First-year head coach Bill Belichick appeared to find his groove with the University of North Carolina by early November.

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The Tar Heels defeated Syracuse and Stanford in back-to-back weeks after starting out 0-3 in ACC play.

However, UNC lost its third consecutive game on Saturday as rival NC State mauled Belichick's program 42-19 in front of 56,919 fans at Carter-Finley Stadium. North Carolina dropped a close 32-25 game to rival Duke in Week 13.

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Following the loss to the Wolfpack, Belichick finished the regular season 4-8.

During the season, Belichick was linked to the New York Giants after Brian Daboll was fired. Belichick put those rumors to rest a

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