By R.L. Bynum
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College football game will be played Monday night: UNC’s opener against TCU at 8 p.m. on ESPN. It will be the focus of the college football world.
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Losses in two head coaching debuts for Bill Belichick, losing 26–14 to the Dallas Cowboys on Sept. 1, 1991, in his Cleveland Browns debut and 21–16 on Sept. 3, 2000, to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in his New England Patriots debut.
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Players who also play other sports: tight end Paul Barton and defensive back Jermaine Anderson are lacrosse players.
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Previous wins, against no loses, against TCU: 21–13 Oct. 12, 1940, in Chapel Hill; 27–17 Sept. 3, 1994, in Chapel Hill; and 31–10 Oct. 4, 1997, in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Wins against no losses for the previous four UNC head coaches in their debuts: 37–14 for Butch Davis against James Madison in 2007; 42–0 for Everett Withers in 2011 against James Madison; 63–0 for Larry Fedora in 2012 against Elon; and 24–10 for Mack Brown in 2019 against South Carolina.
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Left-handed quarterbacks on the roster: Starter Gio Lopez, Max Johnson, Au’Tori Newkirk and Andres Miyares Jr. The last left-hander to start at QB for UNC was Nathan Elliott in 2018.
4th
Non-Saturday home opener after a 44–0 win Friday, Oct. 12, 1894, over North Carolina A&M; a 16–0 win Wednesday, Sept. 24, 1902, over Guilford; and a 42–6 win Monday, Sept 21, 1941, over Lenoir-Rhyne.
4:00
The Kickoff Club opens at Polk Place, the Fan Zone opens at The Pit (located in front of the UNC Student Stores), and tailgating begins.
5:20
Old Well Walk begins — The team will walk from the Old Well, through Polk Place and around the Bell Tower to the stadium.
5:45
Chase Rice concert in front of Wilson Library starts, the first of the Chapel Thrill Concert Series before home games this season.
6:30
Kenan Stadium gates open.
7:00
The Marching Tar Heels perform at Wilson Library.
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Wins by UNC head coaches in their debuts, against 11 losses and two ties.
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Years, to the day, that Monday’s UNC debut for Bill Belichick will occur since his first game as a head coach with the Cleveland Browns in 1991.
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Carolina football head coaches with the hiring of Belichick.
70
Newcomers to the roster (40 transfers and 30 true freshmen)
135th
Season of Carolina football
240
Years of NFL coaching experience on the UNC staff
317.7
Pounds, on average, of UNC’s offensive line, compared to 304.8 last season
678
Career games played at the Division I level by the 40-player UNC transfer class.
67,000
Square feet of sod used to install the natural grass field at Kenan Stadium.
Top photo, linemen photo via @UNCFootball; Rice photo via @ChaseRiceMusic; Belichick photo by Joshua Lawton
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