MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Michael Carter and Javonte Williams accomplished something that no teammates in major college football history had previously done.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Michael Carter rushed for three touchdowns and Sam Howell threw for two touchdowns as 17th-ranked North Carolina rolled past Western Carolina 49-9 in its home finale...
North Carolina is finally playing the nonconference game that coach Mack Brown believes could have given him a chance to develop more young Tar Heels players.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Brian Kelly has postponed No. 2 Notre Dame’s Thanksgiving dinner for two days — perhaps for good reason.
His Fighting Irish (8-0, 7-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) need...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — There's no deficit that Sam Howell and his North Carolina teammates feel they can't overcome.
The sophomore threw for program records of 550 yards and six touchdowns...
Wake Forest has spent the past month avoiding major mistakes to put together a solid winning streak entering Saturday's trip to North Carolina. It's an example of the consistency that Mack Brown...
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina found the ideal way to get back on track.
The Tar Heels scored at just about every opportunity for a half and steamrolled rival Duke in a 56-24 victory...
No. 15 North Carolina is hoping to turn things around this time in its matchup with Virginia.
The Tar Heels have lost three straight to the Cavaliers and coach Mack Brown is just 3-8 in the...
Here are some things to watch in Week 8 of ACC conference play:
GAME OF THE WEEK
No. 15 North Carolina at Virginia. Long billed as the south's oldest rivalry, the 125th meeting of the...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina responded to its first loss with another dominating rushing performance, along with forcing the turnovers that had largely eluded the 14th-ranked Tar Heels...
When Bryan Harsin was trying to figure out how to keep his team engaged throughout the uncertainty surrounding whether Boise State would play this season or not, there was one voice he turned to...
North Carolina is unbeaten and has its highest ranking in more than two decades, even as the fifth-ranked Tar Heels have yet to have a strong performance from their offense and defense in the same...
It took Mack Brown less than two years to lead a struggling North Carolina program to its highest ranking in more than two decades.
Now the fifth-ranked Tar Heels will try to maintain that...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Michael Carter and Javonte Williams kept finding wide lanes and gaping holes to run through for eighth-ranked North Carolina.
BOSTON (AP) — It’s been so long since No. 12 North Carolina played its last game that it almost feels like a new season to coach Mack Brown.
North Carolina coach Mack Brown knows his team started the season with too many penalties and turnovers.
Now the 12th-ranked Tar Heels and the rest of the Atlantic Coast Conference teams...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina opened a high-expectation season with a fast start and a strong finish, sandwiched around a run of mistake-filled play. And all of it came amid the unusual...
Sam Howell rarely looked like a rookie at North Carolina last season, rolling to big yardage totals and throwing more touchdowns than any true freshman in Bowl Subdivision history.
North Carolina coach Mack Brown hasn’t tried to dismiss the high expectations that are following his 18th-ranked Tar Heels entering Saturday’s season-opening visit from Syracuse.
Mack Brown needed less than a year to stop North Carolina’s descent. Now he’s looking for a big jump in his second season.
The 18th-ranked Tar Heels bring back quarterback Sam Howell among...
Concerns about the new coronavirus are preventing football prospects from visiting campuses this spring and keeping college coaches from traveling to evaluate them.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Retired NFL star Julius Peppers, retired NBA player Muggsy Bogues and current North Carolina football coach Mack Brown headline this spring’s class of inductees to the North...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina assistant coach Scott Boone won't return next season.
In a statement Thursday, team spokesman Jeremy Sharpe said the outside linebackers coach and...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Having guided North Carolina to a winning season and a lopsided bowl victory in his first year back at the school, Mack Brown has raised expectations — for himself and the...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — During a season in which North Carolina endured an inexplicable loss to Appalachian State and stood at 4-6 in mid-November, the Tar Heels can complete a satisfying comeback...
Twelve of the 26 first-year coaches in the Football Bowl Subdivision are taking their teams to bowls.
Ohio State’s Ryan Day is among six first-year coaches at bowl-bound Power Five schools....
North Carolina (6-6, Atlantic Coast Conference) vs Temple (8-4, American Athletic Conference), Dec. 27, 12 p.m. ET
Mack Brown and North Carolina are bowl eligible after routing a rival.
The Tar Heels beat N.C. State 41-10 on Saturday night, reaching six victories in Brown’s first season of a second stint...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Mack Brown has North Carolina headed back to a bowl game in the first year of his second stint as the Tar Heels’ coach after freshman Sam Howell’s career-best 401 yards...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina hasn’t earned a bowl berth in a while and hasn’t defeated North Carolina State in even longer.
The Tar Heels can check off both of those boxes Saturday...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Sam Howell and North Carolina didn’t have to battle to a frantic, drama-filled finish this time.
No, the Tar Heels took care of Saturday’s game by halftime in a...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina is down to its last two chances to earn a bowl game in Mack Brown’s return.
The Tar Heels host Mercer on Saturday in their final home game. They must...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Just about every game has been a wild ride for North Carolina.
The Tar Heels enter Saturday's rivalry game with Duke having played six games decided by a combined 19...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina will turn to Jonathan Kim for field-goal attempts against Duke.
Coach Mack Brown announced the move Monday, two days after a six-overtime loss at...
Virginia Tech has won two in a row and can get back into the thick of the Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division race on Saturday.
The Hokies (4-2, 1-2 ACC) can pull even with North...
The Southeastern Conference's West Division has the top two teams in the country in Alabama and LSU, defending national champion Clemson is right behind them and a host of others are lurking at...
ATLANTA (AP) — North Carolina coach Mack Brown is concerned about a letdown after a narrow loss to the nation's No. 1 team last week.
Heading into Saturday's game at struggling Georgia Tech,...
Some of the most experienced head coaches in the Atlantic Coast Conference aren’t exactly coaches anymore.
Three schools _ North Carolina, Florida State and Virginia Tech _ have hired former...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina coach Mack Brown says he doesn't regret going for a failed 2-point conversion late to upset then-No. 1 Clemson.
Clemson might relinquish the No. 1 ranking on Sunday when the new AP Top 25 is released, and Trevor Lawrence is probably already out of the Heisman Trophy race.