| 1 | Sat Sep 12 | at #10Notre Dame | L13-27 | 0-1 | .000 | Notre Dame Stadium · Notre Dame, IN |
| 2 | Sat Sep 19 | vsBoston College | L6-26 | 0-2 | .000 | Wallace Wade Stadium · Durham, NC |
| 3 | Sat Sep 26 | atVirginia | L20-38 | 0-3 | .000 | Scott Stadium · Charlottesville, VA |
| 4 | Sat Oct 3 | vsVirginia Tech | L31-38 | 0-4 | .000 | Wallace Wade Stadium · Durham, NC |
| 5 | Sat Oct 10 | atSyracuse | W38-24 | 1-4 | .200 | JMA Wireless Dome · Syracuse, NY |
| 6 | Sat Oct 17 | atNC State | L20-31 | 1-5 | .167 | Carter-Finley Stadium · Raleigh, NC |
| 7 | Sat Oct 31 | vsCharlotte | W53-19 | 2-5 | .286 | Wallace Wade Stadium · Durham, NC |
| 8 | Sat Nov 7 | vsUNC | L24-56 | 2-6 | .250 | Wallace Wade Stadium · Durham, NC |
| 10 | Sat Nov 28 | atGeorgia Tech | L33-56 | 2-7 | .222 | Bobby Dodd Stadium · Atlanta, GA |
| 11 | Sat Dec 5 | vs#10Miami | L0-48 | 2-8 | .200 | Wallace Wade Stadium · Durham, NC |
| 12 | Sat Dec 12 | atFlorida St | L35-56 | 2-9 | .182 | Doak Campbell Stadium · Tallahassee, FL |
