1977 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1977 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ACC champion
Liberty Bowl, L 17–21 vs. Nebraska
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 17
Record8–3–1 (5–0–1 ACC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinator Jim Dickey (3rd season)
Captain Alan Caldwell, Dee Hardison
Home stadium Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1976
1978  
1977 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 17 North Carolina $ 5 0 18 3 1
No. 19 Clemson 4 1 18 3 1
NC State 4 2 08 4 0
Maryland 4 2 08 4 0
Duke 2 4 05 6 0
Virginia 1 5 01 9 1
Wake Forest 0 6 01 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the North Carolina Tar Heels of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 101:30 p.m.at Kentucky *L 7–1057,796 [2]
September 171:30 p.m. Richmond *W 31–047,100 [3]
September 241:30 p.m.at Northwestern *W 41–719,597
October 11:30 p.m.No. 13 Texas Tech *
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 7–1048,000
October 81:30 p.m. Wake Forest
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 24–348,000
October 151:30 p.m.at NC State W 27–1451,300
October 221:30 p.m. South Carolina *
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 17–048,250
October 291:30 p.m.at Maryland W 16–742,683
November 51:30 p.m.No. 13 Clemson
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
T 13–1350,400
November 121:30 p.m.at Virginia No. 19W 35–1421,000
November 191:30 p.m.at Duke No. 18W 16–340,078
December 199:00 p.m.vs. No. 12 Nebraska *No. 14L 17–2149,456
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

Game summaries

At Virginia

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References

  1. "1977 North Carolina Tar Heels". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  2. "Kentucky Wildcats claw Carolina 10–7". Rocky Mount Telegram. September 11, 1977. Retrieved October 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Heels bury Spiders, 31–0". Rocky Mount Telegram. September 18, 1977. Retrieved October 28, 2022 via Newspapers.com.