| Date | Game | Result | Notes |
9/3/2011
3:30 PM
Fox Sports South | UNC vs. James Madison | W 42-10 | Bryn Renner single-game school record for comp. % (22-23, 95.7%) |
9/10/2011
12:30 PM
ACC Network | UNC vs. Rutgers | W 24-22 | |
9/17/2011
3:30 PM
ESPNU | UNC vs. Virginia | W 28-17 | |
9/24/2011
12:00 PM
ESPN | UNC @ Georgia Tech | L 28-35 | |
10/1/2011
8:00 PM
CBSSN | UNC @ East Carolina | W 35-20 | |
10/8/2011
12:00 PM
ESPN2 | UNC vs. Louisville | W 14-7 | Giovani Bernard first UNC player in 27 years to rush for 100 yards in four straight games |
10/15/2011
12:30 PM
ACC Network | UNC vs. Miami | L 24-30 | Giovani Bernard five straight 100-yard rushing games. First Tar Heel since Ethan Horton in 1984. |
10/22/2011
12:00 PM
ESPN | UNC @ Clemson | L 38-59 | Ties record for 2nd most points given up in 405 ACC games (63 vs FSU in 2000) |
10/29/2011
3:30 PM
ESPNU | UNC vs. Wake Forest | W 49-24 | Homecoming Game |
11/5/2011
12:30 PM
ACC Network | UNC @ NC State | L 0-13 | Giovani Bernard breaks 1,000-yard rushing mark; UNC's 5th straight loss to NCSU |
11/17/2011
8:00 PM
ESPN | UNC @ Virginia Tech | L 21-24 | First 1,000-yard receiving season (Dwight Jones) and 1,000-yard rushing season (Gio Bernard) combination in UNC history |
11/26/2011
3:30 PM
RSN | UNC vs. Duke | W 37-21 | Dwight Jones 79 receptions, Bryn Renner 23 TD passes set UNC single-season records |
12/26/2011
5:00 PM
ESPN2 | UNC vs. Missouri | L 24-41 | Independence Bowl |
| | | Record: 7-6 | |