North Carolina–NC State football rivalry

North Carolina–NC State football rivalry

First contested	October 12, 1894 UNC 44, NCSU 0
Number of meetings	101
Most recent meeting	November 5, 2011 NCSU 13, UNC 0
Next meeting	2012
All-time series	UNC leads 63–32–6
Largest victory	45 points NCSU 48, UNC 3 October 15, 1988

The North Carolina–NC State football rivalry is an American college football rivalry game played annually by the North Carolina Tar Heels football team of the University of North Carolina and the NC State Wolfpack football team of North Carolina State University. Both universities are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Although they are not in the same division of the ACC, the schools are permanent cross-division opponents. North Carolina holds a 63–32–6 overall lead in the series, although NC State has won the five most recent games.

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 the game 44–0, the first of six straight victories for Carolina to open the series with NC State. The Wolfpack tied Carolina four times between 1899 and 1905 before the series went on a fourteen year hiatus, with 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 Carolina and Duke.

The two rivals met again on October 23, 1919, and Carolina narrowly escaped with a one point victory. On October 21, 1920 in Raleigh, NC, 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 Carolina than his predecessors. When Edwards was hired, NC State played in Riddick Stadium, which held half as many people as 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 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 13–13, but beginning in 1979, Carolina went go on a seven game winning streak. During this time, 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, 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, who was 4–0 versus previous Carolina coach Butch Davis and is 5-0 (and counting) overall. The series record in the ACC currently stands at 32–27 in favor of North Carolina.

Game results

North Carolina victories are shaded ██ blue. NC State victories are shaded ██ red. Ties are shaded ██ gray.

