2018 Week 1 Analysis-North Carolina vs. CAL

North Carolina vs. CAL

Notes:
Last year, CAL defeated North Carolina 35-30 in Chapel Hill.
North Carolina won 3 games in 2017 against 2 FBS opponents (Old Dominion & Pittsburgh) who had a combined overall record of 10-14 or .416%.

 
The Tar Heels won those games by a total score of 87-54 or 16.5 ppg.

 

 

North Carolina also defeated FCS opponent-Western Carolina by a score of 65-10.

 

 
North Carolina lost 9 games in 2017 to FBS opponents (CAL, Louisville, Duke, Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Miami & NC State) with a combined overall record of 69-46 or .600%.

 

 
The Tar Heels lost those games by a total score of 311-160 or 16.7 ppg.

 

 
North Carolina was 1-6 at home in 2017 against FBS opponents (Miami, CAL, Louisville, Duke, Notre Dame & Virginia) with a combined overall record of 46-31 or .597%.

 

 

 
The Tar Heels lost those games by a total score of 186-125 or 10.1 ppg.

 

 

 
CAL won 5 games in 2017 against 4 FBS opponents (North Carolina, Ole Miss, Washington State & Oregon State) with a combined overall record of 19-30 or .387%.

 

 

 
The Bears won those games by a total score of 136-72 or 16.0 ppg.

 

 

 

 
CAL also defeated FCS opponent Weber State by a score of 33-20.

 
CAL lost 7 games in 2017 to FBS opponents (USC, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Colorado, Stanford & UCLA) with a combined overall record of 55-37 or .597%.

 
The Bears lost those games by a total score of 249-164 or 12.1 ppg.

 

 

 
CAL was 1-5 on the road in 2017 against FBS opponents (Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Stanford & UCLA) with a combined overall record of 37-28 or .584%.

 

 

 
The Bears lost those games by a total score of 174-100 or 14.8 ppg.

 

 

 

 

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