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North Carolina vs Notre Dame

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

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Head-to-head on record

North Carolina vs Notre Dame series
Team	Wins	Series
North Carolina Tar Heels	2	Notre Dame leads
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	22	Notre Dame leads

Meetings since 1949: 24. Source: CollegeFootballData game log.

The series in numbers

Notre Dame has won the last 6 meetings.

2-22 Regular season

1-9 Last 10

15-30 Avg score

10 Longest Notre Dame win run

Biggest North Carolina win 29-24 in 2008, a 5-point margin.

Biggest North Carolina loss 6-42 in 1949, a 36-point margin.

Every North Carolina vs Notre Dame meeting

North Carolina Tar Heels vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish, every meeting on record
Season	Result	Site	Score
2026	Notre Dame win	Chapel Hill	26-37
2022	Notre Dame win	Chapel Hill	32-45
2021	Notre Dame win	Notre Dame	34-44
2020	Notre Dame win	Chapel Hill	17-31
2017	Notre Dame win	Chapel Hill	10-33
2014	Notre Dame win	Notre Dame	43-50
2008	North Carolina win	Chapel Hill	29-24
2006	Notre Dame win	Notre Dame	26-45
1975	Notre Dame win	Chapel Hill	14-21
1971	Notre Dame win	Notre Dame	0-16
1966	Notre Dame win	Notre Dame	0-32
1965	Notre Dame win	Notre Dame	0-17
1962	Notre Dame win	Notre Dame	7-21
1960	North Carolina win	Chapel Hill	12-7
1959	Notre Dame win	Notre Dame	8-28
1958	Notre Dame win	Notre Dame	24-34
1956	Notre Dame win	Notre Dame	14-21
1955	Notre Dame win	Chapel Hill	7-27
1954	Notre Dame win	Notre Dame	13-42
1953	Notre Dame win	Chapel Hill	14-34
1952	Notre Dame win	Notre Dame	14-34
1951	Notre Dame win	Chapel Hill	7-12
1950	Notre Dame win	Notre Dame	7-14
1949	Notre Dame win	Notre Dame	6-42

Scores from the North Carolina perspective. Source: CollegeFootballData game log, since 1949.

Matchup stats

Last five games

Notre Dame

Date	Opp	Result
10-03	atUNC	W 37-26
09-26	atPUR	W 49-10
09-19	vsMSU	W 27-10
09-12	vsRICE	W 52-0
09-06	vsWIS	W 41-13

North Carolina

Date	Opp	Result
10-03	vsND	L 26-37
09-19	atCLEM	L 20-28
09-12	vsETSU	W 35-3
08-29	atTCU	W 15-10
11-29	atNCSU	L 19-42

