| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 12 | 1:00 p.m. | East Carolina* | No. 13 | | | W 56–0 | 51,300 | [2] |
| September 19 | 1:00 p.m. | Miami (OH)* | No. 10 | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC
| | W 49–7 | 49,500 | [3] |
| September 26 | 1:00 p.m. | Boston College* | No. 9 | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC
| | W 56–14 | 48,000 | [4] |
| October 3 | 1:30 p.m. | atGeorgia Tech* | No. 6 | | | W 28–7 | 39,263 | [5] |
| October 10 | 1:00 p.m. | Wake Forest | No. 5 | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
| | W 48–10 | 51,692 | [6] |
| October 17 | 1:00 p.m. | atNC State | No. 4 | | | W 21–10 | 56,200 | [7] |
| October 24 | 1:00 p.m. | South Carolina* | No. 3 | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
| | L 13–31 | 50,500 | [8] |
| October 31 | 1:30 p.m. | atMaryland | No. 9 | | | W 17–10 | 32,100 | [9] |
| November 7 | 12:30 p.m. | No. 2Clemson | No. 8 | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC
| ABC | L 8–10 | 53,611 | [10] |
| November 14 | 1:30 p.m. | atVirginia | No. 13 | | | W 17–14 | 30,047 | [11] |
| November 21 | 1:30 p.m. | atDuke | No. 12 | | | W 31–10 | 38,525 | [12] |
| December 28 | 9:00 p.m. | vs.Arkansas* | No. 11 | | ABC | W 31–27 | 71,009 | [13] |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are inEastern time
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