# 2025 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 2025 North Carolina Tar Heels football team will represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tar Heels will be led by first-year head coach Bill Belichick. The team will play their home games at Kenan Stadium.
Following the firing of head coach Mack Brown after six seasons in charge, assistant Freddie Kitchens was elevated to interim head coach.
On December 11, 2024, Bill Belichick, former head coach of the NFL's New England Patriots, was hired as the 35th head coach in North Carolina program history.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV |
| September 1 | 7:30 p.m. | TCU* | Kenan StadiumChapel Hill, NC | ESPN |
| September 6 | | at Charlotte* | Jerry Richardson StadiumCharlotte, NC | |
| September 13 | | Richmond* | Kenan StadiumChapel Hill, NC | |
| September 20 | | at UCF* | FBC Mortgage StadiumOrlando, FL | |
| October 4 | | Clemson | Kenan StadiumChapel Hill, NC | |
| October 16/17 | | at California | California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA | |
| October 25 | | Virginia | Kenan StadiumChapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry) | |
| October 31 | | at Syracuse | JMA Wireless DomeSyracuse, NY | |
| November 8 | | Stanford | Kenan StadiumChapel Hill, NC | |
| November 15 | | at Wake Forest | Allegacy Federal Credit Union StadiumWinston-Salem, NC (rivalry) | |
| November 22 | | Duke | Kenan StadiumChapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell) | |
| November 29 | | at NC State | Carter–Finley StadiumRaleigh, NC (rivalry) | |
| *Non-conference gameAll times are in Eastern timeSource: ||||||

## Game summaries
### vs TCU

| Pregame line | Over/under |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | Total |
| Horned Frogs | | | 0 |
| Tar Heels | | | 0 |
at Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina
* Date: September 1
* Game time: 7:30 p.m.
* TV: ESPN
* Statistics
* First downs
* Plays–yards
* Rushes–yards
* Passing yards
* Passing: comp–att–int
* Turnovers
* Time of possession
| Team | Category |
| TCU | Passing |
| TCU | Rushing |
| TCU | Receiving |
| North Carolina | Passing |
| North Carolina | Rushing |
| North Carolina | Receiving |

### at Charlotte

| Pregame line | Over/under |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | Total |
| Tar Heels | | | 0 |
| 49ers | | | 0 |
at Jerry Richardson Stadium • Charlotte, North Carolina
* Date: September 6
* Statistics
* First downs
* Plays–yards
* Rushes–yards
* Passing yards
* Passing: comp–att–int
* Turnovers
* Time of possession
| Team | Category |
| North Carolina | Passing |
| North Carolina | Rushing |
| North Carolina | Receiving |
| Charlotte | Passing |
| Charlotte | Rushing |
| Charlotte | Receiving |

### vs Richmond

| Pregame line | Over/under |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | Total |
| Spiders | | | 0 |
| Tar Heels | | | 0 |
at Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina
* Date: September 13
* Statistics
* First downs
* Plays–yards
* Rushes–yards
* Passing yards
* Passing: comp–att–int
* Turnovers
* Time of possession
| Team | Category |
| Richmond | Passing |
| Richmond | Rushing |
| Richmond | Receiving |
| North Carolina | Passing |
| North Carolina | Rushing |
| North Carolina | Receiving |

### at UCF

| Pregame line | Over/under |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | Total |
| Tar Heels | | | 0 |
| Knights | | | 0 |
at FBC Mortgage Stadium • Orlando, Florida
* Date: September 20
* Statistics
* First downs
* Plays–yards
* Rushes–yards
* Passing yards
* Passing: comp–att–int
* Turnovers
* Time of possession
| Team | Category |
| North Carolina | Passing |
| North Carolina | Rushing |
| North Carolina | Receiving |
| UCF | Passing |
| UCF | Rushing |
| UCF | Receiving |