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)

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