The 2007 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first-year head coach Butch Davis, the Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina finished the season 4–8 overall and 3–5 in ACC play to place fourth in the Coastal Division.

Immediately after Bunting's firing on October 22, 2006 there was much speculation over who North Carolina would name their new football coach. Rumors immediately started to circulate that former head coach of the Cleveland Browns and the Miami Hurricanes, Butch Davis, was interested in the position."^[1] Athletic director Dick Baddour confirmed the accuracy of the rumors when he announced on November 13, 2006, that Butch Davis had agreed to become the new head football coach."^[2] Soon after his hiring, Butch Davis began to assemble his coaching staff. He was able to lure offensive coordinator John Shoop and defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano from the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL), and defensive line coach John Blake from Nebraska. Blake is regarded by many to be one of the best recruiters in all of college football."^[3]

As of March 2007 many publications began releasing preseason rankings for the upcoming football season. Although UNC still ranked in the lower tier of the Atlantic Coast Conference, many publications were impressed with the Tar Heels' hiring of Butch Davis and their top ranked recruiting class."^[4]

The Tar Heels received 20 letters of intent on National Signing Day, February 7, 2007. Three student athletes had already enrolled before National Signing Day making this class relatively large with 23 commitments.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	No. 8 (FCS) James Madison*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN360	W 37–14	58,500
September 8	6:00 p.m.	at East Carolina*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	CSTV	L 31–34	43,387
September 15	12:00 p.m.	Virginia	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)	Raycom, LFS	L 20–22	58,000
September 22	12:00 p.m.	at No. 23 South Florida*	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	ESPN	L 10–37	37,693
September 29	12:00 p.m.	at No. 17 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	Raycom/LFS	L 10–17	66,233
October 6	12:00 p.m.	Miami (FL)	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN2	W 33–27	59,000
October 13	3:30 p.m.	No. 7 South Carolina*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	L 15–21	61,000
October 27	12:00 p.m.	at Wake Forest	BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	Raycom/LFS	L 10–37	33,023
November 3	3:45 p.m.	Maryland	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPNU	W 16–13	56,000
November 10	12:00 p.m.	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	Raycom/LFS	L 27–31	57,583
November 17	12:00 p.m.	at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	Raycom/LFS	L 25–27	45,490
November 24	3:30 p.m.	Duke	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)	ESPNU	W 20–14 OT	52,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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