2018 Carolina Football Schedule Released

CHAPEL HILL --- A pair of rivalry games in November and six total home contests highlight the 2018 North Carolina football schedule as released by the Atlantic Coast Conference Wednesday. The Tar Heels close the season with a trip to Duke on Nov. 10 before games against Western Carolina and NC State at Kenan Stadium.

Carolina opens the 2018 campaign with a pair of non-conference road contests, a first for the Tar Heels under seventh-year head coach Larry Fedora. UNC will travel to Berkeley, California, to take on Cal on Sept. 1 before a visit to Greenville to take on East Carolina on Sept. 8. Carolina opened the 2016 season with a neutral-site game against Georgia in Atlanta before a road win at Illinois.

The Tar Heels host UCF on Sept. 15 in the home opener before kicking off league play in Chapel Hill against Pitt on Sept. 22.

Carolina will play a Thursday night game for the eighth consecutive season when the Tar Heels travel to south Florida to face Miami on Sept. 27. UNC is 9-8 all-time on Thursday nights, with a 34-31 win at Pitt last November in its most recent primetime appearance.

After an open week, the Tar Heels will host Virginia Tech on Oct. 13 before another set of back-to-back road games. On Oct. 20, Carolina will visit Syracuse for the first ACC meeting between the two schools, which have not faced off on the gridiron since 2003. In four all-time meetings, the road team has won all four contests - Syracuse won in Chapel Hill in 1995 and 2003 while the Tar Heels were victorious in the Carrier Dome in 1996 and 2002.

UNC and Virginia will face off in the 123rd edition of the South's Oldest Rivalry in Charlottesville on Oct. 27. The Tar Heels have won four straight at Scott Stadium since snapping a 14-game road losing streak to the Cavaliers in 2010.

Carolina will spend the entire month of November in the state of North Carolina, starting with a home game against Georgia Tech on Nov. 3. After the earliest Duke game in series history in 2017, the rivalry game returns to the season's final month in 2018 on Nov. 10 in Durham.

UNC will host Western Carolina in its final non-conference game for the second straight year. The Tar Heels' 65-10 win last season was the first meeting between the two schools.

For the fourth consecutive season, UNC will close out the regular season against NC State, with the Tar Heels hosting the Wolfpack for Senior Day on Nov. 24.

Fans can make deposits for 2018 season tickets by calling the UNC Ticket office at 919-962-2296 or visiting RaiseUpCarolina.com.

2018 University of North Carolina Football Schedule

Day          Date           Opponent                              Location

Sat.           Sept. 1        at Cal                                      Berkeley, Calif.

Sat.           Sept. 8        at East Carolina                     Greenville, N.C.

Sat.           Sept. 15     UCF                                         Chapel Hill

Sat.           Sept. 22     Pittsburgh*                            Chapel Hill

Thurs.      Sept. 27     at Miami*                               Miami Gardens, Fla.

Sat.           Oct. 6          OPEN

Sat.           Oct. 13       Virginia Tech*                        Chapel Hill

Sat.           Oct. 20       at Syracuse*                           Syracuse, N.Y.

Sat.           Oct. 27       at Virginia*                             Charlottesville, Va.

Sat.           Nov. 3         Georgia Tech*                        Chapel Hill

Sat.           Nov. 10      at Duke*                                 Durham, N.C.

Sat.           Nov. 17      Western Carolina                  Chapel Hill

Sat.           Nov. 24      NC State*                                Chapel Hill

*Atlantic Coast Conference game

Head Coach: Larry Fedora

Home games played at Kenan Stadium

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