University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina's Bowl History
November 24, 2004 | Football
Nov. 24, 2004
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The University of North Carolina has played in 24 postseason bowl games, including eight in the last 11 years heading into the 2003 season. The Tar Heels are 12-12 all-time in bowl games and are 6-2 since 1990.
UNC is second behind Clemson in bowl appearances among schools that were charter members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, and the Tar Heels have the most appearances of any charter school since the league was formed in 1953.
North Carolina won its fifth consecutive bowl game with a 16-10 victory in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in 2001. Carolina is the only team in the country to win its last five bowl games. Carolina won the 1995 Carquest Bowl (20-10 vs. Arkansas), the 1997 Gator Bowl (20-13 vs. West Virginia), the 1998 Gator Bowl (42-3 vs. Virginia Tech), the 1998 Las Vegas Bowl (20-13 vs. San Diego State) and the 2001 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (16-10 vs. Auburn).
Beginning with the Sugar Bowl in 1947, Carolina has played in 10 different bowl games. The Tar Heels are 5-2 in the Gator Bowl, 2-2 in the Sun, 1-0 in the Bluebonnet, 1-0 in the Carquest, 2-3 in the Peach, 0-1 in the Cotton, 0-1 in the Liberty, 0-1 in the Aloha and 0-2 in the Sugar.
