UNC back to ending football regular season against N.C. State in 2021, opens at Virginia Tech

Posted Jan 28, 2021
After playing N.C. State in the middle of the season for the first time since 2013, it will be back to facing the Wolfpack in the regular-season finale again in the 2021 season. North Carolina’s football schedule, in likely the final season for Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback Sam Howell, begins at Virginia Tech and will end at Carter-Finley Stadium. (Tar Heel Tribune)

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