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UNC Meets Baylor In Russell Athletic Bowl

ORLANDO --- Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division champion North Carolina will face Baylor of the Big 12 Conference in the 2015 Russell Athletic Bowl on Tuesday, Dec. 29, at 5:30 p.m. The game will be played in Orlando’s Citrus Bowl Stadium and will be televised nationally by ESPN. This is the first time the two schools have met on the gridiron. Both teams enter the game ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. The Tar Heels (11-2, 8-0 ACC) are No. 10 and

Baylor (9-3, 6-3 Big 12) is No. 17. This marks the first time UNC has played in a bowl game in which both teams are ranked since the 1996 Gator Bowl when the No.