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	3–0
51	September 30, 1961	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	27–22
52	September 22, 1962	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	7–6
53	October 19, 1963	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	31–10
54	September 19, 1964	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	14–13
55	October 9, 1965	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	10–7
56	September 24, 1966	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	10–7
57	September 16, 1967	Raleigh, NC	NC State	13–7

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
58	September 21, 1968	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	38–6
59	September 20, 1969	Raleigh, NC	NC State	10–3
60	September 19, 1970	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	19–0
61	October 2, 1971	Raleigh, NC	#20 North Carolina	27–7
62	September 23, 1972	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	34–33
63	October 6, 1973	Raleigh, NC	NC State	28–26
64	October 19, 1974	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	33–14
65	October 18, 1975	Raleigh, NC	NC State	21–20
66	October 16, 1976	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	21–13
67	October 15, 1977	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	27–14
68	October 21, 1978	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	34–7
69	October 20, 1979	Raleigh, NC	#19 North Carolina	35–21
70	October 18, 1980	Chapel Hill, NC	#8 North Carolina	28–8
71	October 17, 1981	Raleigh, NC	#4 North Carolina	21–10
72	October 16, 1982	Chapel Hill, NC	#11 North Carolina	41–9
73	October 15, 1983	Raleigh, NC	#3 North Carolina	42–14
74	October 20, 1984	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	28–21
75	October 19, 1985	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	21–14
76	October 18, 1986	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	35–34
77	October 17, 1987	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	17–14
78	October 15, 1988	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	48–3
79	September 23, 1989	Raleigh, NC	#18 NC State	40–6
80	September 29, 1990	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	12–9
81	September 28, 1991	Raleigh, NC	NC State	24–7
82	September 26, 1992	Chapel Hill, NC	#23 NC State	27–20
83	September 25, 1993	Raleigh, NC	#18 North Carolina	35–14
84	October 29, 1994	Chapel Hill, NC	#24 North Carolina	31–17
85	November 24, 1995	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	30–28
86	November 2, 1996	Chapel Hill, NC	#8 North Carolina	52–20
87	October 18, 1997	Raleigh, NC	#4 North Carolina	20–7
88	November 28, 1998	Charlotte, NC	North Carolina	37–34^OT
89	November 11, 1999	Charlotte, NC	North Carolina	10–6
90	October 14, 2000	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	38–20
91	September 29, 2001	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	17–9
92	October 12, 2002	Chapel Hill, NC	#14 NC State	34–17
93	September 27, 2003	Raleigh, NC	NC State	47–34
94	October 9, 2004	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	30–24
95	September 24, 2005	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	31–24
96	November 18, 2006	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	23–9
97	November 10, 2007	Raleigh, NC	NC State	31–27
98	November 22, 2008	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	41–10
99	November 28, 2009	Raleigh, NC	NC State	28–27
100	November 20, 2010	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	29–25
101	November 5, 2011	Raleigh, NC	NC State	13–0
102	October 27, 2012	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	43–35
103	November 2, 2013	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	27–19
104	November 29, 2014	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	35–7
105	November 28, 2015	Raleigh, NC	#14 North Carolina	45–34
106	November 25, 2016	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	28–21
107	November 25, 2017	Raleigh, NC	NC State	33–21
108	November 24, 2018	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	34–28^OT
109	November 30, 2019	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	41–10
110	October 24, 2020	Chapel Hill, NC	#14 North Carolina	48–21
111	November 26, 2021	Raleigh, NC	#20 NC State	34–30
112	November 25, 2022	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	30–27^2OT
113	November 25, 2023	Raleigh, NC	#22 NC State	39–20
Series: North Carolina leads 68–39–6^[1]

References

1 2 "Winsipedia - North Carolina Tar Heels vs. North Carolina State Wolfpack football series history". Winsipedia.
↑ "NC State hosts UNC looking to move on from crushing loss". USA Today. AP. November 24, 2017. 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.
↑ "UNC, NC State renew rivalry with eyes on even bigger goals". Sports Illustrated. AP. November 24, 2016. 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.
↑ Armstrong, Mark (November 24, 2017). "Armstrong: The 5 biggest NC State-UNC football rivalry moments (since I've been here)". Abc11 Raleigh-Durham. WTVD.
↑ "ESPN - Breaking down ACC football's matchups through 2030". ESPN.
↑ https://goheels.com/news/2014/1/22/209383441
↑ "North Carolina – N.C. State: the rivalry America doesn't care about - FanRag Sports". www.fanragsports.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
↑ "North Carolina State Game by Game against Opponents". cfbdatawarehouse.com. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
↑ "Dave Doeren College Coaching Records, Awards and Leaderboards".

