The North Carolina Tar Heels football team opens with a handful of tough games and their schedule is certainly going to be a tough one. The 2016 North Carolina Tar Heels Football Schedule opens with an SEC opponent (Georgia), a road game in the Big Ten (Illinois) and they wont have an off week until the end of October.

2015 record: 11-3, 8-0 ACC

2016 season-win total: 8.5 wins (via South Point in Las Vegas)

North Carolina is coming off a fantastic 11-3 season that saw them piece together 11 consecutive wins at one point. The Tar Heels bring back seven starters on both sides of the football, but they have to replace Marquise Williams at quarterback with Mitch Trubisky. Elijah Hood returns at tailback, he posted 17 touchdowns last season and better than 1,400 yards on the ground. Mack Hollins and Ryan Switzer both return at receiver as well, they combined for 85 catches and 14 scores last season.

2016 North Carolina Tar Heels Football Schedule

September

3   Georgia (in Atlanta)

10  at Illinois

17  James Madison

24  Pittsburgh

October

1   at Florida State

8   Virginia Tech

15  at Miami, Fla.

22  at Virginia

November

5    Georgia Tech

10  at Duke

19  The Citadel

25  NC State

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