Rare Ranked Matchup For Carolina And State

Saturday, October 24

Chapel Hill, N.C.

Noon

North Carolina

NC State

Photo by: Ken Lanese

October 22, 2020 | Football

By: Mark Kimmel

No. 14 North Carolina vs. No. 23 NC State
Chapel Hill, N.C. • Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020 • Noon
Kenan Stadium • ESPN

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Series vs. NC State: NC leads 67-36-6
Series Streak: NC won last game
Last Meeting: 2019 (W, 41-10)
Last UNC Win: 2019 (W, 41-10)

NORTH CAROLINA
Record: 3-1 (3-1 ACC)
Conference: ACC
Head Coach: Mack Brown (Florida State '74)
Brown's Overall Record: 254-129-1, 32nd year
Brown's Record at UNC: 79-53-1, 12th year

NC STATE
Record: 4-1 (4-1 ACC)
Conference: ACC
Head Coach: Dave Doeren (Drake, '94)
Overall Record: 74-47, 10th year
Record at NC State: 51-43, 8th year

BROADCAST INFORMATION
Kickoff: Noon ET
ESPN: Dave Pasch, play-by-play; Mike Golic, analyst; Marty Smith, sideline
Tar Heel Sports Network: Jones Angell, play-by-play; Brian Simmons, analyst; Lee Pace, sideline
Satellite Radio: Sirius 81, XM 81, Internet 81
Website: A live radio broadcast of the Tar Heel Sports Network is available on UNC's official athletic website, GoHeels.com, as well as through the TuneIn app.

GAME PREVIEW
• Carolina and NC State square up on the football field for the 110th time on Saturday, Oct. 24 at noon from Kenan Stadium.
• Saturday marks just the third occurrence that both teams are ranked nationally in a head-to-head meeting, and this week will be the first game played in Chapel Hill. The first contest was in 1979, a 35-21 win for No. 19 UNC over 15th ranked NC State.
• The other affair on Sept. 25, 1993 went in favor of No. 18 UNC over No. 19 NC State, 35-14.
• This game has been played on the final weekend of the regular season each of the last six seasons going back to 2014. Oct. 24 is the earliest meeting between the two schools since a Sept. 24, 2005 matchup that went in favor of the Tar Heels, 31-24, in Raleigh.

TAR HEELS AND WOLFPACK
• North Carolina snapped a three-game losing streak against NC State with a convincing 41-10 victory in Raleigh last November. The win marked the largest margin of victory ever for the Tar Heels in Raleigh, and the largest against the Pack since a 52-20 victory in Chapel Hill in 1996.
• The road team has captured six of the last seven meetings.
• The Carolina-NC State series is the fourth-most played in ACC history. Carolina is part of four of the five most-played series in ACC history.

CAROLINA IN THE POLLS
• Carolina is ranked No. 14 in the Associated Press poll this week. The Tar Heels sit at No. 13 in the Amway Coaches Poll.

BROWN VS. NC STATE
• Mack Brown improved to 6-7 all-time (6-5 at UNC) against the Wolfpack with the 41-10 win in Raleigh in 2019.
• Brown lost his first five meetings against NCSU between 1987-92, but won five in a row from 1993-97 before leaving for Texas.
• As head coach at App State in 1983, he lost 33-7 to the Pack, and Brown's 1999 Texas squad lost the season opener to NC State, 23-20, in Austin.

UP NEXT
• Carolina takes a trip over the state line to visit Virginia on October 31 in the 125th edition of the South's Oldest Rivalry.