UNC Kicks Off 2018 At Cal

CHAPEL HILL - Carolina opens its 2018 campaign with its first trip to the West Coast in 20 years when the Tar Heels take on Cal at Memorial Stadium Saturday at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT. UNC last played in the Golden State in 1998, a 37-34 loss at Stanford in week two of that season.

Carolina finished 3-9 in 2017, but finished the season with two wins in its final three games. Nathan Elliott took over as the starting quarterback following the 24-19 loss to Miami and led the Tar Heels to wins over Pitt and Western Carolina in November. The junior, who redshirted as a freshman and served as the backup to Mitch Trubisky in 2016, is in his fourth season at UNC and finished the 2017 season with a team-high 10 touchdown passes.

Saturday's game will be broadcast nationally on FOX.

AT A GLANCE
Records: North Carolina 0-0 (0-0 ACC), Cal (0-0, 0-0 Pac-12)
Rankings: Both teams are unranked.
TV: FOX. Brian Custer (play-by-play), Ben Leber (analyst) have the call.
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network (click to listen), a division of Learfield Communications. Jones Angell (play-by-play), Brian Simmons (analyst) and Lee Pace (sideline) have the call.
On The Web: GoHeels.com | UNC Notes (PDF) | Cal Notes
Twitter: @TarHeelFootball, @CoachFedora | @CalFootball

CAROLINA-CAL SERIES NOTES
• Despite both programs having sponsored football since the late 19th century, Carolina and Cal had
never met on the gridiron prior to last fall.
• Cal came to Chapel Hill to open the 2017 season and won a tight 35-30 ballgame at Kenan Stadium.
Carolina led 17-14 at halftime at 24-21 after three quarters, but the Bears scored two touchdowns in the
final 15 minutes to take the victory.
• UNC is 5-7 all-time against current members of the Pac-12, with wins over Arizona State (2002),
Southern Cal (1958, 1993), Stanford (1997) and Utah (2005).

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Players Mentioned

Nathan Elliott

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