UNC Football: A sweet spot in time

Posted Jan 3, 2017
The 2016 Sun Bowl marked North Carolina’s thirty-third bowl appearance going back to the 1947 Sugar Bowl. Of the thirty-two previous games, the Tar Heels have won fourteen going back to the 1963 Gator Bowl. Hugh Morton collection volunteer Jack Hilliard takes a look back at the 1963 season and Carolina’s first bowl win played fifty-three years ago. (UNC.edu)

Related: Football, Football Recruiting

Bill Belichick: Offensive line "absolutely" ahead of where it was a year ago
Bill Belichick chuckled on Thursday morning when asked if his offensive line is much better situated than it was this time a year ago. It's...
Sun Aug 2, 2026

Tar Heel football players get passports for Ireland
Tar Heel football players took advantage of a campus program to acquire passports ahead of the team’s season-opening game in Dublin, Ireland. Carolina’s Phillips Passport...
Sun Aug 2, 2026

Bobby Petrino lays out running back blueprint, starting with pass protection
UNC offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino detailed his philosophy on running backs, and the message was clear: pass protection comes before everything else. Petrino said that...
Sat Aug 1, 2026

Michael Lombardi's UNC tenure defined by arrogance and ignorance
The pairing of Bill Belichick and Michael Lombardi, two men who had almost zero college experience, together at North Carolina was always going to be...
Sat Aug 1, 2026