North Carolina and Notre Dame meet for the 23rd time in a series that began in 1949. Notre Dame leads the series 20-2-0. Both Carolina victories occurred in Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels scored a 12-7 decision in 1960 and beat the Fighting Irish, 29-24, in 2008. In the previous 22 meetings, Notre Dame has been ranked in 15 of those. The Irish was ranked No. 1 in the country in three of the previous meetings and in the top 10 on nine occasions. North Carolina faced Notre Dame every season from 1949 to 1956 and 12 times between 1949 and 1962. This season will be the sixth meeting since 2006. The Tar Heels and Fighting Irish are playing for the third year in a row. UNC hosted Notre Dame in 2020, while the Irish welcomed the
Tar Heels to Notre Dame Stadium last Oct. 31. The next meeting between the two programs is slated for Oct. 3, 2026 in Chapel Hill.
About UNC
- Quarterback Drake Maye leads all freshmen signal callers in essentially every passing category, including passing TDs (11), passing yards (930), and total offense (358.7).
- Omarion Hampton’s five rushing TDs trail only West Virginia’s CJ Donaldson Jr. for the most among freshman running backs. Hampton also sits sixth with 76.0 rushing yards per game and 7th with 228 rushing yards.
- Among FBS freshmen wide receivers, Paysour is third with 14 catches and tied for third with two receiving touchdowns.
- Carolina took down Georgia State, 35-28, on Sept. 10 in Atlanta to become the first team in 2022 to own a 3-0 record at the FBS level.
- The Tar Heels are 3-0 for the second time in the last three seasons, however, just the third time since 2011.
- A week removed from surrendering 40 fourth-quarter points in the win at App State,
the UNC defense shutout Georgia State in the final period to seal the win.
- Carolina’s offense is off to a great start through three games of the 2022 season and
rank among the top programs nationally in numerous stat categories, including scoring offense (#4 – 51.3 ppg) and total offense (#5 – 547.3 ypg).
About Notre Dame
- The Irish improve to 5-0 all-time against California, winning three games at Notre Dame Stadium in 1960, ‘67, 2022, while also earning two wins at California in 1959 and 1965.
- The Irish are 15-1 at home against all Pac-12 teams not named Southern Cal or Stanford in Notre Dame Stadium, with the lone loss coming to Arizona in 1982.
- The Irish had six sacks in today’s game – the most for the team since the victory over Georgia Tech in 2021.
- bMichael Mayer tied Ken MacAfee (974-77) for second place on the Notre Dame career tight end reception list with 128. Mayer also matches Tyler Eifert (2009-12) for second on the all-time tight end list with 11 career touchdowns, adding a six yard touchdownbin the fourth quarter.
- Drew Pyne is the second Notre Dame quarterback to make his starting debut and Notre Dame Stadium starting debut this season. With the victory Pyne improves the record for Irish first-time starting quarterbacks in Notre Dame Stadium to 9-1 in the last 10 first starts at home.
UNC vs Notre Dame
Series vs. ND: ND leads 20-2
Series Streak: ND won last three
Last Meeting at NC: 2020 (ND Won, 17-31)
Last UNC Win: 2008 (29-24)
How to Watch
Kickoff: 3:30 pm
Television: ABC (Bob Wischusen, Dan Orlovsky, Kris Budden)
Stream: Watch ESPN
Tar Heel Sports Network: Jones Angell, Brian Simmons, Lee Pace
Satellite Radio: SiriusXM (134 or 193), App (955)