Anthony Wilson
North Carolina legislation that would required UNC and NC State to regularly play the state’s Group of Five schools in football will not advance any further, North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore said said Thursday. House Bill 965, titled “UNC Intrastate Athletic Competition,” was approved by the House Appropriations committee earlier this week.
That’s all that can happen.
“We had the audience we’re going to have,” Moore said. “There was a committee hearing. I told them they could hear it in committee, but the matter would not be brought to the floor.”
The bill would require both UNC and NC State to play Appalachian State, Charlotte or East Carolina every season in football — and not just at home. Under the proposal, the Tar Heels and Wolfpack would be required to complete a back-and-forth series with the three of them over a six-year period.
North Carolina and Appalachian State recently completed an eye-catching 2-for-1 series where the Tar Heels hosted the Mountaineers in 2019 and 2023 while playing at Appalachian State in 2022. All three games were close, with the Tar Heels winning two of the three.
However, Appalachian State is not currently part of any future North Carolina schedule. UNC is scheduled to host Charlotte in Week 2 of this season and to play in Charlotte in 2025. But the Tar Heels have no games scheduled with any of the three state teams covered by the bill beyond 2025, per FBSchedules. with.
The only in-state opponent that makes NC State’s 2024 non-conference slate is Football Championship Subdivision Western Carolina. The Wolfpack is scheduled to host ECU in 2025 and Appalachian State in 2026. They are scheduled to play at ECU in 2028 and also have home-and-home series scheduled with Charlotte in 2030 and 2031.
The legislation cited the General Assembly’s desire to “promote economic development” as part of its rationale. It also would have required North Carolina and North Carolina State to face each other at least once per season in men’s and women’s basketball and soccer. While this currently happens by default since both schools are members of the ACC, the legislation was intended to protect against a scenario in which conference realignment disrupted the series between the league’s two longtime foes.
Even considering Appalachian State’s standing as an FCS team until 2013, the Mountaineers and North Carolina surprisingly only played four times; Before the recent 2-for-1, the only previous contest occurred in 1940. NC State defeated Appalachian State in all six contests.
Series vs. East Carolina are more common for Tobacco Road teams. NC State is 19-13 all-time against the Pirates; North Carolina is 11-5.
Charlotte, which relaunched its program in 2013, has never played North Carolina or North Carolina.
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