1978 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1978 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record5–6 (3–3 ACC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Bernie Menapace
  • Bunn Rhames
  • Mike Salzano
Home stadium Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1977
1979  →
1978 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Clemson $ 6 –0 –011 –1 –0
No. 20 Maryland 5 –1 –09 –3 –0
No. 18 NC State 4 –2 –09 –3 –0
North Carolina 3 –3 –05 –6 –0
Duke 2 –4 –04 –7 –0
Wake Forest 1 –5 –01 –10 –0
Virginia 0 –6 –02 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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]

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 161:30 p.m. East Carolina *
W 14–1051,150 [2]
September 231:30 p.m.No. 18 Maryland
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 20–2148,000 [3]
September 301:50 p.m.at No. 9 Pittsburgh *
 ABC L 16–2050,439 [4]
October 71:30 p.m. Miami (OH) *
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 3–748,000 [5]
October 141:30 p.m.at Wake Forest
W 34–2932,300 [6]
October 211:30 p.m. NC State
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 7–3450,250 [7]
October 281:30 p.m.at South Carolina *
W 24–2255,104 [8]
November 41:30 p.m.at Richmond *
L 18–2715,000 [9]
November 111:00 p.m.at No. 15 Clemson
L 9–1353,495 [10] [11]
November 181:30 p.m. Virginia
W 38–2044,000 [12]
November 251:30 p.m. Duke
W 16–1545,000 [13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

References

  1. ↑ "1978 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Fumbling Pirates fall short, Carolina wins opener 14–10". Rocky Mount Telegram. September 17, 1978. Retrieved March 4, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Maryland edges North Carolina 21–20". Daily Press. September 24, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Jacobs, Trocano rally Pitt 20–16". The Palm Beach Post. October 1, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Miami tops Tar Heels on freshman's 65-yard reverse pass". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 8, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "'Famous' remedy, Wake's mistakes revive Tar Heels". Durham Sunday Herald. October 15, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Brown, Pack belt Heels". Winston-Salem Journal. October 22, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Tar Heels stave off Gamecocks for upset". Durham Sunday Herald. October 29, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Richmond embarrasses Tar Heels". The Charlotte Observer. November 5, 1978. Retrieved October 28, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Clemson Football Media Guide - 1979". Clemson University. 1979. p. 89. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Brown, Clemson edge Tar Heels". The Sun-News. November 12, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Tar Heels, Sharpe topple Cavaliers 38–20". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 19, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "UNC comeback tops Duke 16–15". Winston-Salem Journal. November 26, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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