Matchup Index

North Carolina Tar Heels vs South Carolina Gamecocks

North Carolina Tar Heels 36
North Carolina Tar Heels leads 36-20-4
4 ties
1903 to 2023
North Carolina Tar Heels won the last meeting
South Carolina Gamecocks 20

Series timeline

▲ North Carolina Tar Heels ahead (peak +22)
1903: North Carolina Tar Heels 17-01904: North Carolina Tar Heels 27-01908: North Carolina Tar Heels 22-01910: North Carolina Tar Heels 27-61911: North Carolina Tar Heels 21-01912: Tied 6-61913: North Carolina Tar Heels 13-31914: North Carolina Tar Heels 48-01920: North Carolina Tar Heels 7-01921: Tied 7-71922: North Carolina Tar Heels 10-71923: North Carolina Tar Heels 13-01924: South Carolina Gamecocks 10-71925: North Carolina Tar Heels 7-01926: North Carolina Tar Heels 7-01927: South Carolina Gamecocks 14-61928: Tied 0-01929: North Carolina Tar Heels 40-01936: North Carolina Tar Heels 14-01937: Tied 13-131941: South Carolina Gamecocks 13-71942: North Carolina Tar Heels 18-61943: North Carolina Tar Heels 21-61944: South Carolina Gamecocks 6-01949: North Carolina Tar Heels 28-131950: North Carolina Tar Heels 14-71951: North Carolina Tar Heels 21-61952: North Carolina Tar Heels 27-191953: South Carolina Gamecocks 18-01954: North Carolina Tar Heels 21-191955: North Carolina Tar Heels 32-141956: South Carolina Gamecocks 14-01957: North Carolina Tar Heels 28-61958: North Carolina Tar Heels 6-01959: North Carolina Tar Heels 19-61960: South Carolina Gamecocks 22-61961: North Carolina Tar Heels 17-01962: North Carolina Tar Heels 19-141963: North Carolina Tar Heels 7-01964: North Carolina Tar Heels 24-61967: South Carolina Gamecocks 16-101968: South Carolina Gamecocks 32-271969: South Carolina Gamecocks 14-61970: South Carolina Gamecocks 35-211974: South Carolina Gamecocks 31-231977: North Carolina Tar Heels 17-01978: North Carolina Tar Heels 24-221979: North Carolina Tar Heels 28-01981: South Carolina Gamecocks 31-131983: North Carolina Tar Heels 24-81988: South Carolina Gamecocks 31-101989: South Carolina Gamecocks 27-201990: South Carolina Gamecocks 27-51991: North Carolina Tar Heels 21-172007: South Carolina Gamecocks 21-152013: South Carolina Gamecocks 27-102015: South Carolina Gamecocks 17-132019: North Carolina Tar Heels 24-202021: South Carolina Gamecocks 38-21 (postseason)2023: North Carolina Tar Heels 31-17

North Carolina Tar Heels South Carolina Gamecocks Tie Postseason One meeting per cell

Longest streaks: North Carolina Tar Heels 5 (1903–1911), South Carolina Gamecocks 5 (1967–1974). Current: North Carolina Tar Heels 1.

Splits

SplitNorth Carolina Tar Heels record
Regular season36-19-4
Postseason0-1
Hosted by North Carolina Tar Heels22-8-3
Hosted by South Carolina Gamecocks14-12-1
Last 10 seasons (1988 to 2023)3-7
Largest North Carolina Tar Heels win48-0 (1914)
Largest South Carolina Gamecocks win27-5 (1990)

Postseason meetings

SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
2021Dec 30, 2021South Carolina Gamecocks 38-21 at South Carolina Gamecocks Bowls (SR Week 19)

