North Carolina–NC State rivalry

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North Carolina – NC State History
North Carolina Tar Heels  NC State Wolfpack
Football Series
Last Winner NC State (2021)
Current Win Streak NC State, 1 (2021)
Basketball Series
Last Winner North Carolina (2021)
Current Win Streak North Carolina, 1 (2021–present)
Baseball Series
Last Winner NC State (2021)
Current Win Streak NC State, 2 (2021)
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Locations of the two universities in North Carolina.

The North Carolina–NC State rivalry, also known as the Carolina–State Game, North Carolina–NC State game, NCSU–UNC game, and other similar permutations, is an ongoing series of athletic competitions between the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels and North Carolina State University Wolfpack. The intensity of the game is driven by the universities' similar sizes, the fact the schools are separated by only 25 miles, and the large number of alumni that live within the state's borders. Both are charter members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and are part of the Tobacco Road schools. The most popular games between the two are in football, basketball, and baseball.

In football, when the current structure of the ACC's divisional system was implemented, North Carolina and NC State were matched up as permanent partners so as to allow both schools to face each other annually despite being in different divisions.[1] NC State is in the conference's Atlantic Division and North Carolina is in the Coastal Division. The annual football game between both schools is the biggest in the state of North Carolina every year.[2]

Both schools are also known for their basketball history. They have won eight national championships between them (North Carolina 6, NC State 2), and 28 of the past 58 ACC Tournaments (North Carolina 18, NC State 10). In recent years, Tar Heel basketball players and fans have often insisted that the Wolfpack are not true rivals in basketball due to the Tar Heels' recent dominance, saying that UNC's only true rivalry is the North Carolina-Duke rivalry.[3][4] Former UNC-Chapel Hill basketball coach Roy Williams, however, placed a great emphasis on the rivalry with NC State, and did not mince words when it came to his dislike of the Wolfpack, underlining the historical significance of the rivalry between the two neighboring schools and their fan bases.[5]

Oddly enough, the ACC has split the two in baseball so that the two schools did not meet in the 2014 regular season; the result of that split was the ACC reinstating permanent partners for baseball in 2015. In the interim, the two schools agreed to a nonconference neutral-site game in Durham.

Men's basketball all-time series records[]

Listed by number of games won.

All-time series record[]

  • North Carolina: 161; NC State: 79

By location[]

  • In Chapel Hill: North Carolina: 44; NC State: 11
    • At Carmichael Auditorium: North Carolina 18; NC State: 4
    • At Smith Center: North Carolina: 28; NC State: 7
  • In Raleigh: North Carolina: 61; NC State: 46
    • At Reynolds Coliseum: North Carolina: 29; NC State: 29
    • At ESA/RBC/PNC: North Carolina: 17; NC State: 5
  • At neutral site: North Carolina: 18; NC State: 9

By Titles[]

  • NCAA Championships: North Carolina: 6 (1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017); NC State: 2 (1974, 1983)
  • Southern Conference Tournament: NC State: 7; North Carolina: 3
  • Dixie Classic: NC State: 7; North Carolina: 3
  • Big Four Tournament: NC State: 3; North Carolina: 2
  • ACC Tournament: North Carolina: 18; NC State: 10

By Final Four appearances[]

  • North Carolina: 20; NC State: 3

By coach[]

North Carolina coaches[]

  • Frank McGuire: 13–9
  • Dean Smith: 60–30
  • Bill Guthridge: 6–1
  • Matt Doherty: 2–4
  • Roy Williams: 33–5 (38–5 overall)

NC State coaches[]

By decade[]

Decade School Wins School Wins
1910s NC State 2 North Carolina 0
1920s North Carolina 17 NC State 3
1930s North Carolina 16 NC State 6
1940s North Carolina 13 NC State 10
1950s NC State 18 North Carolina 10
1960s North Carolina 18 NC State 4
1970s North Carolina 17 NC State 13
1980s North Carolina 18 NC State 7
1990s North Carolina 15 NC State 7
2000s North Carolina 16 NC State 5
2010s North Carolina 18 NC State 3
2020s North Carolina 3 NC State 1

Other[]

Listed by score.

  • North Carolina's largest victory margin: 107–56 (January 8, 2017)
  • NC State's largest victory margin: 79–39 (February 19, 1949)

Scores of games (1998–2020)[]

Winning team is shown in bold. Ranking of the team at the time of the game by the AP poll is shown in parenthesis next to the team name (failure to list AP ranking does not necessarily mean the team was not ranked at the time of the game).

