1976 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1976 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. The Tar Heels were led by tenth-year head coach Bill Dooley and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in second.[2]

1976 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Peach Bowl, L 0–21 vs. Kentucky
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
1976 record9–3 (4–1 ACC)
Head coach
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 50,000)
1976 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 13 Maryland $ 5 0 0  11 1 0
North Carolina 4 1 0  9 3 0
Wake Forest 3 3 0  5 6 0
Duke 2 3 1  5 5 1
NC State 2 3 0  3 7 1
Virginia 1 3 0  2 9 0
Clemson 0 4 1  3 6 2
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 4No. 20 Miami (OH)*W 14–10
September 11at No. 18 Florida*W 24–21
September 18Northwestern*No. 17
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 12–0
September 25at Army*No. 16W 34–32
October 2at No. 12 Missouri*No. 14L 3–24
October 16NC State
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 13–21
October 23No. 20 East Carolina*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 12–10
October 30at Wake ForestW 34–14
November 6at ClemsonW 27–23
November 13Virginia
W 31–6
November 20Duke
W 39–38
December 31vs. Kentucky*No. 19L 0–21
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time

References

  1. "1976 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  2. "1976 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
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