1990 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1990 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record6–4–1 (3–3–1 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDarrell Moody (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator Carl Torbush (3rd season)
Captain Dwight Hollier
Home stadium Kenan Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 52,000)
Seasons
  1989
1991  
1990 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Georgia Tech $ 6 0 111 0 1
No. 9 Clemson 5 2 010 2 0
No. 23 Virginia 5 2 08 4 0
Maryland 4 3 06 5 1
North Carolina 3 3 16 4 1
NC State 3 4 07 5 0
Duke 1 6 04 7 0
Wake Forest 0 7 03 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1990 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 11:30 p.m. Miami (OH) *W 34–047,500
September 87:00 p.m.at South Carolina *L 5–2773,500
September 151:30 p.m. Connecticut *
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 48–2141,000
September 221:30 p.m. Kentucky *
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 16–1343,000 [1]
September 291:30 p.m. NC State
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 9–1253,000
October 67:00 p.m.at Wake Forest W 31–2427,711
October 201:30 p.m.No. 11 Georgia Tech
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
T 13–1348,000
October 271:30 p.m. Maryland
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 34–1046,000
November 312:10 p.m.at No. 18 Clemson JPS L 3–2075,196
November 1012:10 p.m.No. 11 Virginia
JPSL 10–2441,000
November 1712:10 p.m.at Duke W 24–2231,600
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References

  1. "Gwaltney helps Tar Heels (3–1) boot Wildcats". The Charlotte Observer. September 23, 1990. Retrieved November 12, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "1990 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 4, 2017.