ATLANTA – North Carolina and Auburn are set to face off in the 2020 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 12. An exact kick time and television network will be finalized at a later date.
The Tar Heels-Tigers game will be the third Chick-fil-A Kickoff game played in 2020 as part of a multi-week celebration of college football in Atlanta. West Virginia will play Florida State on Sept. 5 and Georgia will meet Virginia on Monday night, Sept. 7.
This will mark the seventh time North Carolina and Auburn have met on the gridiron, but the first in 19 years.