Every meeting

2020s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
2023 Sep 2, 2023 North Carolina Tar Heels 31-17 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 2
2021 Dec 30, 2021 South Carolina Gamecocks 38-21 at South Carolina Gamecocks Bowls (SR Week 19) Postseason
2010s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
2019 Aug 31, 2019 North Carolina Tar Heels 24-20 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 2
2015 Sep 3, 2015 South Carolina Gamecocks 17-13 at South Carolina Gamecocks Week 1
2013 Aug 29, 2013 South Carolina Gamecocks 27-10 at South Carolina Gamecocks Week 1
2000s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
2007 Oct 13, 2007 South Carolina Gamecocks 21-15 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 7
1990s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1991 Nov 16, 1991 North Carolina Tar Heels 21-17 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 12
1990 Sep 8, 1990 South Carolina Gamecocks 27-5 at South Carolina Gamecocks Week 3
1980s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1989 Nov 11, 1989 South Carolina Gamecocks 27-20 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 11
1988 Sep 3, 1988 South Carolina Gamecocks 31-10 at South Carolina Gamecocks Week 2
1983 Sep 3, 1983 North Carolina Tar Heels 24-8 at South Carolina Gamecocks Week 2
1981 Oct 24, 1981 South Carolina Gamecocks 31-13 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 8
1970s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1979 Sep 8, 1979 North Carolina Tar Heels 28-0 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 2
1978 Oct 28, 1978 North Carolina Tar Heels 24-22 at South Carolina Gamecocks Week 9
1977 Oct 22, 1977 North Carolina Tar Heels 17-0 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 8
1974 Oct 26, 1974 South Carolina Gamecocks 31-23 at South Carolina Gamecocks Week 8
1970 Oct 10, 1970 South Carolina Gamecocks 35-21 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 7
1960s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1969 Sep 27, 1969 South Carolina Gamecocks 14-6 at South Carolina Gamecocks Week 3
1968 Sep 28, 1968 South Carolina Gamecocks 32-27 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 3
1967 Sep 23, 1967 South Carolina Gamecocks 16-10 at South Carolina Gamecocks Week 3
1964 Oct 24, 1964 North Carolina Tar Heels 24-6 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 7
1963 Oct 26, 1963 North Carolina Tar Heels 7-0 at South Carolina Gamecocks Week 7
1962 Oct 20, 1962 North Carolina Tar Heels 19-14 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 6
1961 Oct 21, 1961 North Carolina Tar Heels 17-0 at South Carolina Gamecocks Week 6
1960 Oct 22, 1960 South Carolina Gamecocks 22-6 at South Carolina Gamecocks Week 7
1950s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1959 Oct 10, 1959 North Carolina Tar Heels 19-6 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 5
1958 Oct 11, 1958 North Carolina Tar Heels 6-0 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 5
1957 Nov 9, 1957 North Carolina Tar Heels 28-6 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 9
1956 Oct 6, 1956 South Carolina Gamecocks 14-0 at South Carolina Gamecocks Week 4
1955 Nov 5, 1955 North Carolina Tar Heels 32-14 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 8
1954 Nov 6, 1954 North Carolina Tar Heels 21-19 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 8
1953 Nov 7, 1953 South Carolina Gamecocks 18-0 at South Carolina Gamecocks Week 8
1952 Nov 15, 1952 North Carolina Tar Heels 27-19 at South Carolina Gamecocks Week 10
1951 Oct 13, 1951 North Carolina Tar Heels 21-6 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 5
1950 Nov 18, 1950 North Carolina Tar Heels 14-7 at South Carolina Gamecocks Week 10
1940s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1949 Oct 8, 1949 North Carolina Tar Heels 28-13 at South Carolina Gamecocks Week 5
1944 Nov 4, 1944 South Carolina Gamecocks 6-0 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 11
1943 Nov 6, 1943 North Carolina Tar Heels 21-6 at South Carolina Gamecocks Week 9
1942 Oct 3, 1942 North Carolina Tar Heels 18-6 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 4
1941 Sep 27, 1941 South Carolina Gamecocks 13-7 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 2
1930s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1937 Sep 25, 1937 Tie 13-13 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 2
1936 Nov 21, 1936 North Carolina Tar Heels 14-0 at South Carolina Gamecocks Week 10
1920s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1929 Nov 9, 1929 North Carolina Tar Heels 40-0 at South Carolina Gamecocks Week 8
1928 Nov 10, 1928 Tie 0-0 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 9
1927 Oct 15, 1927 South Carolina Gamecocks 14-6 at South Carolina Gamecocks Week 5
1926 Oct 9, 1926 North Carolina Tar Heels 7-0 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 4
1925 Oct 3, 1925 North Carolina Tar Heels 7-0 at South Carolina Gamecocks Week 3
1924 Nov 1, 1924 South Carolina Gamecocks 10-7 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 7
1923 Nov 3, 1923 North Carolina Tar Heels 13-0 at South Carolina Gamecocks Week 7
1922 Oct 14, 1922 North Carolina Tar Heels 10-7 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 4
1921 Oct 15, 1921 Tie 7-7 at South Carolina Gamecocks Week 5
1920 Oct 16, 1920 North Carolina Tar Heels 7-0 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 4
1910s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1914 Oct 12, 1914 North Carolina Tar Heels 48-0 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 4
1913 Oct 18, 1913 North Carolina Tar Heels 13-3 at South Carolina Gamecocks Week 5
1912 Nov 9, 1912 Tie 6-6 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 8
1911 Nov 11, 1911 North Carolina Tar Heels 21-0 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 8
1910 Nov 19, 1910 North Carolina Tar Heels 27-6 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 10
1900s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1908 Nov 14, 1908 North Carolina Tar Heels 22-0 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 9
1904 Oct 15, 1904 North Carolina Tar Heels 27-0 at North Carolina Tar Heels Week 5
1903 Oct 10, 1903 North Carolina Tar Heels 17-0 at South Carolina Gamecocks Week 5

Sources

Records are computed from every final game result in the Matchup Index database. About the data.

College football results follow Sports Reference coverage, which omits some early games against non-major opponents.