ACC Announces 2025 Football Schedule

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The first North Carolina football schedule under head coach Bill Belichick is officially here, as announced in its entirety by the Atlantic Coast Conference Monday night.

The 2025 schedule is highlighted by a Monday night home matchup against TCU to open things up on September 1, an ACC opener against defending conference champion Clemson on October 4 at Kenan Stadium, and additional home matchups against Richmond, Virginia, Stanford, and Duke.

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Following the opener, Carolina will travel over to Charlotte to take on the 49ers of the American Athletic Conference on Sept. 6. The Heels will then return home to host FCS opponent Richmond of the Coastal Athletic Association on Sept. 13.

The non-conference slate concludes on Sept. 20, when UNC travels to Orlando to take on UCF of the Big 12 Conference on Sept. 20. The Heels have an open week before beginning ACC play at home on Oct. 4 against Clemson.

Carolina is open again following the clash with the Tigers, before heading out west for its first conference contest against Cal. The matchup with the Golden Bears will take place either Thursday, Oct. 16 or Friday, Oct. 17, which will be determined at a later date.

The Heels and Virginia will connect on Oct. 25 in Kenan Stadium for the South's Oldest Rivalry, before Carolina heads north to Syracuse to take on the Orange on Oct. 31.

UNC will remain in the state of North Carolina for all of November. The Heels will welcome Stanford to Chapel Hill for the first time as a conference opponent for a Nov. 8 tilt at Kenan Stadium, before heading over to Winston-Salem on Nov. 15 to take on Wake Forest.

The final home game of the regular season will be against Duke, as the Blue Devils drive over for a Nov. 22 contest, and the regular season concludes the Saturday after Thanksgiving, as the Heels head over to Raleigh to take on NC State on Nov. 29.

The ACC Championship game is scheduled for Dec. 6 in Charlotte.

All-Time Series

UNC 3, TCU 0
- First Game – UNC 21, TCU 14 (Home, 1940)
- Last Game – UNC 31, TCU 10 (Away, 1997)
UNC 1, Charlotte 0
- Only Game – UNC 38, Charlotte 20 (Home, 2024)
UNC 12, Richmond 2
- First Game – UNC 40, Richmond 0 (Away, 1892)
- Last Game – Richmond 27, UNC 18 (Away, 1978)
UNC vs. UCF
- First Matchup
Clemson 40, UNC 19 (1 tie)
- First Game – UNC 28, Clemson 0 (Home, 1897)
- Last Game – Clemson 31, UNC 20 (Away, 2023)
Cal 2, UNC 0
- First Game – Cal 35, UNC 30 (Home, 2017)
- Last Game – Cal 24, UNC 17 (Away, 2018)
UNC 67, Virginia 58 (4 ties)
- First Game – Virginia 30, UNC 18 (Away, 1892)
- Last Game – UNC 41, Virginia 14 (Away, 2024)
UNC 4, Syracuse 3
- First Game – Syracuse 20, UNC 9 (Home, 1995)
- Last Game – UNC 40, Syracuse 7 (Home, 2023)
Stanford 2, UNC 1
- First Game – UNC 28, Stanford 17 (Home, 1997)
- Last Game – Stanford 25, UNC 23 (Neutral, 2016)
UNC 73, Wake Forest 36 (2 ties)
- First Game – Wake Forest 6, UNC 4 (Neutral, 1888)
- Last Game – UNC 31, Wake Forest 24 (Home, 2024)
UNC 66, Duke 41 (4 ties)
- First Game – Duke 16, UNC 0 (Neutral, 1888)
- Last Game – Duke 21, UNC 20 (Away, 2024)
UNC 68, NC State 40 (6 ties)
- First Game – UNC 44, NC State 0 (Home, 1894)
- Last Game – NC State 35, UNC 30 (Home, 2024)

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