1992 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1992 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Peach Bowl, W 21–17 vs Mississippi State
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 19
Record	9–3 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach	Mack Brown (5th season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Carl Torbush (5th season)
Base defense	4–3
Captains	Corey Holliday Randall Parsons Jonathan Perry Tommy Thigpen
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons ←  1991 1993  →

1992 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Florida State $	8	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 17 NC State	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	1
No. 19 North Carolina	5	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 25 Wake Forest	4	–	4	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Virginia	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Clemson	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Maryland	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Duke	0	–	8	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1992 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1992 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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	12:10 p.m.	at Wake Forest		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	JPS	W 35–17	23,447	[1]
September 12	7:00 p.m.	Furman *		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 28–0	48,500	[2]
September 19	7:00 p.m.	Army *		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 22–9	40,500	[3]
September 26	12:10 p.m.	No. 23 NC State		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)		L 20–27	53,725	[4]
October 3	1:30 p.m.	Navy *		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 28–14	42,000	[5]
October 10	12:10 p.m.	at No. 8 Florida State		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	JPS	L 13–36	60,553	[6]
October 17	12:10 p.m.	No. 17 Virginia		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)		W 27–7	45,500	[7]
October 24	3:30 p.m.	No. 19 Georgia Tech		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	W 26–14	52,800	[8]
October 31	1:30 p.m.	at Maryland	No. 22	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 31–24	22,099	[9]
November 7	1:00 p.m.	at Clemson	No. 18	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC		L 7–40	78,000	[10]
November 21	12:10 p.m.	at Duke	No. 21	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)		W 31–28	28,680	[11]
January 2, 1993	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 24 Mississippi State *	No. 19	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)	ESPN	W 21–17	69,125	[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1992 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Corey Holliday Jr WR 7 Bucky Brooks Jr RB 20 Natrone Means Jr FB 33 William Henderson So FB 34 Mike Faulkerson Sr OT 64 Ethan Albright Jr TE 85 Greg DeLong So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 18 Jimmy Hitchcock So LB 24 Bernardo Harris Jr DB 29 Thomas Smith Sr OLB 41 Ray Jacobs Jr LB 82 Mike Morton So DT 97 Riddick Parker Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class DS 68 Stu Holt So	Head coach Mack Brown Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

References

1. "QBs give Tar Heels options". The Charlotte Observer. September 6, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
2. "Tar Heels rip Furman 28–0 as Means scores two TDs". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. September 13, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Carolina grounds Army to remain unbeaten". Greensboro News & Record. September 20, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Wolfpack flies 'Friendly skies'". The Herald-Sun. September 27, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Sluggish Tar Heels sink Navy". The Sun-News. October 4, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
6. "FSU wins and takes ACC lead". The Orlando Sentinel. October 11, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Carolina brings Cavaliers to heel". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 18, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
8. "Another big win for UNC". The Roanoke Times & World-News. October 25, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
9. "Means the way for UNC". The News and Observer. November 1, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
10. "Clemson clobbers N. Carolina 40–7". The Palm Beach Post. November 8, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
11. "Heels edge Duke, 31–28". Danville Register & Bee. November 22, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
12. "Heels stage Peach of a rally". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. January 3, 1993. Retrieved November 13, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
13. "Tar Heel Football 1993". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 1993. pp. 90–102. Retrieved September 20, 2022– via Internet Archive.
14. "1992 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 4, 2017.