Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 9 | 4:00 p.m. | VMI* | | | W 49–7 | 50,400 | [1] |
September 16 | 1:30 p.m. | at Kentucky* | | | L 6–13 | 50,174 | [2] |
September 23 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 18 NC State | | | L 6–40 | 57,200 | [3] |
September 30 | 4:00 p.m. | Navy* | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC
| | L 7–12 | 38,000 | [4] |
October 7 | 12:00 p.m. | Wake Forest | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
| JPS | L 16–17 | 47,500 | [5] |
October 14 | 1:00 p.m. | at Virginia | | | L 17–50 | 34,600 | [6] |
October 21 | 1:00 p.m. | at Georgia Tech | | | L 14–17 | 41,114 | [7] |
October 28 | 12:00 p.m. | at Maryland | | | L 0–38 | 27,441 | [8] |
November 4 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 21 Clemson | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC
| JPS | L 3–35 | 44,500 | [9] |
November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | South Carolina* | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
| | L 20–27 | 44,200 | [10] |
November 18 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 25 Duke | | | L 0–41 | 46,000 | [11] |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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- ^ "Kentucky slogs past Tar Heels 13–6". Winston-Salem Journal. September 17, 1989. Retrieved November 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "N.C. State rolls by UNC 40–6". The Charlotte Observer. September 24, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Navy sinks Heels 12–7 in wet Kenan". Greensboro News & Record. October 1, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wake Forest holds off Tar Heels 17–16". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. October 8, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cavaliers crush Heels". The Daily News Leader. October 15, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Big play flattens Heels". The Charlotte Observer. October 22, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Heels dig deeper in cellar". The News and Observer. October 29, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Henderson, Tigers whip Heels". The Herald. November 5, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gamecocks rally over Tar Heels". The Herald. November 12, 1989. Retrieved February 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Duke rips UNC for share of ACC crown". The Asheville Citizen-Times. November 19, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1989 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 4, 2017.