The Notre Dame Fighting Irish close out their September schedule with a road contest against the North Carolina Tar Heels. This series has been dominated by the Irish, with the last Tar Heel victory coming on the home turf in 2008.
Tar Heels head coach Mack Brown is in the fourth season of his second stint at North Carolina and still seeks a breakthrough campaign after the disappointment of last year’s 6-7 record. Brown, who turns 71 next month, needs to fill in some key gaps and find a way to tighten up his team’s play on both sides of the ball.