NC State victoriesNorth Carolina victories
No.DateLocationNC StateNorth CarolinaNotes
1January 21, 1998 Reynolds Coliseum NC State 60 North Carolina 74
2February 21, 1998 Dean Smith Center NC State 86 North Carolina 72
3March 6, 1998 Greensboro Coliseum NC State 46 North Carolina 74
4January 16, 1999 Reynolds Coliseum NC State 56 North Carolina 59
5February 17, 1999 Dean Smith Center NC State 53 North Carolina 62
6January 8, 2000 Dean Smith Center NC State 75 North Carolina 83
7February 9, 2000 PNC Arena NC State 62 North Carolina 70
8January 28, 2001 PNC Arena NC State 52 North Carolina 60
9February 28, 2001 Dean Smith Center NC State 63 North Carolina 76
10January 23, 2002 Dean Smith Center NC State (NR) 77 North Carolina (NR) 59 Article about game
11February 24, 2002 PNC Arena NC State (NR) 98 North Carolina (NR) 76 Article about game
12January 26, 2003 PNC Arena NC State (NR) 86 North Carolina (NR) 77 Article about game
13February 25, 2003 Dean Smith Center NC State (NR) 75 North Carolina (NR) 67 Overtime; Article
14January 28, 2004 Dean Smith Center NC State (NR) 66 North Carolina (12) 68 Article about game
15February 29, 2004 PNC Arena NC State (14) 64 North Carolina (12) 71 Article about game
16February 3, 2005 Dean Smith Center NC State (NR) 71 North Carolina (2) 95 Article about game
17February 22, 2005 PNC Arena NC State (NR) 71 North Carolina (2) 81 Article about game
18January 7, 2006 Dean Smith Center NC State (13) 69 North Carolina (25) 82 Article about game
19February 22, 2006 PNC Arena NC State (15) 71 North Carolina (21) 95 Article about game
20February 3, 2007 PNC Arena NC State (NR) 83 North Carolina (3) 79 Article about game
21February 21, 2007 Dean Smith Center NC State (NR) 64 North Carolina (5) 83 Article about game
22March 11, 2007 Tampa Bay Times Forum NC State (NR) 80 North Carolina (8) 89 Article about game
23January 12, 2008 Dean Smith Center NC State (NR) 62 North Carolina (1) 93 Article about game
24February 20, 2008 PNC Arena NC State (NR) 70 North Carolina (3) 84 Article about game
25January 31, 2009 PNC Arena NC State (NR) 76 North Carolina (5) 93 Article about game
26February 18, 2009 Dean Smith Center NC State (NR) 80 North Carolina (3) 89 Article about game
27January 26, 2010 PNC Arena NC State (NR) 63 North Carolina (NR) 77 Article about game
28February 13, 2010 Dean Smith Center NC State (NR) 61 North Carolina (NR) 74 Article about game
29January 29, 2011 Dean Smith Center NC State (NR) 64 North Carolina (NR) 84 Article about game
30February 23, 2011 PNC Arena NC State (NR) 63 North Carolina (19) 75 Article about game
31January 26, 2012 Dean Smith Center NC State (NR) 55 North Carolina (7) 74 Article about game
32February 21, 2012 PNC Arena NC State (NR) 74 North Carolina (7) 86 Article about game
33March 10, 2012 Phillips Arena NC State (NR) 67 North Carolina (4) 69 Article about game
34January 26, 2013 PNC Arena NC State (18) 91 North Carolina (NR) 83 Article about game
35February 23, 2013 Dean Smith Center NC State (NR) 65 North Carolina (NR) 76 Article about game
36February 1, 2014 Dean Smith Center NC State (NR) 70 North Carolina (NR) 84 Article about game
37February 26, 2014 PNC Arena NC State (NR) 84 North Carolina (19) 85 Overtime; Article
38January 14, 2015 PNC Arena NC State (NR) 79 North Carolina (15) 81 Article about game
39February 24, 2015 Dean Smith Center NC State (NR) 58 North Carolina (15) 46 Article about game
40January 16, 2016 Dean Smith Center NC State (NR) 55 North Carolina (5) 67 Article about game
41February 24, 2016 PNC Arena NC State (NR) 68 North Carolina (7) 80 Article about game
42January 8, 2017 Dean Smith Center NC State (NR) 56 North Carolina (14) 107 Article about game
43February 15, 2017 PNC Arena NC State (NR)73 North Carolina (10)97 Article about game
44January 27, 2018 Dean Smith Center NC State (NR)95 North Carolina (10)91 Overtime; Article
45February 10, 2018 PNC Arena NC State (NR)89 North Carolina (21)96 Article about game
46January 8, 2019 PNC Arena NC State (15)82 North Carolina (12)90 Article about game
47February 5, 2019 Dean Smith Center NC State (NR)96 North Carolina (8)113 Article about game
48January 27, 2020 PNC Arena NC State (NR)65 North Carolina (NR)75 Article about game
49February 26, 2020 Dean Smith Center NC State (NR)79 North Carolina (NR)85 Article about game
50December 22, 2020 PNC Arena NC State (NR) 79 North Carolina (17) 76 Article about game
51January 23, 2021 Dean Smith Center NC State (NR) 76 North Carolina (NR) 86 Article about game
Series: North Carolina leads 41–10

