Gameday: Football at UNC • Oct. 4 • 12 p.m. • ESPN

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Clemson (1-3, 0-2 ACC) at UNC (2-2, 0-0 ACC)

Saturday Timeline:

• Kenan Stadium | Chapel Hill, N.C.
• 9 a.m.: Tiger Tailgate Show presented by Upcountry Fiber
• 12 p.m.: Kickoff on ESPN
• Listen: Clemson Athletic Network (Don Munson, Tim Bourret & Reggie Merriweather)
• 2025 Media Guide (PDF)
• 2025 Media Guide Supplement (PDF)

CLEMSON TAKES ON TAR HEELS IN CHAPEL HILL

Teams led by two marquee names in the annals of football history will square off when the Clemson Tigers and North Carolina Tar Heels face one another in search of each team’s first conference win of the season on Saturday, Oct. 4. Kickoff at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill, N.C. is set for noon ET on ESPN.

Though Saturday’s game will be the 61st in the all-time series between Clemson and North Carolina, it will be the first matchup between two coaching legends, Clemson’s Dabo Swinney and North Carolina’s Bill Belichick. The contest will represent only the second time in college football history a coach with multiple FBS national championships as a head coach will face one with multiple Super Bowl titles as a head coach.

The lone other qualifying matchup in history came on New Year’s Day in 1993, when Bill Walsh, a three-time Super Bowl champion with the San Francisco 49ers, led Stanford against two-time national champion Joe Paterno and Penn State in the Blockbuster Bowl.

 

WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEK

– Clemson attempting to improve to 41-19-1 against North Carolina all-time. With a win, Clemson’s 41 wins against North Carolina would tie its 41 wins against Virginia for the Tigers’ fifth-most against a single opponent in school history

– Clemson attempting to earn a seventh consecutive victory against North Carolina, starting with a 59-38 victory in 2011. A seventh straight win would tie the longest winning streak in series history by either team (seven wins by Clemson from 1986-92).

– Clemson attempting to make North Carolina the seventh opponent against which the Tigers would carry an active winning streak of seven or more games.