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Football Heads To Charlotte To Meet Gamecocks In Opener
September 1, 2023 | Football
Who:
No. 21 North Carolina vs. South Carolina
Where:
Duke's Mayo Classic
Bank of America Stadium
Charlotte, North Carolina
Saturday, Sept. 2
7:30 p.m.
ESPN College Gameday – ABC
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The Lead: After an appearance in the ACC Championship game and Holiday bowl to end the 2022 season, the North Carolina Tar Heels will look to continue its early-season success under Mack Brown when it travels to Charlotte, North Carolina to face South Carolina in the Duke's Mayo Classic to kickoff the 2023 season.
Storylines:
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UNC's next victory will be Mack Brown's 100th victory as the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels.
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Mack Brown's next victory will be his 275th. Brown is currently eighth on the FBS all-time list as a head coach.
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Carolina is 11-3 under Mack Brown in season-openers.
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This is the 60th matchup between the Tar Heels and Gamecocks. UNC leads 35-20-4.
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UNC Offensive Coordinator Chip Lindsey makes his Tar Heel debut after spending last season as the OC at UCF.
From The Notes:
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 In Mack Brown's first game as the head coach of North Carolina in 1988, the Tar Heels lost to South Carolina, 31-10.Â
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 In Mack Brown's first game back as Carolina's head coach in 2019, the Tar Heels defeated the Gamecocks, 24-20.Â
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 UNC is 16-9-2 all-time when playing in Charlotte.
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 UNC's first win in Charlotte was a 32-5 victory over Virginia Tech in 1895. Its most recent win was in 2019 against South Carolina.Â
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 Since College Gameday hit the road in 1993, the Tar Heels have only been one of the host institutions 3 times, once in Chapel Hill, and twice at neutral-site kickoff games.Â
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 North Carolina is still searching for its first win when named one of the host schools for College Gameday.
Switching Sides:
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South Carolina has won four of the last five contests and seven of the last nine overall.
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A win would improve the Gamecocks to 41-13 in their last 54 contests against teams outside of the SEC.
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The Gamecocks defeated No. 5 Tennessee and No. 7 Clemson in the final two games of the 2022 regular season, the first time South Carolina has posted back-to-back wins over top-10 teams in school history.
