North Carolina bill seeks to preserve UNC, NC State rivalry

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina and NC State played for the first time in football in 1894. They first clashed in men’s basketball in 1913.

“Essentially what we want to ensure is that UNC and NC State will continue to play in a world where they are not both in the ACC,” said Rep. Brenden Jones, the House’s Republican majority leader and a lead sponsor of the bill.