The North Carolina Tar Heels football team plays the Richmond Spiders in Week 3 of the 2025 college football season on Saturday, Sept. 13 (3:30 p.m., ACC Netowork ) at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill.

The Tar Heels (1-1) and Spiders (1-1) haven't played since 1978, but Richmond won that meeting. Overall, UNC is 12-2 in the all-time series and hasn't lost to an FCS opponent since dropping a game against Furman in 1999.

According to the game contract obtained by the USA TODAY Network, UNC is paying Richmond $400,000 for the "buy game." Head coach Bill Belichick picked up his first win as a college coach in the Tar Heels' 20-3 win at Charlotte, but the Tar Heels are averaging 17 points through two games and have one sack. They'll try to improve those numbers before returning to Po

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