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Preview: UNC Football prepares to face a surging Clemson team in Death Valley

By Grace Nugent | November 17

“This last month of the season, we're gonna see some really good defenses and this is another one of the best, if not the best,” Chip Lindsey said. ...

Tar Heels in the Pros: Howell, Downs and Williams making impact in NFL

By Hannah Smith | November 17

From leading the NFL in passing yards to completing diving catches on third and long, former North Carolina football standouts are making their mark at ...

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Satire: “I didn’t get a ticket to the Duke-UNC game and I’m OK”

By Hannah Kaufman | November 16

"To be fair, I did forget to enter the lottery. But that doesn’t matter. The lottery should’ve known how bad I wanted that ticket."

UNC football staff remembers the intensity, tender-heartedness of late head coach Carl Torbush

By Harry Crowther | November 14

“He was then who he always was,” Steinbacher said. “He was just this happy, fun loving, gregarious person who also had an amazing intensity, tenacity ...

Kicker Noah Burnette anchors UNC football's performance in double overtime win against Duke

By Gwen Peace | November 12

“I’m going to make sure that I find him fast and congratulate him on a great way to finish that game,” head coach Mack Brown said.

Drake Maye earns a likely 'fairytale ending' to Kenan career in double-overtime victory over Duke

By Shelby Swanson | November 12

“It’s a fairytale ending,” Drake Maye said. “And you can write about it.”

No. 24 UNC football beats Duke, 47-45, in double-overtime homecoming victory

By Gwen Peace | November 11

The No. 24 UNC football team (8-2, 4-2 ACC) bested Duke (6-4, 3-3 ACC), 47-45, Saturday night with a double overtime victory in its final home ...

Analysis: UNC football looks to control run game against Duke on Saturday

By Grace Nugent | November 10

“When the whistle is blown, when the lights cut on, when the clock starts, it ain’t no friends out there," UNC senior linebacker Cedric Gray ...

Omarion Hampton leads the Tar Heels to 59-7 win over Campbell with dominant performance

By Grace Nugent | November 5

“It’s a good honor and everything, I just know I have to keep pushing and keep getting better," Hampton said.

After defensive meltdown in Atlanta, UNC defense regains rhythm against Campbell

By Brendan Lunga | November 4

As the Tar Heels enter their final stretch of the season — which includes two rivalry games with Duke and N.C. State along with a trip to Death Valley ...

UNC football team gets back in win column with 59-7 thumping of Campbell

By Grace Nugent | November 4

Sophomore running back Omarion Hampton led the way on the ground with 144 rushing yards, while junior quarterback Drake Maye tallied four touchdowns and ...

UNC football looks to reset, fix defensive woes before upcoming Campbell game

By Grace Nugent | November 2

“We have to run fit better, especially when the tempo is fast and it's going pretty quick. And then we got to do a better job this late in the season,” ...

Defense falls apart in UNC football’s 46-42 loss to Georgia Tech

By Matthew Maynard | October 29

“I didn’t know what to say,” head coach Mack Brown said. “I’ve been doing this 35 years and I’ve never seen two quarters that bad, two quarters ...

'Just devastated’: UNC football left with unanswered questions following Georgia Tech loss

By Daniel Wei | October 29

“[We’re] just devastated,” quarterback Drake Maye said. “We work so hard, we love each other, we’re playing for each other — it’s all we ...

UNC football team drops second straight game to losing team in 46-42 defeat against Georgia Tech

By Daniel Wei | October 29

The North Carolina football team has now lost back-to-back games that it was heavily favored to win.

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Preview: UNC football team looks to avoid another trap-game against Georgia Tech

By Matthew Maynard | October 26

“I said this last week, and I’m gonna say it again this week: we cannot look at records,” Gray said. “That doesn’t mean anything."

UNC football fails to produce in trap-game loss against Virginia

By Emma Moon | October 22

“Virginia just happened to have us on a one-up,” senior jack Kaimon Rucker said after UNC lost in an unforeseen upset against UVA. “I feel like ...

Column: UNC’s loss to UVA shows it was never CFP-bound, but the season isn’t over yet

By Daniel Wei | October 22

The embarrassing home loss, which saw the Cavaliers outscore the 23.5-point favored Tar Heels, 17-3, in the final 20 minutes, all but confirmed that North ...

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No. 10 UNC football defeated by unranked UVA in first loss of season

By Daniel Wei | October 21

Virginia entered the matchup with the worst scoring offense and defense in the ACC, but neither statistic seemed to matter in this tightly contested bout. ...

Preview: Against a one-win Virginia team, UNC football must limit complacency, penalties

By Emma Moon | October 20

“A game like UVA, maybe a lesser opponent, we can’t get complacent,” senior linebacker Cedric Gray said. “Georgia Tech always had our numbers ...