North Carolina–NC State football rivalry
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First Meeting | October 12, 1894 |
Last Meeting | November 28, 2015 |
Meetings | 105 |
Series | North Carolina leads, 66–33–6 |
Current Streak | North Carolina, 1 |
The North Carolina–NC State football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the North Carolina Tar Heels football team of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and NC State Wolfpack football team of North Carolina State University. Both universities are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and are permanent cross-division opponents. North Carolina leads the series 66–33–6, with North Carolina winning the most recent contest.
Pre–ACC era
The first game between North Carolina and NC State occurred October 12, 1894 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The Tar Heels won 44–0, the first of six straight victories for North Carolina to open the series with NC State. The Wolfpack tied North Carolina four times between 1899 and 1905 before the series went on a fourteen-year hiatus, with North Carolina leading 8–0–4. Following a 0–0 tie on November 8, 1902, the student body of Duke University sent NC State a congratulatory telegram, showing the significance of another intense regional rivalry between Duke and North Carolina.[1]
The two rivals met again on October 23, 1919, and North Carolina narrowly escaped with a one point victory. On October 21, 1920 in Raleigh, North Carolina, which was the fourteenth meeting between the schools, the Wolfpack won for the first time. NC State backed up the win with another victory the following season. The Tar Heels dominated the pre–ACC series with a 31–5–6 record.
ACC era
North Carolina and NC State were both charter members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, which played its first season in 1953. Since that year, the rivalry has been played every season without a break. NC State hired Earle Edwards as head coach in 1954, and he was able to have considerable more success against North Carolina than his predecessors. When Edwards was hired, NC State played in Riddick Stadium, which held half as many people as North Carolina’s Kenan Memorial Stadium. Due to this fact, Edwards opted to play home games versus the Tar Heels in Chapel Hill from 1956 to 1964. Despite playing on the road during those years, Edwards amassed a 6–3 record against North Carolina during that time period and a 9–8 record during his career as head coach of the Wolfpack, making him the winningest NC State coach against the Tar Heels.
In the first 26 seasons of the ACC, the series record was tied at 13, but beginning in 1979, North Carolina went on a seven-game winning streak. During this time, North Carolina head coach Dick Crum amassed an 8–2 record against the Wolfpack. NC State hired Dick Sheridan as head coach prior to the 1986 season, and he went 6–1 against the Tar Heels. However, following Sheridan's retirement from coaching, North Carolina went on another seven-game winning streak, leaving NC State head coach Mike O'Cain winless against Tar Heels coaches Mack Brown and Carl Torbush. The 1998 and 1999 games were held at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, NC, with the Tar Heels victorious in both. During the 2000s, NC State went 6–4 in the series, including winning the last three games of the decade under Tom O'Brien. The series record in the ACC currently stands at 35–28 in favor of North Carolina.
Game results
North Carolina victories are shaded ██ blue. NC State victories are shaded ██ red. Ties are white.
# | Date | Site | Winning team | Losing team | Series | ||
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1 | October 12, 1894 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 44 | NC State | 0 | North Carolina 1–0 |
2 | October 20, 1894 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 16 | NC State | 0 | North Carolina 2–0 |
3 | October 12, 1895 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 36 | NC State | 0 | North Carolina 3–0 |
4 | October 2, 1897 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 40 | NC State | 0 | North Carolina 4–0 |
5 | October 15, 1898 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 34 | NC State | 0 | North Carolina 5–0 |
6 | October 7, 1899 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 34 | NC State | 0 | North Carolina 6–0 |
7 | October 28, 1899 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 11 | NC State | 11 | North Carolina 6–0–1 |
8 | October 16, 1901 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 39 | NC State | 0 | North Carolina 7–0–1 |
9 | November 19, 1901 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 30 | NC State | 0 | North Carolina 8–0–1 |
10 | November 8, 1902 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 0 | NC State | 0 | North Carolina 8–0–2 |
11 | November 16, 1904 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 6 | NC State | 6 | North Carolina 8–0–3 |
12 | November 12, 1905 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 0 | NC State | 0 | North Carolina 8–0–4 |
13 | October 23, 1919 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 13 | NC State | 12 | North Carolina 9–0–4 |
14 | October 21, 1920 | Raleigh, NC | NC State | 13 | North Carolina | 3 | North Carolina 9–1–4 |
