UNC football opens its season against Virginia Tech. We now know when the game is.

ACC football schedules were announced back in January but North Carolina’s season-opener at Virginia Tech included an either/or date of Sept. 2 or 3.

The conference on Monday announced the game will be on Sept. 3, a Friday. The time and how to watch will be announced later.

Here’s UNC’s complete schedule:

North Carolina‘s 2021 football schedule

Sept. 3 -- at Virginia Tech

Sept. 11 -- vs. Georgia State

Sept. 18 -- vs. Virginia

Sept. 25 -- at Georgia Tech

Oct. 2 -- vs. Duke

Oct. 9 -- vs. Florida State

Oct. 16 -- vs. Miami

Oct. 30 -- at Notre Dame

Nov. 6 -- vs. Wake Forest*

Nov. 11 -- at Pitt

Nov. 20 -- vs. Wofford

Nov. 26 -- at N.C. State

* -- non-conference game

This story was originally published April 12, 2021 at 10:45 AM with the headline "UNC football opens its season against Virginia Tech. We now know when the game is.."

Jessaca Giglio

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Jessaca Giglio is a McClatchy Flex Editor and Pulitzer Prize Finalist who started at The N&O in 1994. Since then, she’s been planning and enterprise editor, breaking news editor, sports editor, assistant metro editor, retail columnist, small-business editor and assistant design editor. She is a graduate of Campbell University.