| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 16 | 1:30 p.m. | East Carolina* | | | W 14–10 | 51,150 | [2] |
| September 23 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 18Maryland | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC
| | L 20–21 | 48,000 | [3] |
| September 30 | 1:50 p.m. | at No. 9Pittsburgh* | | ABC | L 16–20 | 50,439 | [4] |
| October 7 | 1:30 p.m. | Miami (OH)* | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC
| | L 3–7 | 48,000 | [5] |
| October 14 | 1:30 p.m. | atWake Forest | | | W 34–29 | 32,300 | [6] |
| October 21 | 1:30 p.m. | NC State | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
| | L 7–34 | 50,250 | [7] |
| October 28 | 1:30 p.m. | atSouth Carolina* | | | W 24–22 | 55,104 | [8] |
| November 4 | 1:30 p.m. | atRichmond* | | | L 18–27 | 15,000 | [9] |
| November 11 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 15Clemson | | | L 9–13 | 53,495 | [10][11] |
| November 18 | 1:30 p.m. | Virginia | | | W 38–20 | 44,000 | [12] |
| November 25 | 1:30 p.m. | Duke | | | W 16–15 | 45,000 | [13] |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are inEastern time
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