North Carolina–NC State rivalry
North Carolina – NC State History | |||
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) |
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[]
- Everett Case: 25–19
- Press Maravich: 2–2
- Norm Sloan: 13–26
- Jim Valvano: 7–18
- Les Robinson: 5–7
- Herb Sendek: 5–17
- Sidney Lowe: 1–10
- Mark Gottfried: 2–10
- Kevin Keatts: 2–6
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 victories | North Carolina victories |
No. | Date | Location | NC State | North Carolina | Notes | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | January 21, 1998 | Reynolds Coliseum | NC State | 60 | North Carolina | 74 | ||
2 | February 21, 1998 | Dean Smith Center | NC State | 86 | North Carolina | 72 | ||
3 | March 6, 1998 | Greensboro Coliseum | NC State | 46 | North Carolina | 74 | ||
4 | January 16, 1999 | Reynolds Coliseum | NC State | 56 | North Carolina | 59 | ||
5 | February 17, 1999 | Dean Smith Center | NC State | 53 | North Carolina | 62 | ||
6 | January 8, 2000 | Dean Smith Center | NC State | 75 | North Carolina | 83 | ||
7 | February 9, 2000 | PNC Arena | NC State | 62 | North Carolina | 70 | ||
8 | January 28, 2001 | PNC Arena | NC State | 52 | North Carolina | 60 | ||
9 | February 28, 2001 | Dean Smith Center | NC State | 63 | North Carolina | 76 | ||
10 | January 23, 2002 | Dean Smith Center | NC State (NR) | 77 | North Carolina (NR) | 59 | Article about game | |
11 | February 24, 2002 | PNC Arena | NC State (NR) | 98 | North Carolina (NR) | 76 | Article about game | |
12 | January 26, 2003 | PNC Arena | NC State (NR) | 86 | North Carolina (NR) | 77 | Article about game | |
13 | February 25, 2003 | Dean Smith Center | NC State (NR) | 75 | North Carolina (NR) | 67 | Overtime; Article | |
14 | January 28, 2004 | Dean Smith Center | NC State (NR) | 66 | North Carolina (12) | 68 | Article about game | |
15 | February 29, 2004 | PNC Arena | NC State (14) | 64 | North Carolina (12) | 71 | Article about game | |
16 | February 3, 2005 | Dean Smith Center | NC State (NR) | 71 | North Carolina (2) | 95 | Article about game | |
17 | February 22, 2005 | PNC Arena | NC State (NR) | 71 | North Carolina (2) | 81 | Article about game | |
18 | January 7, 2006 | Dean Smith Center | NC State (13) | 69 | North Carolina (25) | 82 | Article about game | |
19 | February 22, 2006 | PNC Arena | NC State (15) | 71 | North Carolina (21) | 95 | Article about game | |
20 | February 3, 2007 | PNC Arena | NC State (NR) | 83 | North Carolina (3) | 79 | Article about game | |
21 | February 21, 2007 | Dean Smith Center | NC State (NR) | 64 | North Carolina (5) | 83 | Article about game | |
22 | March 11, 2007 | Tampa Bay Times Forum | NC State (NR) | 80 | North Carolina (8) | 89 | Article about game | |
23 | January 12, 2008 | Dean Smith Center | NC State (NR) | 62 | North Carolina (1) | 93 | Article about game | |
24 | February 20, 2008 | PNC Arena | NC State (NR) | 70 | North Carolina (3) | 84 | Article about game | |
25 | January 31, 2009 | PNC Arena | NC State (NR) | 76 | North Carolina (5) | 93 | Article about game | |
26 | February 18, 2009 | Dean Smith Center | NC State (NR) | 80 | North Carolina (3) | 89 | Article about game | |
27 | January 26, 2010 | PNC Arena | NC State (NR) | 63 | North Carolina (NR) | 77 | Article about game | |
28 | February 13, 2010 | Dean Smith Center | NC State (NR) | 61 | North Carolina (NR) | 74 | Article about game | |
29 | January 29, 2011 | Dean Smith Center | NC State (NR) | 64 | North Carolina (NR) | 84 | Article about game | |
30 | February 23, 2011 | PNC Arena | NC State (NR) | 63 | North Carolina (19) | 75 | Article about game | |
31 | January 26, 2012 | Dean Smith Center | NC State (NR) | 55 | North Carolina (7) | 74 | Article about game | |
32 | February 21, 2012 | PNC Arena | NC State (NR) | 74 | North Carolina (7) | 86 | Article about game | |
33 | March 10, 2012 | Phillips Arena | NC State (NR) | 67 | North Carolina (4) | 69 | Article about game | |
34 | January 26, 2013 | PNC Arena | NC State (18) | 91 | North Carolina (NR) | 83 | Article about game | |
35 | February 23, 2013 | Dean Smith Center | NC State (NR) | 65 | North Carolina (NR) | 76 | Article about game | |
36 | February 1, 2014 | Dean Smith Center | NC State (NR) | 70 | North Carolina (NR) | 84 | Article about game | |
37 | February 26, 2014 | PNC Arena | NC State (NR) | 84 | North Carolina (19) | 85 | Overtime; Article | |
38 | January 14, 2015 | PNC Arena | NC State (NR) | 79 | North Carolina (15) | 81 | Article about game | |
39 | February 24, 2015 | Dean Smith Center | NC State (NR) | 58 | North Carolina (15) | 46 | Article about game | |
40 | January 16, 2016 | Dean Smith Center | NC State (NR) | 55 | North Carolina (5) | 67 | Article about game | |
41 | February 24, 2016 | PNC Arena | NC State (NR) | 68 | North Carolina (7) | 80 | Article about game | |
42 | January 8, 2017 | Dean Smith Center | NC State (NR) | 56 | North Carolina (14) | 107 | Article about game | |
43 | February 15, 2017 | PNC Arena | NC State (NR) | 73 | North Carolina (10) | 97 | Article about game | |
44 | January 27, 2018 | Dean Smith Center | NC State (NR) | 95 | North Carolina (10) | 91 | Overtime; Article | |
45 | February 10, 2018 | PNC Arena | NC State (NR) | 89 | North Carolina (21) | 96 | Article about game | |
46 | January 8, 2019 | PNC Arena | NC State (15) | 82 | North Carolina (12) | 90 | Article about game | |
47 | February 5, 2019 | Dean Smith Center | NC State (NR) | 96 | North Carolina (8) | 113 | Article about game | |
48 | January 27, 2020 | PNC Arena | NC State (NR) | 65 | North Carolina (NR) | 75 | Article about game | |
49 | February 26, 2020 | Dean Smith Center | NC State (NR) | 79 | North Carolina (NR) | 85 | Article about game | |
50 | December 22, 2020 | PNC Arena | NC State (NR) | 79 | North Carolina (17) | 76 | Article about game | |
51 | January 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[]
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[]
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- ^ Giglio, Joe. "UNC and Duke a rivalry, Joel Berry says. NC State? Not so much". The Raleigh News & Observer. The McClatchy Co.
- ^ "Roy Williams does not like NC State". 26 January 2012.
- ^ "North Carolina Game by Game against Opponents". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02.
- ^ "North Carolina State vs North Carolina". Retrieved 27 November 2021.
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