15 | October 20, 1921 | Raleigh, NC | NC State | 7 | North Carolina | 0 | North Carolina 9–2–4 |
16 | October 19, 1922 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 14 | NC State | 9 | North Carolina 10–2–4 |
17 | October 18, 1923 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 14 | NC State | 0 | North Carolina 11–2–4 |
18 | October 16, 1924 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 10 | NC State | 0 | North Carolina 12–2–4 |
19 | October 15, 1925 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 17 | NC State | 6 | North Carolina 13–2–4 |
20 | October 30, 1926 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 12 | NC State | 0 | North Carolina 14–2–4 |
21 | October 29, 1927 | Raleigh, NC | NC State | 19 | North Carolina | 6 | North Carolina 14–3–4 |
22 | November 3, 1928 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 6 | NC State | 6 | North Carolina 14–3–5 |
23 | November 2, 1929 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 32 | NC State | 0 | North Carolina 15–3–5 |
24 | November 7, 1930 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 13 | NC State | 6 | North Carolina 16–3–5 |
25 | October 31, 1931 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 18 | NC State | 15 | North Carolina 17–3–5 |
26 | October 29, 1932 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 13 | NC State | 0 | North Carolina 18–3–5 |
27 | November 4, 1933 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 6 | NC State | 0 | North Carolina 19–3–5 |
28 | October 27, 1934 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 7 | NC State | 7 | North Carolina 19–3–6 |
29 | November 2, 1935 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 35 | NC State | 6 | North Carolina 20–3–6 |
30 | October 31, 1936 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 21 | NC State | 6 | North Carolina 21–3–6 |
31 | October 2, 1937 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 20 | NC State | 0 | North Carolina 22–3–6 |
32 | October 31, 1938 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 21 | NC State | 0 | North Carolina 23–3–6 |
33 | November 4, 1939 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 17 | NC State | 0 | North Carolina 24–3–6 |
34 | October 19, 1940 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 13 | NC State | 7 | North Carolina 25–3–6 |
35 | November 1, 1941 | Chapel Hill, NC | NC State | 13 | North Carolina | 7 | North Carolina 25–4–6 |
36 | October 31, 1942 | Raleigh, NC | NC State | 21 | North Carolina | 14 | North Carolina 25–5–6 |
37 | October 30, 1943 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 27 | NC State | 13 | North Carolina 26–5–6 |
38 | November 8, 1947 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 41 | NC State | 6 | North Carolina 27–5–6 |
39 | October 16, 1948 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 14 | NC State | 0 | North Carolina 28–5–6 |
40 | September 24, 1949 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 26 | NC State | 6 | North Carolina 29–5–6 |
41 | September 23, 1950 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 13 | NC State | 7 | North Carolina 30–5–6 |
42 | September 22, 1951 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 21 | NC State | 0 | North Carolina 31–5–6 |
43 | September 26, 1953 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 29 | NC State | 7 | North Carolina 32–5–6 |
44 | September 25, 1954 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 20 | NC State | 6 | North Carolina 33–5–6 |
45 | October 1, 1955 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 25 | NC State | 18 | North Carolina 34–5–6 |
46 | September 22, 1956 | Chapel Hill NC | NC State | 26 | North Carolina | 6 | North Carolina 34–6–6 |
47 | September 21, 1957 | Chapel Hill, NC | NC State | 7 | North Carolina | 0 | North Carolina 34–7–6 |
48 | September 20, 1958 | Chapel Hill, NC | NC State | 21 | North Carolina | 14 | North Carolina 34–8–6 |
49 | October 3, 1959 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 20 | NC State | 12 | North Carolina 35–8–6 |
50 | September 24, 1960 | Chapel Hill, NC | NC State | 3 | North Carolina | 0 | North Carolina 35–9–6 |
51 | September 30, 1961 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 27 | NC State | 22 | North Carolina 36–9–6 |
52 | September 22, 1962 | Chapel Hill, NC | NC State | 7 | North Carolina | 6 | North Carolina 36–10–6 |
53 | October 19, 1963 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 31 | NC State | 10 | North Carolina 37–10–6 |
54 | September 19, 1964 | Chapel Hill, NC | NC State | 14 | North Carolina | 13 | North Carolina 37–11–6 |
55 | October 9, 1965 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 10 | NC State | 7 | North Carolina 38–11–6 |
56 | September 24, 1966 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 10 | NC State | 7 | North Carolina 39–11–6 |
57 | September 16, 1967 | Raleigh, NC | NC State | 13 | North Carolina | 7 | North Carolina 39–12–6 |
58 | September 21, 1968 | Chapel Hill, NC | NC State | 38 | North Carolina | 6 | North Carolina 39–13–6 |
59 | September 20, 1969 | Raleigh, NC | NC State | 10 | North Carolina | 3 | North Carolina 39–14–6 |
60 | September 19, 1970 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 19 | NC State | 0 | North Carolina 40–14–6 |
61 | October 2, 1971 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 27 | NC State | 7 | North Carolina 41–14–6 |
