Illinois Presents UNC With Its Toughest Test to Date

Posted Sep 18, 2015
Fresh off its first win of the season, a dominating 53-14 victory over North Carolina A&T, the UNC football team returns to action this Saturday at Kenan Stadium–playing host to the Illinois Fighting Illini—a team the Tar Heels and their head coach, Larry Fedora, believe is better than the South Carolina squad that defeated them just two weeks ago. (Chapelboro.com)

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