UNC football adds matchup with Western Carolina to 2020 schedule

UNC has added Western Carolina University as its one non-conference game this season.

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Chapel Hill High School football team 'optimistic' as it prepares for delayed season

The football team is continuing to work hard while also striving to stay safe and take precautions amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

UNC football moves forward and adjusts after canceled Charlotte game

After a last-minute cancellation, the UNC football team is gearing up for its game against Boston College next weekend and keeping morale high. 

Sidelined: Sports aren't going to unify us

"No matter how hard people may wish to believe, sports are not a magical balm to bring people together."

'Nothing like it used to be': Chapel Hill hotels adjust to lowered gameday business

“Football season was something that the staff and all of our hotels look forward to here in Chapel Hill,” Strickland said. “There is usually a lot of excitement in the area and a lot of people visiting. It is a good opportunity for our hotel to let people experience what Chapel Hill and Carrboro are really all about.” 

'Start the season over': Mack Brown looks forward after canceled game

After the North Carolina football team failed to secure a replacement matchup following the cancellation of the UNC-Charlotte game, head coach Mack Brown reframed his team's mentality.

UNC to allow limited number of fans to attend football games in October

The UNC athletic department announced on Tuesday that a limited number of spectators would be allowed to attend football games in Kenan Memorial Stadium, beginning in October.

UNC tackles football broadcast productions from a control room on campus

“You didn’t know where it was produced from because you just want to watch the Tar Heels play,” UNC Associate Athletic Director Ken Cleary said. 

UNC play-by-play broadcaster Jones Angell talks calling games during COVID-19

"For the most part, we tried to do a large majority of our interviews in person and that, for the moment, has slowed way down," Jones Angell said. "We went almost exclusively either on the phone, Skype interviews or Zoom interviews as well. We have tried to do a lot of different stuff, maybe in a different way than we've done in the past."

Weekly Quiz for the Well-Read News Whiz: Sept. 18

With the UNC-Charlotte game canceled, North Carolina football hits expected speed bump

The COVID-19-related cancellation wasn’t unpredictable — last week Virginia Tech and other teams across the country had to postpone season openers due to coronavirus clusters — and in some sense, No. 12 UNC’s game against Charlotte being booted from the Tar Heels’ schedule feels almost routine.  

UNC-Charlotte cancels upcoming game against the Tar Heels

UNC-Charlotte has canceled its upcoming football game against UNC-Chapel Hill due to several team members being placed in quarantine. 

UNC football announces Koman Game Plan for Success for name, image, likeness rights

“Your best three players on the team may make some money out of their name," North Carolina football head coach Mack Brown said. "... But we’re worried about the backup right guard, and the 13th corner. The biggest thing we’re trying to do is stay ahead of name, image and likeness.”

'Bring your own juice': Tar Heels talk squeezing life out of Syracuse Orange offense

Ahead of a Week 2 matchup with UNC-Charlotte, the North Carolina football team discussed their dominant performance against Syracuse on the defensive side of the ball and how the Tar Heels can improve even more before Saturday.

Despite blowout victory against Syracuse, UNC football sees room for improvement

There's plenty of things the Tar Heels could improve on before their game on Saturday against UNC-Charlotte: catching punts cleanly, cutting down on the penalties, finding better success on deep throws. But at the end of the day, UNC still achieved a 31-6 blowout win. 

Tar Heel fans express mixed emotions over no-attendance policy for UNC football

After UNC football opened its first game in Chapel Hill with a mostly empty Kenan Stadium, Tar Heels fans expressed mixed sentiments about not being able to watch their team in person. 

Heel Talk Episode 21: Sports in the pandemic

Host Evely Forte chats with DTH Sports Editor Brian to talk about what many deem a quintessential part of the UNC experience — Carolina athletics.

'Just so weird': UNC football shakes off a rusty three quarters in win over Syracuse

Call it early-season rust, or the unpredictable effects of a crowdless, COVID-19-wary Kenan Memorial Stadium, or both, but you’d be hard-pressed to make the case that the first three quarters of the Tar Heels’ 31-6 win were “normal.” 

Defense leads the way in UNC football's rout over Syracuse

Despite coming into the season with one of the most hyped offenses in college football, it was the North Carolina defense that held strong through the first three quarters against Syracuse.