62 | September 23, 1972 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 34 | NC State | 33 | North Carolina 42–14–6 |
63 | October 6, 1973 | Raleigh, NC | NC State | 28 | North Carolina | 26 | North Carolina 42–15–6 |
64 | October 19, 1974 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 33 | NC State | 14 | North Carolina 43–15–6 |
65 | October 18, 1975 | Raleigh, NC | NC State | 21 | North Carolina | 20 | North Carolina 43–16–6 |
66 | October 16, 1976 | Chapel Hill, NC | NC State | 21 | North Carolina | 13 | North Carolina 43–17–6 |
67 | October 15, 1977 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 27 | NC State | 14 | North Carolina 44–17–6 |
68 | October 21, 1978 | Chapel Hill, NC | NC State | 34 | North Carolina | 7 | North Carolina 44–18–6 |
69 | October 20, 1979 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 35 | NC State | 21 | North Carolina 45–18–6 |
70 | October 18, 1980 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 28 | NC State | 8 | North Carolina 46–18–6 |
71 | October 17, 1981 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 21 | NC State | 10 | North Carolina 47–18–6 |
72 | October 16, 1982 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 41 | NC State | 9 | North Carolina 48–18–6 |
73 | October 15, 1983 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 42 | NC State | 14 | North Carolina 49–18–6 |
74 | October 20, 1984 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 28 | NC State | 21 | North Carolina 50–18–6 |
75 | October 19, 1985 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 21 | NC State | 14 | North Carolina 51–18–6 |
76 | October 18, 1986 | Chapel Hill, NC | NC State | 35 | North Carolina | 34 | North Carolina 51–19–6 |
77 | October 17, 1987 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 17 | NC State | 14 | North Carolina 52–19–6 |
78 | October 15, 1988 | Chapel Hill, NC | NC State | 48 | North Carolina | 3 | North Carolina 52–20–6 |
79 | September 23, 1989 | Raleigh, NC | NC State | 40 | North Carolina | 6 | North Carolina 52–21–6 |
80 | September 29, 1990 | Chapel Hill, NC | NC State | 12 | North Carolina | 9 | North Carolina 52–22–6 |
81 | September 28, 1991 | Raleigh, NC | NC State | 24 | North Carolina | 7 | North Carolina 52–23–6 |
82 | September 26, 1992 | Chapel Hill, NC | NC State | 27 | North Carolina | 20 | North Carolina 52–24–6 |
83 | September 25, 1993 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 35 | NC State | 14 | North Carolina 53–24–6 |
84 | October 29, 1994 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 31 | NC State | 17 | North Carolina 54–24–6 |
85 | November 24, 1995 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 30 | NC State | 28 | North Carolina 55–24–6 |
86 | November 2, 1996 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 52 | NC State | 20 | North Carolina 56–24–6 |
87 | October 18, 1997 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 20 | NC State | 7 | North Carolina 57–24–6 |
88 | November 28, 1998 | Charlotte, NC | North Carolina | 37 | NC State | 34 | North Carolina 58–24–6 |
89 | November 11, 1999 | Charlotte, NC | North Carolina | 10 | NC State | 6 | North Carolina 59–24–6 |
90 | October 14, 2000 | Chapel Hill, NC | NC State | 38 | North Carolina | 20 | North Carolina 59–25–6 |
91 | September 29, 2001 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 17 | NC State | 9 | North Carolina 60–25–6 |
92 | October 12, 2002 | Chapel Hill, NC | #17 NC State | 34 | North Carolina | 17 | North Carolina 60–26–6 |
93 | September 27, 2003 | Raleigh, NC | NC State | 47 | North Carolina | 34 | North Carolina 60–27–6 |
94 | October 9, 2004 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 30 | #25 NC State | 24 | North Carolina 61–27–6 |
95 | September 24, 2005 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 31 | NC State | 24 | North Carolina 62–27–6 |
96 | November 18, 2006 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 23 | NC State | 9 | North Carolina 63–27–6 |
97 | November 10, 2007 | Raleigh, NC | NC State | 31 | North Carolina | 27 | North Carolina 63–28–6 |
98 | November 22, 2008 | Chapel Hill, NC | NC State | 41 | North Carolina | 10 | North Carolina 63–29–6 |
99 | November 28, 2009 | Raleigh, NC | NC State | 28 | #24 North Carolina | 27 | North Carolina 63–30–6 |
100 | November 20, 2010 | Chapel Hill, NC | NC State | 29 | North Carolina | 25 | North Carolina 63–31–6 |
101 | November 5, 2011 | Raleigh, NC | NC State | 13 | North Carolina | 0 | North Carolina 63–32–6 |
102 | October 27, 2012 | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina | 43 | NC State | 35 | North Carolina 64–32–6 |
103 | November 2, 2013 | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina | 27 | NC State | 19 | North Carolina 65–32–6 |
104 | November 29, 2014 | Chapel Hill, NC | NC State | 35 | North Carolina | 7 | North Carolina 65–33–6 |
105 | November 28, 2015 | Raleigh, NC | #11 North Carolina | 45 | NC State | 34 | North Carolina 66–33–6 |
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Source: College Football Data Warehouse.[2]
See also
- North Carolina–NC State rivalry
- List of NCAA college football rivalry games
- Most-played rivalries in NCAA Division I FBS
References
- ↑ [1] 2008 NC State Football Media Guide
- ↑ College Football Data Warehouse, North Carolina State vs North Carolina. Retrieved November 29, 2014.