1988 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1988 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	1–10 (1–6 ACC)
Head coach	Mack Brown (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Carl Torbush (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Captains	Bryan Causey Jeff Garnica Antonio Goss Creighton Incorminias John Keller Mitch Wike
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons ←  1987 1989  →

1988 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 9 Clemson $	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Virginia	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
NC State	4	–	2	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
Wake Forest	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Maryland	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Duke	3	–	3	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
North Carolina	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
Georgia Tech	0	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team was led by head coach Mack Brown, in his first year at UNC.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	7:00 p.m.	at No. 19 South Carolina *	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)		L 10–31	73,275	[1]
September 10	5:00 p.m.	No. 4 Oklahoma *	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN	L 0–28	53,675	[2]
September 24	4:00 p.m.	Louisville *	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		L 34–38	49,900	[3]
October 1	2:30 p.m.	at No. 4 Auburn *	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		L 21–47	73,611	[4]
October 8	7:00 p.m.	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)		L 24–42	33,500	[5]
October 15	12:00 p.m.	NC State	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	JPS	L 3–48	52,508	[6]
October 22	2:00 p.m.	Georgia Tech	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 20–17	42,000	[7]
October 29	12:00 p.m.	Maryland	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		L 38–41	45,000	[8]
November 5	12:00 p.m.	at No. 17 Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	JPS	L 14–37	78,369	[9]
November 12	2:00 p.m.	Virginia	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)		L 24–27	45,000	[10]
November 19	12:05 p.m.	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)		L 29–35	28,400	[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Personnel

1988 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class FB 34 Michael Benefield So WR Eric Blount OL Tim Brooks QB Todd Burnett WR Reggie Clark OL Dennis Clemons OL Pat Crowley RB Tom Dorn OL Eric Garnica WR Kurt Green QB Jonathan Hall OL Darrell Hamilton TE Damon Hueston OL Creighton Incorminias TE John Keller WR Randy Marriott RB Kenard Martin QB Deems May WR Freddy Renken RB Aaron Staples OL Steve Steinbacher RB James Thompson OL Carl Watts	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 26 Skeet Baldwin Jr DT 92 Roy Barker Fr DB Victor Bullock DB Clarence Carter LB Karekin Cunningham DB Terrence Fedd LB Eric Gash LB Antonio Goss DL Cecil Gray DB Stuffy Hewitt LB Dwight Hollier DL Chris Jacobs DB Doxie Jordan LB John Reed LB Bernard Timmons DL Dennis Tripp DB Dan Vooletich DB Larry Whiteside	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 1 Matt Anderson So K Hamp Greene K Clint Gwaltney P Scott McAlister	Head coach Mack Brown Coordinators/assistant coaches Carl Torbush Defensive coordinator/linebackers Darrell Moody Running backs Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Season summary

Oklahoma

#4 Oklahoma Sooners (0–0) at North Carolina Tar Heels (0–1)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	14	7	7	0	28
North Carolina	0	0	0	0	0

at Kenan Memorial Stadium, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

• Date: September 10, 1988
• Game attendance: 53,675
• TV announcers (ESPN): Chris Fowler
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External videos
Game highlights

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Oklahoma	Passing	Jamelle Holieway	2/3, 61 Yds
	Rushing	Anthony Stafford	12 Rush, 88 Yds, TD
	Receiving	Eric Bross	3 Rec, 72 Yds
North Carolina	Passing	Deems May	9/19, 87 Yds, INT
	Rushing	Jonathan Hall	10 Rush, 44 Yds
	Receiving	Randy Marriott	4 Rec, 64 Yds

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP OU UNC 1 Oklahoma Leon Perry 2-yard touchdown run, R.D. Lashar kick good 7 0 1 Oklahoma Charles Thompson 8-yard touchdown run, R.D. Lashar kick good 14 0 2 Oklahoma Anthony Stafford 1-yard touchdown run, R.D. Lashar kick good 21 0 3 Oklahoma Jamelle Holieway 4-yard touchdown run, R.D. Lashar kick good 28 0 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 28 0

References

1. "No. 19 S. Carolina overpowers UNC for 31–10 victory". The Times and Democrat. September 4, 1988. Retrieved February 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
2. "Oklahoma cruises past North Carolina 28–0". Winston-Salem Journal. September 11, 1988. Retrieved February 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
3. "U of L rallies past Tar Heels". The State Journal. September 25, 1988. Retrieved February 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Auburn pounds Carolina, 47–21". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 2, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Deacons' explosion buries Tar Heels". The Charlotte Observer. October 9, 1988. Retrieved February 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Wolfpack grinds up Tar Heels". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. October 16, 1988. Retrieved February 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Heels win first". The Danville Register. October 23, 1988. Retrieved February 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
8. "Maryland edges North Carolina". The Charlotte Observer. October 30, 1988. Retrieved February 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
9. "Allen, Clemson whip Tar Heels". The Palm Beach Post. November 6, 1988. Retrieved February 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
10. "It wasn't easy, but Cavaliers finally win one in Chapel Hill". The Roanoke Times & World-News. November 13, 1988. Retrieved February 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
11. "Boone blazes Duke's trail in 35–29 win". Durham Morning Herald. November 20, 1988. Retrieved February 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
12. "1988 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
13. SoonerStats.com Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 2015-Oct-21.
14. Gainesville Sun. 1988 11 Sep. Retrieved 2022-Dec-27.