2019 North Carolina Tar Heels football team


The 2019 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tar Heels were led by head coach Mack Brown, in the first season of his second stint at UNC and his eleventh overall season. They played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium and competed as a member of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They defeated the Temple Owls in the Military Bowl on December 27.

Preseason

Preseason media poll

In the preseason ACC media poll, North Carolina was predicted to finish in sixth in the Coastal Division.
Media poll

Personnel

Coaching staff

Roster

Schedule

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The game against Wake Forest, a fellow member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, is being played as a non-conference game and will therefore not count in the league standings. This was done because the two rivals otherwise only play once every six years due to conference divisional alignment.

Game summaries

vs. South Carolina

34–19–4Sept. 3, 2015L, 13–17

Miami (FL)

9–11Sept. 28, 2018L, 10–47

at Wake Forest

69–35–2Oct. 17, 2015W, 50–14

Appalachian State

1–0Sept. 21, 1940W, 56–6

Clemson

19–37–1Dec. 5, 2015L, 37–45

at Georgia Tech

20–30–3Nov. 3, 2018L, 28–38

at Virginia Tech

12–23–6Oct. 13, 2018L, 19–22

Starting with the 2019 season, every overtime period starting with the fifth overtime consists solely of one two-point attempt per team from the three yard line.

Duke

59–41–4Nov. 10, 2018L, 35–42

Virginia

64–56–4Oct. 27, 2018L, 21–31

at Pittsburgh

10–3Sept. 22, 2018W, 38–35

Mercer

1–0Oct. 24, 1925W, 3–0

at NC State

66–36–6Nov. 24, 2018L, 28–34

vs. Temple — Military Bowl

Players drafted into the NFL

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Club
4126Charlie HeckOTHouston Texans
5154Jason StrowbridgeDLMiami Dolphins