1985 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1985 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record5–6 (3–4 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainCarl Carr
Home stadium Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1984
1986  
1985 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 18 Maryland $ 6 0 09 3 0
No. 19 Georgia Tech 5 1 09 2 1
Virginia 4 3 06 5 0
Clemson 4 3 06 6 0
North Carolina 3 4 05 6 0
Duke 2 5 04 7 0
NC State 2 5 03 8 0
Wake Forest 1 6 04 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels were led by eighth-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 fifth.

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 77:30 p.m.at Navy *W 21–1926,394 [1]
September 141:00 p.m. [2] No. 12 LSU *TigerVisionL 13–2350,866 [3]
September 281:00 p.m. VMI *
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 51–749,250 [4]
October 512:15 p.m.at Georgia Tech Raycom L 0–3135,625 [5]
October 121:00 p.m. Wake Forest
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 34–1449,000 [6]
October 1912:15 p.m.at NC State W 21–1447,500 [7]
October 261:00 p.m.No. 11 Florida State *
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 10–2050,132 [8]
November 212:15 p.m.at Maryland L 10–2849,800 [9]
November 912:15 p.m. Clemson
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 21–2050,000 [10]
November 161:00 p.m.at Virginia L 22–2438,500 [11]
November 2312:15 p.m. Duke
L 21–2348,500 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

LSU

LSU at North Carolina
1234Total
No. 12 Tigers763723
Tar Heels760013

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References

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  8. "Defense saves day for FSU in 20–10 win". St. Petersburg Times. October 27, 1985. Retrieved January 31, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
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  12. "Duke collects Victory Bell on strength of 23–21 victory". The Times and Democrat. November 24, 1985. Retrieved January 31, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
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  14. "No. 12 LSU Kicks Aside Heels, 23-13". Asheville Citizen-Times . September 15, 1985. p. 19. Retrieved January 18, 2020.