1989 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1989 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record1–10 (0–7 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive scheme Multiple
Defensive coordinator Carl Torbush (2nd season)
Base defense 4–3
CaptainClarence Carter, Pat Crowley, Torin Dorn, Cecil Gray, Jonathan Hall
Home stadium Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1988
1990  
1989 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 18 Virginia + 6 1 010 3 0
Duke + 6 1 08 4 0
No. 12 Clemson 5 2 010 2 0
Georgia Tech 4 3 07 4 0
NC State 4 3 07 5 0
Maryland 2 5 03 7 1
Wake Forest 1 6 02 8 1
North Carolina 0 7 01 10 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1989 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.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 94:00 p.m. VMI *W 49–750,400 [1]
September 161:30 p.m.at Kentucky *L 6–1350,174 [2]
September 231:00 p.m.at No. 18 NC State L 6–4057,200 [3]
September 304:00 p.m. Navy *
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 7–1238,000 [4]
October 712:00 p.m. Wake Forest
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
JPS L 16–1747,500 [5]
October 141:00 p.m.at Virginia L 17–5034,600 [6]
October 211:00 p.m.at Georgia Tech L 14–1741,114 [7]
October 2812:00 p.m.at Maryland L 0–3827,441 [8]
November 412:00 p.m.No. 21 Clemson
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
JPSL 3–3544,500 [9]
November 112:00 p.m. South Carolina *
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 20–2744,200 [10]
November 1812:00 p.m.No. 25 Duke
L 0–4146,000 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References

  1. "Tar Heels crack VMI, 49–7". The Herald-Sun. September 10, 1989. Retrieved February 4, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Kentucky slogs past Tar Heels 13–6". Winston-Salem Journal. September 17, 1989. Retrieved November 12, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "N.C. State rolls by UNC 40–6". The Charlotte Observer. September 24, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Navy sinks Heels 12–7 in wet Kenan". Greensboro News & Record. October 1, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Wake Forest holds off Tar Heels 17–16". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. October 8, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Cavaliers crush Heels". The Daily News Leader. October 15, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Big play flattens Heels". The Charlotte Observer. October 22, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Heels dig deeper in cellar". The News and Observer. October 29, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Henderson, Tigers whip Heels". The Herald. November 5, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Gamecocks rally over Tar Heels". The Herald. November 12, 1989. Retrieved February 2, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Duke rips UNC for share of ACC crown". The Asheville Citizen-Times. November 19, 1989. Retrieved February 3, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  12. "1989 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 4, 2017.