| 1 | Sat Sep 12 | vs Syracuse | W31-6 | 1-0 | 1.000 | Kenan Stadium · Chapel Hill, NC |
| 3 | Sat Oct 3 | atBoston College | W26-22 | 2-0 | 1.000 | Alumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA) · Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 4 | Sat Oct 10 | vs#19Virginia Tech | W56-45 | 3-0 | 1.000 | Kenan Stadium · Chapel Hill, NC |
| 5 | Sat Oct 17 | atFlorida St | L28-31 | 3-1 | .750 | Doak Campbell Stadium · Tallahassee, FL |
| 6 | Sat Oct 24 | vs#23NC State | W48-21 | 4-1 | .800 | Kenan Stadium · Chapel Hill, NC |
| 7 | Sat Oct 31 | atVirginia | L41-44 | 4-2 | .667 | Scott Stadium · Charlottesville, VA |
| 8 | Sat Nov 7 | atDuke | W56-24 | 5-2 | .714 | Wallace Wade Stadium · Durham, NC |
| 9 | Sat Nov 14 | vsWake Forest | W59-53 | 6-2 | .750 | Kenan Stadium · Chapel Hill, NC |
| 10 | Fri Nov 27 | vs#2Notre Dame | L17-31 | 6-3 | .667 | Kenan Stadium · Chapel Hill, NC |
| 11 | Sat Dec 5 | vsW Carolina | W49-9 | 7-3 | .700 | Kenan Stadium · Chapel Hill, NC |
| 12 | Sat Dec 12 | at#10Miami | W62-26 | 8-3 | .727 | Hard Rock Stadium · Miami Gardens, FL |
| BOWLS | Sat Jan 2 | vs#5Texas A&M | L27-41 | 8-4 | .667 | Kenan Stadium · Chapel Hill, NC |