Completed results from CollegeFootballData via the CFB Data Hub

2026 standings

FBS Independents

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Lake Forest	4	0	1.000	256	47
Notre Dame	5	0	1.000	206	59
Merchant Marine	3	0	1.000	148	47
Wabash	4	0	1.000	128	34
Franklin & Marshall	3	0	1.000	107	32
Trinity (CT)	2	0	1.000	77	14
Wesleyan (CT)	2	0	1.000	77	20
Dayton	3	0	1.000	90	41
Hardin Simmons	2	0	1.000	72	44
Amherst	2	0	1.000	62	35
Williams	2	0	1.000	36	14
Montana	4	1	.800	187	119
Colgate	4	1	.800	117	65
Richmond	4	1	.800	100	138
Newberry	3	1	.750	105	60
MIT	2	1	.667	118	26
Millsaps	2	1	.667	120	56
Washington & Jefferson	2	1	.667	88	33
Dickinson	2	1	.667	81	63
Hampden Sydney	2	1	.667	94	89
Coast Guard	2	2	.500	150	142
Tufts	1	1	.500	49	70
UConn	2	3	.400	180	131
Villanova	2	3	.400	103	154
West Virginia Wesleyan	2	3	.400	94	157
William & Mary	2	3	.400	111	205
Centre	1	2	.333	59	33
Simpson (IA)	1	2	.333	94	94
Erskine	1	2	.333	75	78
Coe	1	2	.333	62	73
Carnegie Mellon	1	2	.333	55	68
Sewanee	1	2	.333	75	96
Maryville (TN)	1	3	.250	92	128
Beloit	1	3	.250	21	78
Lafayette	1	3	.250	84	143
Duquesne	1	3	.250	73	152
Cornell (IA)	1	3	.250	37	117
Tennessee State	1	3	.250	59	145
Knox	1	3	.250	35	146
Fordham	1	4	.200	89	165
Bucknell	1	4	.200	51	134
Holy Cross	1	4	.200	93	183
Maine	1	4	.200	71	161
Florida A&M	1	4	.200	87	184
Alameda Coast Guard	0	0	.000	0	0
Amarillo Field	0	0	.000	0	0
Birmingham-Southern	0	0	.000	0	0
Boston University	0	0	.000	0	0
Camp Grant	0	0	.000	0	0
Carlisle	0	0	.000	0	0
Colorado College	0	0	.000	0	0
Cumberland (TN)	0	0	.000	0	0
Del Monte Pre-Flight	0	0	.000	0	0
Detroit Mercy	0	0	.000	0	0
Drury	0	0	.000	0	0
Fort Benning	0	0	.000	0	0
Fort Riley	0	0	.000	0	0
Fort Warren	0	0	.000	0	0
Georgia Pre-Flight	0	0	.000	0	0
Gonzaga	0	0	.000	0	0
Great Lakes Navy	0	0	.000	0	0
Haskell	0	0	.000	0	0
Iowa Pre-Flight	0	0	.000	0	0
Jacksonville Naval Air Station	0	0	.000	0	0
Lombard	0	0	.000	0	0
Loyola (LA)	0	0	.000	0	0
Loyola Marymount	0	0	.000	0	0
Lubbock Field	0	0	.000	0	0
Manhattan	0	0	.000	0	0
March Field	0	0	.000	0	0
Mare Island Marines	0	0	.000	0	0
Marquette	0	0	.000	0	0
Mississippi College	0	0	.000	0	0
Nashville	0	0	.000	0	0
New York University	0	0	.000	0	0
Norman Naval Air Station	0	0	.000	0	0
North Carolina Pre-Flight	0	0	.000	0	0
Oglethorpe	0	0	.000	0	0
Phillips	0	0	.000	0	0
Portland	0	0	.000	0	0
Quantico Marines	0	0	.000	0	0
Randolph Field	0	0	.000	0	0
Regis (CO)	0	0	.000	0	0
Saint Mary's (CA)	0	0	.000	0	0
Saint Mary's (CA) Pre-Flight	0	0	.000	0	0
San Francisco	0	0	.000	0	0
Santa Clara	0	0	.000	0	0
Second Air Force	0	0	.000	0	0
Spring Hill	0	0	.000	0	0
Swarthmore	0	0	.000	0	0
Tampa	0	0	.000	0	0
Tennessee Medical College	0	0	.000	0	0
Union (NY)	0	0	.000	0	0
Vermont	0	0	.000	0	0
Whitman	0	0	.000	0	0
Wichita State	0	0	.000	0	0
Xavier	0	0	.000	0	0
Southwestern U	0	3	.000	64	86
Bowdoin	0	2	.000	7	33
Hamilton	0	2	.000	49	80
Colby	0	2	.000	21	53
Georgetown	0	3	.000	52	89
Bates	0	2	.000	14	67
Lawrence	0	3	.000	28	110
Centenary (LA)	0	3	.000	21	117
Rhodes	0	3	.000	20	134

ACC

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Miami	5	0	1.000	248	49
Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000	192	67
Duke	4	0	1.000	145	44
Virginia Tech	4	1	.800	206	99
Wake Forest	4	1	.800	183	115
SMU	4	1	.800	173	115
Virginia	3	2	.600	169	90
Florida State	3	2	.600	166	108
NC State	3	2	.600	184	128
Clemson	3	2	.600	97	129
Syracuse	2	2	.500	139	92
North Carolina	2	2	.500	96	78
Louisville	2	3	.400	193	146
California	2	3	.400	135	133
Boston College	2	3	.400	95	117
Stanford	2	3	.400	87	191
Georgia Tech	1	3	.250	108	104

Records computed from completed games this season

Notre Dame Fighting Irish lead the series since 1949, 22-2. Here is the series on record and how to watch when North Carolina and Notre Dame meet.

How to watch North Carolina vs Notre Dame

When North Carolina and Notre Dame are scheduled, here is how to find the game.

National TV National windows are set by Set weekly by the conference TV partners (ESPN, ABC, FOX, FS1).
Streaming ESPN+ and the FOX Sports app stream the national windows.
Radio Listen on the North Carolina radio network.
Confirm kickoff Kickoff and the exact channel are set by the networks before game week. Check the match center for the North Carolina vs Notre Dame time and line.

The live time, line and how-to-watch details land on the match center and how to watch pages once the game is scheduled.

The North Carolina this season

Follow North Carolina in the title race on the ACC standings, and model the finish with the title race calculator. For the conference series that define the year, see the ACC rivalry pages, or browse every ACC matchup.

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North Carolina vs Notre Dame: the essentials

North Carolina Tar Heels vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish is a non-conference matchup that sets the ACC against FBS Independents. Notre Dame Fighting Irish lead the series since 1949, 22-2. Across 24 meetings on record the series is one-sided so far, and whenever the two programs are scheduled this page carries the North Carolina vs Notre Dame head-to-head record, the matchup numbers for both sides, and how to watch on TV and streaming. It sits alongside the North Carolina Tar Heels team hub, the ACC this week round-up and the live conference standings. For Notre Dame against the whole conference, see Notre Dame vs the ACC.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the all-time record between North Carolina and Notre Dame?

Notre Dame Fighting Irish lead the series since 1949, 22-2. The two programs have met 24 times on record.

How can I watch North Carolina vs Notre Dame?

National windows are set by Set weekly by the conference TV partners (ESPN, ABC, FOX, FS1). Kickoff time and the exact channel are set by the networks before game week.

Are North Carolina and Notre Dame in the same conference?

No. North Carolina plays in the ACC. Notre Dame plays in FBS Independents. This is a non-conference game.