| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 25 | 2:00 p.m. | NC State | | W 20–6 | 22,000 | [2] |
| October 2 | 3:15 p.m. | atTulane* | | T 7–7 | 15,000 | [3] |
| October 9 | 2:00 p.m. | Georgia* | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC
| L 7–21 | 20,000 | [4] |
| October 16 | 2:00 p.m. | atMaryland | | L 0–33 | 26,000 | [5] |
| October 23 | 2:00 p.m. | Wake Forest | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
| W 14–7 | 24,000 | [6] |
| October 30 | 2:00 p.m. | atTennessee* | | L 20–26 | | [7] |
| November 6 | 2:00 p.m. | South Carolina | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
| W 21–19 | 22,000 | [8] |
| November 13 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 5Notre Dame* | | L 13–42 | 55,410 | [9] |
| November 20 | 2:00 p.m. | atVirginia | | W 26–14 | 15,000 | [10] |
| November 27 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 20Duke | | L 12–47 | 35,000 | [11] |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are inEastern time
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