The 2024 college football season is just one week away from today and a dismal statistic looms over UNC football starting the season with Week 1 on the road. The Tar Heels haven’t won a road game in hostile territory in Week 1 since 1992.
Taking out neutral site games where they won in Week 1, they haven’t won a true road game in over 32 years. Week 1 might not be a common occurrence to see the Tar Heels head on the road, but this year, a week from today, they will be in Minnesota at Huntington Bank Stadium taking on the Gophers.
Just to put that into perspective, Matt Ferenchick listed some things that had happened since that last road win in Week 1. Hubert Davis, the current UNC coach, was just drafted. Florida State began its first season in the ACC. There were only 28 teams in the NFL, and the No. 1 song was “End of the Road” by Boyz II Men.
#UNC opens its football seasona at Minnesota next week, & a win would reverse a trend of the #TarHeels dstruggling in true road openershttps://t.co/0mQIbdvz2I
— Tar Heel Illustrated (@HeelIllustrated) August 21, 2024
Currently, ESPN Matchup Predictor gives North Carolina a 54.7% chance to win their opening game in Minnesota, and we don’t even know who will be under center for the Heels that week yet.
Will this be the year the Tar Heels break the Week 1 road game curse?
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