Carolina football

College Football Previews: Important games across the board for NC schools

October 17, 2018 Cory Lavalette

North Carolina at Syracuse Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y. | Saturday, 12:20 p.m. | Raycom Preview: The Tar Heels (1-4, 1-2) played one of their best games in two years only to lose in the final […]

Tar Heels’ QB situation complicated by Surratt injury

October 10, 2018 Brett Friedlander

CHAPEL HILL — The only thing worse than a quarterback controversy is a quarterback problem. And North Carolina has a big one of those on its hands right now. It’s bad enough that both neither […]

Postponed game gives brief respite for Fedora, reeling Tar Heels

September 12, 2018 Shawn Krest

CHAPEL HILL — It’s hard to imagine a team needing a week off more than Larry Fedora and UNC. While an approaching hurricane is hardly a reason to heave a sigh of relief, the reeling […]

Games moved, postponed ahead of Florence

September 12, 2018 Brett Friedlander

What promised to be one of the better college football weekends in North Carolina this season, with a battle between potential Heisman Trophy candidate quarterbacks scheduled for Raleigh and a visit to Chapel Hill by […]

ECU gives Tar Heels a beatdown to ‘remember’

September 8, 2018 Brett Friedlander

GREENVILLE — Earlier in the week, coach Larry Fedora stated that he couldn’t remember what happened the last time he brought his North Carolina football team to Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium to play East Carolina. So the […]

UNC-ECU clash pits desperate teams, coaches

September 5, 2018 Brett Friedlander

When the Tar Heels visit Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium to play East Carolina on Saturday, it won’t just be a football game between in-state rivals looking to bounce back from disappointing opening-week losses. It could also turn […]

Turnovers too much for Tar Heels to overcome at Cal

September 1, 2018 Cory Lavalette

BERKELEY, Calif. — Rotating three quarterbacks had mixed results for California in its season-opening win over North Carolina. The Golden Bears defense that forced four interceptions and only allowed a field goal through three quarters […]

Cross-country trip awaits Tar Heels

August 29, 2018 Brett Friedlander

CHAPEL HILL — In the estimation of coach Larry Fedora, the North Carolina football team has come a long way since the start of preseason camp less than a month ago. But that’s not nearly […]

Suspensions a misstep UNC hopes it can overcome

August 8, 2018 Brett Friedlander

CHAPEL HILL — The other shoe dropped on the North Carolina football program Monday. Literally. With the suspension of 13 players for their part in selling school-issued athletic shoes, including quarterback Chazz Surratt and both […]

Several NC players named to All-ACC preseason team

July 25, 2018 Brett Friedlander

NC State, Wake Forest and Duke placed two players each on the preseason All-ACC team while North Carolina got one selection in voting among media attending the league’s annual Football Kickoff event in Charlotte last […]