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| First season | 1888; 136 years ago | ||
| Athletic director | Bubba Cunningham | ||
| Head coach | Bill Belichick 1st season, 0–0 (–) | ||
| Stadium | Kenan Memorial Stadium (capacity: 50,500[1]) | ||
| Field surface | AstroTurf | ||
| Location | Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
| Conference | ACC (since 1953) | ||
| Division | Coastal (2005–2019, 2021–2022) | ||
| Past conferences | Independent (1888–1921, discontinuously) SIAA (1892–1893, part of 1894, 1899–1902) SoCon (1922–1952) | ||
| All-time record | 751–570–54 (.566) | ||
| Bowl record | 15–22 (.405) | ||
| Conference titles | 8 (5 ACC: 1963, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1980 3 SoCon: 1922, 1946, 1949) | ||
| Division titles | 2 (2015, 2022) | ||
| Rivalries | NC State (rivalry) Duke (rivalry) Virginia (rivalry) Wake Forest (rivalry) South Carolina (rivalry) | ||
| Consensus All-Americans | 15 | ||
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| Colors | Carolina blue and white[2] | ||
| Fight song | I'm a Tar Heel Born | ||
| Mascot | Rameses | ||
| Marching band | The Marching Tar Heels | ||
| Outfitter | Jordan Brand[3] | ||
| Website | goheels.com | ||
The North Carolina Tar Heels football team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the sport of American football or Gridiron Football. The Tar Heels play in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
North Carolina has played in 37 bowl games in its history and won three Southern Conference championships and five Atlantic Coast Conference titles. Thirty Tar Heel players have been honored as first-team All-Americas on 38 occasions. Carolina had 32 All-Southern Conference selections when it played in that league until 1952 and since joining the ACC in 1953, has had 174 first-team All-ACC choices.[4] Since joining the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1953, the team has won five conference championships, with the most recent title coming in 1980.
One of the first uses of the forward pass occurred in a 1895 Carolina game against the Georgia Bulldogs. This was one of the few uses of the play prior to its legalization in 1906.
While not a consistent football powerhouse, the Carolina football program has had intermittent success and has featured a number of players who have gone on to play in the National Football League, including Lawrence Taylor, Charlie Justice, Chris Hanburger, Ken Willard, Don McCauley, William Fuller, Harris Barton, Jeff Saturday, Alge Crumpler, Willie Parker, Greg Ellis, Dré Bly, Julius Peppers, Hakeem Nicks, T.J. Yates, Mitch Trubisky, Sam Howell, Javonte Williams, Josh Downs and Drake Maye.[5]
- ^ "Kenan Stadium". GoHeels.com. November 9, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
- ^ "Primary Identity" (PDF). Carolina Athletics Brand Identity Guidelines. April 20, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
- ^ "Carolina Football Unveils Jumpman Uniforms – Sole-U". Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
- ^ "All-Time Records for North Carolina". Football.stassen.com. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
- ^ "Tar Heels in the NFL Draft - Tar Heel Times". tarheeltimes.com.