#	Date	Site	Winning team		Losing team		Series	ACC Era
1	October 12, 1894	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	44	NC State	0	UNC 1–0–0
2	October 20, 1894	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	16	NC State	0	UNC 2–0–0
3	October 12, 1895	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	36	NC State	0	UNC 3–0–0
4	October 2, 1897	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	40	NC State	0	UNC 4–0–0
5	October 15, 1898	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	34	NC State	0	UNC 5–0–0
6	October 7, 1899	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	34	NC State	0	UNC 6–0–0
7	October 28, 1899	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	11	NC State	11	UNC 6–0–1
8	October 16, 1901	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	39	NC State	0	UNC 7–0–1
9	November 19, 1901	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	30	NC State	0	UNC 8–0–1
10	November 8, 1902	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	0	NC State	0	UNC 8–0–2
11	November 16, 1904	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	6	NC State	6	UNC 8–0–3
12	November 12, 1905	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	0	NC State	0	UNC 8–0–4
13	October 23, 1919	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	13	NC State	12	UNC 9–0–4
14	October 21, 1920	Raleigh, NC	NC State	13	North Carolina	3	UNC 9–1–4
15	October 20, 1921	Raleigh, NC	NC State	7	North Carolina	0	UNC 9–2–4
16	October 19, 1922	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	14	NC State	9	UNC 10–2–4
17	October 18, 1923	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	14	NC State	0	UNC 11–2–4
18	October 16, 1924	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	10	NC State	0	UNC 12–2–4
19	October 15, 1925	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	17	NC State	6	UNC 13–2–4
20	October 30, 1926	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	12	NC State	0	UNC 14–2–4
21	October 29, 1927	Raleigh, NC	NC State	19	North Carolina	6	UNC 14–3–4
22	November 3, 1928	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	6	NC State	6	UNC 14–3–5
23	November 2, 1929	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	32	NC State	0	UNC 15–3–5
24	November 7, 1930	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	13	NC State	6	UNC 16–3–5
25	October 31, 1931	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	18	NC State	15	UNC 17–3–5
26	October 29, 1932	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	13	NC State	0	UNC 18–3–5
27	November 4, 1933	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	6	NC State	0	UNC 19–3–5
28	October 27, 1934	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	7	NC State	7	UNC 19–3–6
29	November 2, 1935	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	35	NC State	6	UNC 20–3–6
30	October 31, 1936	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	21	NC State	6	UNC 21–3–6
31	October 2, 1937	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	20	NC State	0	UNC 22–3–6
32	October 31, 1938	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	21	NC State	0	UNC 23–3–6
33	November 4, 1939	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	17	NC State	0	UNC 24–3–6
34	October 19, 1940	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	13	NC State	7	UNC 25–3–6
35	November 1, 1941	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	13	North Carolina	7	UNC 25–4–6
36	October 31, 1942	Raleigh, NC	NC State	21	North Carolina	14	UNC 25–5–6
37	October 30, 1943	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	27	NC State	13	UNC 26–5–6
38	November 8, 1947	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	41	NC State	6	UNC 27–5–6
39	October 16, 1948	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	14	NC State	0	UNC 28–5–6
40	September 24, 1949	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	26	NC State	6	UNC 29–5–6
41	September 23, 1950	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	13	NC State	7	UNC 30–5–6
42	September 22, 1951	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	21	NC State	0	UNC 31–5–6
43	September 26, 1953	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	29	NC State	7	UNC 32–5–6	UNC 1–0–0
44	September 25, 1954	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	20	NC State	6	UNC 33–5–6	UNC 2–0–0
45	October 1, 1955	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	25	NC State	18	UNC 34–5–6	UNC 3–0–0
46	September 22, 1956	Chapel Hill NC	NC State	26	North Carolina	6	UNC 34–6–6	UNC 3–1–0
47	September 21, 1957	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	7	North Carolina	0	UNC 34–7–6	UNC 3–2–0
48	September 20, 1958	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	21	North Carolina	14	UNC 34–8–6	3–3–0
49	October 3, 1959	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	20	NC State	12	UNC 35–8–6	UNC 4–3–0
50	September 24, 1960	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	3	North Carolina	0	UNC 35–9–6	4–4–0
51	September 30, 1961	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	27	NC State	22	UNC 36–9–6	UNC 5–4–0
52	September 22, 1962	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	7	North Carolina	6	UNC 36–10–6	5–5–0
53	October 19, 1963	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	31	NC State	10	UNC 37–10–6	UNC 6–5–0
54	September 19, 1964	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	14	North Carolina	13	UNC 37–11–6	6–6–0
55	October 9, 1965	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	10	NC State	7	UNC 38–11–6	UNC 7–6–0
56	September 24, 1966	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	10	NC State	7	UNC 39–11–6	UNC 8–6–0
57	September 16, 1967	Raleigh, NC	NC State	13	North Carolina	7	UNC 39–12–6	UNC 8–7–0
58	September 21, 1968	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	38	North Carolina	6	UNC 39–13–6	8–8–0
59	September 20, 1969	Raleigh, NC	NC State	10	North Carolina	3	UNC 39–14–6	NCSU 9–8–0
60	September 19, 1970	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	19	NC State	0	UNC 40–14–6	9–9–0
61	October 2, 1971	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	27	NC State	7	UNC 41–14–6	UNC 10–9–0
62	September 23, 1972	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	34	NC State	33	UNC 42–14–6	UNC 11–9–0
63	October 6, 1973	Raleigh, NC	NC State	28	North Carolina	26	UNC 42–15–6	UNC 11–10–0
64	October 19, 1974	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	33	NC State	14	UNC 43–15–6	UNC 12–10–0
65	October 18, 1975	Raleigh, NC	NC State	21	North Carolina	20	UNC 43–16–6	UNC 12–11–0
66	October 16, 1976	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	21	North Carolina	13	UNC 43–17–6	12–12–0
67	October 15, 1977	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	27	NC State	14	UNC 44–17–6	UNC 13–12–0
68	October 21, 1978	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	34	North Carolina	7	UNC 44–18–6	13–13–0
69	October 20, 1979	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	35	NC State	21	UNC 45–18–6	UNC 14–13–0
70	October 18, 1980	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	28	NC State	8	UNC 46–18–6	UNC 15–13–0
71	October 17, 1981	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	21	NC State	10	UNC 47–18–6	UNC 16–13–0
72	October 16, 1982	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	41	NC State	9	UNC 48–18–6	UNC 17–13–0
73	October 15, 1983	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	42	NC State	14	UNC 49–18–6	UNC 18–13–0
74	October 20, 1984	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	28	NC State	21	UNC 50–18–6	UNC 19–13–0
75	October 19, 1985	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	21	NC State	14	UNC 51–18–6	UNC 20–13–0
76	October 18, 1986	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	35	North Carolina	34	UNC 51–19–6	UNC 20–14–0
77	October 17, 1987	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	17	NC State	14	UNC 52–19–6	UNC 21–14–0
78	October 15, 1988	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	48	North Carolina	3	UNC 52–20–6	UNC 21–15–0
79	September 23, 1989	Raleigh, NC	NC State	40	North Carolina	6	UNC 52–21–6	UNC 21–16–0
80	September 29, 1990	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	12	North Carolina	9	UNC 52–22–6	UNC 21–17–0
81	September 28, 1991	Raleigh, NC	NC State	24	North Carolina	7	UNC 52–23–6	UNC 21–18–0
82	September 26, 1992	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	27	North Carolina	20	UNC 52–24–6	UNC 21–19–0
83	September 25, 1993	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	35	NC State	14	UNC 53–24–6	UNC 22–19–0
84	October 29, 1994	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	31	NC State	17	UNC 54–24–6	UNC 23–19–0
85	November 24, 1995	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	30	NC State	28	UNC 55–24–6	UNC 24–19–0
86	November 2, 1996	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	52	NC State	20	UNC 56–24–6	UNC 25–19–0
87	October 18, 1997	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	20	NC State	7	UNC 57–24–6	UNC 26–19–0
88	November 28, 1998	Charlotte, NC	North Carolina	37	NC State	34	UNC 58–24–6	UNC 27–19–0
89	November 11, 1999	Charlotte, NC	North Carolina	10	NC State	6	UNC 59–24–6	UNC 28–19–0
90	October 14, 2000	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	38	North Carolina	20	UNC 59–25–6	UNC 28–20–0
91	September 29, 2001	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	17	NC State	9	UNC 60–25–6	UNC 29–20–0
92	October 12, 2002	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	34	North Carolina	17	UNC 60–26–6	UNC 29–21–0
93	September 27, 2003	Raleigh, NC	NC State	47	North Carolina	34	UNC 60–27–6	UNC 29–22–0
94	October 9, 2004	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	30	NC State	24	UNC 61–27–6	UNC 30–22–0
95	September 24, 2005	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina	31	NC State	24	UNC 62–27–6	UNC 31–22–0
96	November 18, 2006	Chapel Hill, NC	North Carolina	23	NC State	9	UNC 63–27–6	UNC 32–22–0
97	November 10, 2007	Raleigh, NC	NC State	31	North Carolina	27	UNC 63–28–6	UNC 32–23–0
98	November 22, 2008	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	41	North Carolina	10	UNC 63–29–6	UNC 32–24–0
99	November 28, 2009	Raleigh, NC	NC State	28	North Carolina	27	UNC 63–30–6	UNC 32–25–0
100	November 20, 2010	Chapel Hill, NC	NC State	29	North Carolina	25	UNC 63–31–6	UNC 32–26–0
101	November 5, 2011	Raleigh, NC	NC State	13	North Carolina	0	UNC 63–32–6	UNC 32–27–0

Source: College Football Data Warehouse.

See also

• North Carolina–NC State rivalry
• List of NCAA college football rivalry games