UNC Football
Complete coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels Football.
Podcast: Carolina Football Live - UNC vs. Pitt Preview, Notre Dame Recap
North Carolina head football coach
Bill Belichick joins
Jones Angell from the
Tar Heel Sports Network to recap the meeting with Notre Dame, preview this week's matchup at Pitt, answer questions from Tar Heel fans, and more.
(
Listen To Podcast)
Fri Oct 9, 2026
Audio: Previewing UNC vs. Pitt (and UNC Basketball) with Jones Angell
Voice of the Tar Heels
Jones Angell previews Saturday’s Tar Heel football game at Pitt – as well as Friday’s preseason basketball exhibition. UNC football is riding a two-game losing streak and the Panthers will be yet another difficult opponent, but the Heels are also seeing noticeable improvement every week: will that translate into a win this weekend? (
Chapelboro.com)
Video: IC Game Plan Podcast - UNC Football at Pittsburgh
Jason Staples, Greg Barnes, and Tommy Ashley discuss Pitt's perfect start, UNC's opportunities Saturday after a solid performance against Notre Dame, vulnerabilities of the Pitt defense, and how Bobby Petrino,
Billy Edwards, and the Tar Heel offense can take advantage.
(
View Video)
Fri Oct 9, 2026
Carolina Insider Podcast: UNC vs. USC preview, Football preview, Charles Scott & Greg Smith join
UNC Basketball begins exhibition play tonight against USC in Greensboro.
Jones Angell and Adam Lucas preview the action (4:19). Tar Heel Football has a chance for a statement win on the road against No. 25 Pitt (16:08). Tar Heel Basketball legend Charles Scott joins (27:59), as does Carolina Football safety
Greg Smith (40:39).
(
Listen To Podcast)
Fri Oct 9, 2026
Chansky’s Notebook: Anticipated Weekend
Tar Heel fans have quite the trilogy of games this weekend. Men’s basketball opens the season Friday night in an exhibition against nationally ranked Southern Cal in Greensboro. The football Tar Heels visit undefeated and nationally-ranked Pitt. And
Drake Maye tries to stay in the win column after in leading the Patriots to a dramatic upset of the Bills. (
Chapelboro.com)
Who is New Pitt Starting Quarterback Holden Geriner?
Undefeated Pittsburgh must navigate the rest of its football season without starting quarterback Mason Heintschel, as he tore an ACL last week at Virginia Tech. The next man up is veteran backup Holden Geriner, a fifth-year senior who is at his third school and will make the first start of his career on Saturday when North Carolina visits No. 25 Pitt. (
TarHeel247)
UNC Football Stock Report - Notre Dame
Stock Up: North Carolina tight end
Shamar Easter had the best performance of his young college football career against Notre Dame. He caught three of his four targets for 24 yards and the opening touchdown of the game. With
Jordan Washington and
Jaxxon Warren remaining on the shelf, Easter has gotten his chance and has taken advantage of it. (
Heel Tough Blog)
Willie Lampkin to make NFL history Sunday in first career start
There’s never been an NFL offensive lineman built like
Willie Lampkin. There’s about to be. Lampkin stands 5-foot-11, 290 pounds. And when he made his NFL debut playing four snaps in the Eagles’ opener vs. the Commanders, he became the heaviest offensive lineman in NFL history under six feet. Now, for at least one week, Lampkin will be a starter. (
NBC Sports)
North Carolina vs. Pitt Football Preview: Tar Heels Seek Bill Belichick's First Ranked Victory
It’s been five seasons since North Carolina Football faced ranked opponents in back-to-back weeks of the regular season. That drought ends Saturday, when the Tar Heels travel to face newly ranked and undefeated No. 25 Pitt in search of its first ranked victory of the
Bill Belichick era. The Panthers own the ACC’s top-graded defense so far this season. (
Inside Carolina)
Audio: 100 Years of Kenan Stadium - Swamping the Gators
The term “football weather” doesn’t usually imply a driving rainstorm, but one of the most memorable wins in UNC history came on just that kind of day. Author and historian Art Chansky remembers that fateful (and wet) day at Kenan Stadium almost 60 years ago, when a top 10 Florida team found itself bogged down in the mud. (
Chapelboro.com)