North Carolina Tar Heels

The North Carolina Tar Heels were 8-4 in 2009. They fell to the Pittsburgh Panthers, 19 to 17, in the Meineke Car Care Bowl on December 26, 2009.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Sat 12/26	@	PITT	L 17-19
Sat 11/28	@	NCST	L 27-28
Sat 11/21	@	BC	W 31-13
Sat 11/14	vs	MIA	W 33-24
Sat 11/7	vs	DUKE	W 19-6

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

1,953

Yates

RUSH YDS

630

Houston

REC YDS

637

Little

2009 ACC Standings

TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
NC State	2-6	5-7
Wake Forest	3-5	5-7
Virginia	2-6	3-9
Maryland	1-7	2-10
North Carolina	8-5	0-5

Latest North Carolina Tar Heels News

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2009 Stats

See stats

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	13	309	4,001	845	4.7	1,727	477	3.6	2,274	368	6.2	228	108	106	106	81	735
Team Rank		76th	99th	68th	105th	76th	50th	88th	99th	75th	102nd	84th	50th	87th	87th	71st	84th
Opponent	13	222	3,505		4.2	1,243	439	2.8	2,262	396	5.7	202	84	96	96	72	566
Opponent Rank		12th	4th		8th	10th	40th	7th	14th	62nd	10th	12th	19th	9th	9th	80th	103rd
Net		+87	+496	+845	+0.5	+484	+38	+0.8	+12	-28	+0.5	+26	+24	+10	+10	+9	+169
Net Rank		38th	43rd	66th	42nd	39th	46th	38th	65th	71st	54th	37th	32nd	49th	49th	89th	110th

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Heintschel

14

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

9.0

9.8

10.3

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

346.5

340.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Michigan	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Illinois	2	2	.500
14	Maryland	2	2	.500
15	Michigan State	2	2	.500
16	Purdue	1	3	.250
17	Rutgers	1	3	.250
18	Penn State	3	2	.600

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500
9	Delaware	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
2	Miami	4	0	1.000
3	Clemson	3	1	.750
4	Duke	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia	3	1	.750
6	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
7	Louisville	2	2	.500
8	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	2	2	.500
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	4	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250