First Look: 2013 Football Schedule Posted Feb 25, 2013 The Tar Heels will be tested early with a marquee matchup in Columbia to open the season. The South Carolina Gamecocks (11-2 in 2012) won the last meeting with Carolina (21-15 in 2007 in Chapel Hill) and have won four of the last five dating back to 1988. The Tar Heels open the home slate on September 7 against Middle Tennessee State (8-4). (Tar Heel Monthly)