| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 21 | 2:00 p.m. | NC State | | | L 0–7 | 39,000[2] | [3] |
| September 28 | 2:00 p.m. | Clemson | | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC
| W 26–0 | 16,000[4] | [5] |
| October 5 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 6Navy* | | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC
| W 13–7 | 25,000 | [6] |
| October 11 | 8:15 p.m. | atMiami (FL)* | No. 18 | | W 20–13 | 47,166 | [7] |
| October 19 | 2:15 p.m.[8] | atMaryland | No. 14 | | L 7–21 | 43,000[9] | [10] |
| October 26 | 2:00 p.m. | atWake Forest | | | W 14–7 | 15,000[11] | [12] |
| November 2 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 17Tennessee* | | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC
| L 0–35 | 34,000 | [13] |
| November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | South Carolina | | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
| W 28–6 | 22,000 | [14] |
| November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 11Duke | | | W 21–13 | 40,000 | [15] |
| November 30 | 2:00 p.m. | Virginia | | | L 13–20 | 15,000 | [16] |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are inEastern time
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