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Swinney called his only trip to Chapel Hill, ‘One of the worst coaching jobs I have ever done’

The last time the Clemson football program was in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, things did not go so well for the Tigers.

Clemson lost the game 21-16, a game in which they dominated on the stat sheet but lost on the field. Penalties hurt the Tigers that afternoon. They were penalized nine times for 81 yards, killing potential scoring drives and leading to two North Carolina touchdowns.

Quarterback Kyle Parker threw a 74-yard touchdown pass to Jaron Brown with 5:31 to play to pull the Tigers within five points, but the Clemson defense could not get off the field and just 13 seconds remained when they finally got the ball back.