1983 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1983 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels were led by sixth-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 second.[2]

1983 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
1983 record8–4 (4–2 ACC)
Head coach
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 50,000)
1983 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Maryland $ 5 0 0  8 4 0
North Carolina 4 2 0  8 4 0
Georgia Tech 3 2 0  3 8 0
Virginia 3 3 0  6 5 0
Duke 3 3 0  3 8 0
Wake Forest 1 5 0  4 7 0
NC State 1 5 0  3 8 0
No. 11 Clemson * 0 0 0  9 1 1
  • $ Conference champion
  • * – Clemson was under NCAA and ACC probation and was ineligible for the ACC title. As a result, their ACC games did not count in the league standings.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 3at South Carolina*No. 11W 24–8
September 10Memphis*No. 8W 24–10
September 17Miami (OH)*No. 10
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 48–17
September 24William & Mary*No. 5
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 51–20
October 1at Georgia TechNo. 5W 38–21
October 8Wake ForestNo. 4
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 30–10
October 15at NC StateNo. 3W 42–14
October 29at No. 13 MarylandNo. 3L 26–28
November 5Clemson*ANo. 10
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 3–16
November 12at VirginiaNo. 19L 14–17
November 19Duke
W 34–27
December 30vs. Florida State*L 3–28
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time

A. ^ Clemson was under NCAA probation and was ineligible for the ACC title. As a result, this game did not count in the league standings.

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