American college football season
The 2017 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Larry Fedora and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The Tar Heels finished the season 3–9 overall and 1–7 in ACC play to place last out of seven teams in the Coastal Division.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 12:20 p.m. | California* | | ACCN | L 30–35 | 49,500[1] |
September 9 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 17 Louisville | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC
| ESPN | L 35–47 | 47,000[1] |
September 16 | 3:30 p.m. | at Old Dominion* | | Stadium | W 53–23 | 20,118[1] |
September 23 | 3:30 p.m. | Duke | | ESPNU | L 17–27 | 59,000[1] |
September 30 | 12:00 p.m. | at Georgia Tech | | ESPN2 | L 7–33 | 42,805[1] |
October 7 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 21 Notre Dame* | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
| ABC | L 10–33 | 57,000[1] |
October 14 | 3:30 p.m. | Virginia | | ACCRSN | L 14–20 | 50,000[1] |
October 21 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 14 Virginia Tech | | ESPN2 | L 7–59 | 65,632[1] |
October 28 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 8 Miami (FL) | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC
| ESPN2 | L 19–24 | 45,000[1] |
| 8:00 p.m. | at Pittsburgh | | ESPN | W 34–31 | 34,056[1] |
November 18 | 3:00 p.m. | Western Carolina* | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC
| ACCN Extra | W 65–10 | 43,000[1] |
November 25 | 3:30 p.m. | at NC State | | ESPNU | L 21–33 | 57,600[1] |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries
California
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Golden Bears
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
14 |
35 |
Tar Heels
|
7
|
10
|
7
|
6 |
30 |
Louisville
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 17 Cardinals
|
10
|
10
|
7
|
20 |
47 |
Tar Heels
|
7
|
7
|
14
|
7 |
35 |
At Old Dominion
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Tar Heels
|
11
|
28
|
7
|
7 |
53 |
Monarchs
|
0
|
7
|
10
|
6 |
23 |
Duke
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blue Devils
|
7
|
3
|
3
|
14 |
27 |
Tar Heels
|
3
|
7
|
7
|
0 |
17 |
At Georgia Tech
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Tar Heels
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
7 |
Yellow Jackets
|
7
|
3
|
14
|
9 |
33 |
Notre Dame
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 20 Fighting Irish
|
0
|
16
|
10
|
7 |
33 |
Tar Heels
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
3 |
10 |
Virginia
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Cavaliers
|
0
|
10
|
7
|
3 |
20 |
Tar Heels
|
0
|
0
|
14
|
0 |
14 |
At Virginia Tech
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Tar Heels
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
7 |
No. 14 Hokies
|
14
|
21
|
17
|
7 |
59 |
Miami (FL)
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 8 Hurricanes
|
0
|
7
|
10
|
7 |
24 |
Tar Heels
|
3
|
3
|
7
|
6 |
19 |
At Pittsburgh
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Tar Heels
|
14
|
10
|
3
|
7 |
34 |
Panthers
|
3
|
14
|
7
|
7 |
31 |
Western Carolina
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Catamounts
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
3 |
10 |
Tar Heels
|
7
|
35
|
10
|
13 |
65 |
At NC State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Tar Heels
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
7 |
21 |
Wolfpack
|
6
|
6
|
7
|
14 |
33 |
2018 NFL Draft
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