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[series-1] 1 2 "Winsipedia - North Carolina Tar Heels vs. North Carolina State Wolfpack football series history". Winsipedia.

[2] "NC State hosts UNC looking to move on from crushing loss". USA Today. AP. November 24, 2017. 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.

[3] "UNC, NC State renew rivalry with eyes on even bigger goals". Sports Illustrated. AP. November 24, 2016. 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.

[4] Armstrong, Mark (November 24, 2017). "Armstrong: The 5 biggest NC State-UNC football rivalry moments (since I've been here)". Abc11 Raleigh-Durham. WTVD.

[5] "ESPN - Breaking down ACC football's matchups through 2030". ESPN.

[6] ttps://goheels.com/news/2014/1/22/209383441

[7] "North Carolina – N.C. State: the rivalry America doesn't care about - FanRag Sports". www.fanragsports.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.

[8] "North Carolina State Game by Game against Opponents". cfbdatawarehouse.com. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2018.

[9] "Dave Doeren College Coaching Records, Awards and Leaderboards".

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North Carolina Tar Heels football
Venues	Emerson Field (1916–1926) Kenan Memorial Stadium (1927–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Duke: Victory Bell NC State South Carolina Virginia: South's Oldest Rivalry Wake Forest
Culture & lore	First forward pass Rameses The Marching Tar Heels 2010 football scandal 2011 academic-athletic scandal
People	Head coaches All-Americans NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

NC State Wolfpack football
Venues	Riddick Stadium (1907–1965) Carter–Finley Stadium (1966–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Clemson: Textile Bowl East Carolina North Carolina Wake Forest
Culture & lore	Mr. Wuf "Fight Song" Norris Cup The Power Sound of the South
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Atlantic Coast Conference rivalries
Conference	O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy (Boston College–Clemson) Boston College–Syracuse Boston College–Virginia Tech Clemson–Florida State Clemson–Georgia Tech Textile Bowl (Clemson–NC State) Tobacco Road (Duke–North Carolina–NC State–Wake Forest) Duke–North Carolina basketball/overall (lacrosse) Victory Bell (Duke–North Carolina football) Duke–NC State Duke–Wake Forest Florida State–Miami Jefferson-Eppes Trophy (Florida State–Virginia) Georgia Tech–Virginia Tech Miami–Virginia Tech North Carolina–NC State overall (football) South's Oldest Rivalry (North Carolina–Virginia) North Carolina–Wake Forest NC State–Wake Forest Pittsburgh–Syracuse Syracuse–Virginia Virginia–Virginia Tech (overall, football, and men's basketball)
Non-conference	Alabama–Clemson Alabama–Georgia Tech Auburn–Clemson Auburn–Georgia Tech Boston College–Holy Cross Green Line Rivalry (Boston College–Boston U) Commonwealth Classic (Boston College–UMass basketball) Boston College–UMass Cincinnati–Louisville (overall) The Keg of Nails (Cincinnati–Louisville football) Clemson–Georgia Clemson–South Carolina Colgate–Syracuse Cornell–Syracuse (lacrosse) Duke–Maryland (men's basketball) City Game (Duquesne–Pittsburgh) East Carolina–NC State Florida–Florida State (football) Florida–Florida State (men's basketball) Florida–Florida State (baseball) Florida–Miami (football) Florida–Miami (baseball) Florida Cup (Florida–Florida State–Miami) Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate (Georgia–Georgia Tech) Georgia Tech–Tennessee Georgia Tech–Vanderbilt Hobart–Syracuse (lacrosse) Indiana–Notre Dame (men's soccer) Johns Hopkins–Syracuse (lacrosse) Johns Hopkins–Virginia (lacrosse) Kentucky–Louisville overall Governor's Cup (Kentucky–Louisville football) Kentucky–North Carolina (men's basketball) Louisville–Memphis Maryland–Virginia (football) Maryland–Virginia (lacrosse) Maryland–Virginia (men's soccer) Miami–Nebraska North Carolina–South Carolina Notre Dame–UCLA (men's basketball) Notre Dame–UConn (women's basketball) Penn State–Pittsburgh Penn State–Syracuse Old Ironsides (Penn State–Pittsburgh–West Virginia) Backyard Brawl (Pittsburgh–West Virginia) Syracuse–UConn (overall) Syracuse–West Virginia VMI–Virginia Tech Virginia Tech–West Virginia
Notre Dame football rivalries	Boston College–Notre Dame Florida State–Notre Dame Georgia Tech–Notre Dame North Carolina–Notre Dame Miami–Notre Dame Notre Dame–Pittsburgh

ACC era

Game results

See also

References