1978 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1978 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels were led by first-year head coach Dick Crum 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 fourth.[1]

1978 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
1978 record5–6 (3–3 ACC)
Head coach
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 50,000)
1978 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Clemson $ 6 0 0  11 1 0
No. 20 Maryland 5 1 0  9 3 0
No. 18 NC State 4 2 0  9 3 0
North Carolina 3 3 0  5 6 0
Duke 2 4 0  4 7 0
Wake Forest 1 5 0  1 10 0
Virginia 0 6 0  2 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 16East Carolina*W 14–10
September 23No. 18 Maryland
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 20–21
September 30at No. 9 Pittsburgh*L 16–20
October 7Miami (OH)*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 3–7
October 14at Wake ForestW 34–29
October 21NC State
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 7–34
October 28at South Carolina*W 24–22
November 4at Richmond*L 18–27
November 11at No. 15 ClemsonL 9–13
November 18Virginia
W 38–20
November 25Duke
W 16–15
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time

Roster

References


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