Football all-time series records[]

Main article: North Carolina–NC State football rivalry

Listed by number of games won.

  • Current streak: 1 – NC State won in 2021.
  • All-time record[6]

North Carolina: 68; NC State: 37; Ties: 6

  • Record in ACC (1953–2021): North Carolina: 37; NC State: 32[7]
  • Record in Kenan Memorial Stadium: North Carolina: 28; NC State: 19; Ties: 1
  • Record in Carter–Finley Stadium[8] North Carolina: 13; NC State: 14
  • Record in Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina leads 35–19–2
  • Record in Charlotte, NC: North Carolina leads 2–0
  • Record in Raleigh, NC: North Carolina leads 29–19–4

Largest victory margins[]

Listed by score.

  • NC State's largest victory margin: 45 points, score: 48–3 (October 15, 1988)
  • North Carolina's largest victory margin: 44 points, score: 44–0 (October 12, 1894)

All time records[]

  • North Carolina 647–488–54(.567)
  • NC State 586–569–55(.507)

Baseball All-Time Series Records[]

All-Time Series Record[]

  • North Carolina: 168; NC State: 135; Ties: 1
  • As of May, 2019

ACC Regular Season Championships[]

  • North Carolina: 13 (1960, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013)
  • NC State: 1 (1968)

ACC Tournament Championships[]

  • North Carolina: 7 (1982,1983,1984, 1990, 2007, 2013, 2019)
  • NC State: 4 (1973, 1974, 1975, 1992)

College World Series Appearances[]

  • North Carolina: 11 (1960, 1966, 1978, 1989, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2018)
  • NC State: 3 (1968, 2013, 2021)

College World Series Victories[]

  • North Carolina: 16
  • NC State: 5

National Title Game/Series Appearances[]

  • North Carolina: 2 (2006, 2007)
  • NC State: 0

Men's Soccer All-Time Series Records[]

All-Time Series Record[]

  • North Carolina: 55; NC State: 22; Ties: 12
  • As of October, 2018

ACC Regular Season Championships[]

  • North Carolina: 4 (2000, 2011, 2012, 2016)
  • NC State: 1 (1994)

ACC Tournament Championships[]

  • North Carolina: 3 (1987, 2000, 2011)
  • NC State: 1 (1990)

College Cup Appearances[]

  • North Carolina: 8 (1987, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017)
  • NC State: 1 (1990)

National Titles[]

  • North Carolina: 2 (2001, 2011)
  • NC State: 0

References[]

  1. ^ Morriscn, David. "ACC announces schedule of rotating opponents for football through 2024". Greensboro.com. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  2. ^ http://www.fanragsports.com/cfb/north-carolina-nc-state-the-rivalry-america-doesnt-care-about/
  3. ^ Albert, Darryn (7 January 2019). "Luke Maye does not see North Carolina-NC State as rivalry". Larry Brown Sports.
  4. ^ Giglio, Joe. "UNC and Duke a rivalry, Joel Berry says. NC State? Not so much". The Raleigh News & Observer. The McClatchy Co.
  5. ^ "Roy Williams does not like NC State". 26 January 2012.
  6. ^ "North Carolina Game by Game against Opponents". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02.
  7. ^ "North Carolina State vs North Carolina". Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  8. ^ "North Carolina Game by Game against Opponents". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02.
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