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Illinois vs North Carolina Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Illinois and North Carolina.

PROGRAM ONEIllinois0 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD0–4WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWONorth Carolina4 recorded wins
4Recorded meetings
1971Earliest documented
2016Most recent season
0Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

4 games
  1. 1971
    Illinois0 — 27North Carolina
    Sep 18, 1971North Carolina won
  2. 1987
    Illinois14 — 34North Carolina
    Sep 5, 1987North Carolina won
  3. 2015
    Illinois14 — 48North Carolina
    Sep 19, 2015North Carolina wonKenan Stadium
  4. 2016
    Illinois23 — 48North Carolina
    Sep 10, 2016North Carolina wonMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2016Illinois vs North Carolina23–48North Carolina won
2015Illinois vs North Carolina14–48North Carolina won
1987Illinois vs North Carolina14–34North Carolina won
1971Illinois vs North Carolina0–27North Carolina won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.