2014 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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2014 North Carolina Tar Heels football
UNC wordmark North Carolina blue.svg
Quick Lane Bowl, L 21–40 vs. Rutgers
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
DivisionCoastal
Record6–7 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Seth Littrell (1st season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Co-defensive coordinatorDan Disch (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorRon West (2nd season)
Base defense 4–2–5
Captain Marquise Williams, Landon Turner, Ethan Farmer, Norkeithus Otis, Mack Hollins
Home stadium Kenan Memorial Stadium
Uniform
Nc tarheels uniforms13.png
Seasons
←  2013
2015  →
2014 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Atlantic Division
No. T–5 Florida State x$^  8 –0   13 –1  
No. 15 Clemson  6 –2   10 –3  
No. 24 Louisville  5 –3   9 –4  
Boston College  4 –4   7 –6  
NC State  3 –5   8 –5  
Syracuse  1 –7   3 –9  
Wake Forest  1 –7   3 –9  
Coastal Division
No. 8 Georgia Tech x  6 –2   11 –3  
Duke  5 –3   9 –4  
North Carolina  4 –4   6 –7  
Pittsburgh  4 –4   6 –7  
Miami (FL)  3 –5   6 –7  
Virginia Tech  3 –5   7 –6  
Virginia  3 –5   5 –7  
Championship: Florida State 37, Georgia Tech 35
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by third-year head coach Larry Fedora and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. They finished the season 6–7 overall and 4–4 in ACC play to tie for third place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Quick Lane Bowl, where they lost to Rutgers.

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Personnel

North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora entered his third year as the North Carolina's head coach for the 2014 season. Seth Littrell was hired to be the team's assistant head coach for offense and tight ends coach. [1] Keith Heckendorf, formerly UNC’s player development assistant, became the team's quarterbacks coach. [2] Larry Porter was hired to coach running backs and previously coached running backs at Arizona State, Louisiana State and Oklahoma State, among other schools, before spending the 2013 season at Texas. He also was the head coach at Memphis in 2010 and 2011. [2]

Coaches for the 2014 season [3]
NamePositionSeasons at North Carolina
Larry Fedora Head coach3rd
Gunter BrewerCo-offensive coordinator/wide receivers3rd (8th overall)
Chris Kapilovic Co-offensive coordinator/offensive line1st (3rd overall)
Seth Littrell Assistant head coach for offense/tight ends1st
Keith Heckendorf Quarterbacks1st
Dan DischCo-defensive coordinator/cornerbacks3rd
Keith GilmoreDefensive line2nd
Lou HernandezStrength and conditioning coordinator3rd
Vic Koenning Associate head coach for defense/safeties3rd
Ron WestCo-defensive coordinator/linebackers2nd
Caleb Pressley Supervisor of Morale1st
2014 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 1Khris FrancisSo
WR 13Mack HollinsSo
WR 84Bug HowardSo
RB 8T.J. LoganSo
RB 21Romar MorrisJr
WR 7Austin ProehlFr
WR 81Kendrick SingletonJr
WR 3 Ryan Switzer So
WR 5T.J. ThorpeJr
QB 10 Mitchell Trubisky Redshirt.svg  Fr
WR 35Damien WashingtonJr
QB 12 Marquise Williams Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 23Cayson CollinsFr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 18Thomas MooreSr
K 24Nick WeilerSo
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
    • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

    Roster
    Last update: 2020-Nov-26

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 306:00 p.m. Liberty *No. 23
 ESPN3 W 56–2951,000 [4]
September 68:00 p.m. San Diego State *No. 21
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
 ESPNews W 31–2758,000 [4]
September 203:30 p.m.at East Carolina *
 ESPNU L 41–7051,082 [4]
September 277:00 p.m.at Clemson
ESPNUL 35–5080,599 [4]
October 412:30 p.m. Virginia Tech
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
 ACCN L 17–3460,000 [4]
October 113:30 p.m.at No. 6 Notre Dame *
 NBC L 43–5080,795 [4]
October 187:00 p.m. Georgia Tech
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ESPNUW 48–4353,000 [4]
October 2512:30 p.m.at Virginia
ACCNW 28–2745,200 [4]
November 112:30 p.m.at Miami (FL)
ACCNL 20–4751,702 [4]
November 1512:30 p.m. Pittsburgh Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ACCNW 40–3553,000 [4]
November 207:30 p.m.at No. 25 Duke
ESPN W 45–2033,941 [4]
November 2912:30 p.m. NC State
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
ACCNL 7–3553,000 [4]
December 264:30 p.m.vs. Rutgers *
ESPNL 21–4023,876 [4]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[5]

Game summaries

Liberty

1234Total
Flames787729
Tar Heels14728756

San Diego State

1234Total
Aztecs0147627
Tar Heels0771731

East Carolina

1234Total
Tar Heels13771441
Pirates1421211470

Clemson

1234Total
Tar Heels07141435
Tigers1012141450

Virginia Tech

1234Total
Hokies141001034
Tar Heels3001417

Notre Dame

1234Total
Tar Heels141210743
Fighting Irish72171550

Georgia Tech

1234Total
Yellow Jackets71071943
Tar Heels714141348

Virginia

1234Total
Tar Heels1470728
Cavaliers14103027

At Miami (FL)

North Carolina Tar Heels (4–4) at Miami (FL) Hurricanes (5–3)
Period1234Total
North Carolina067720
Miami (FL)72314347

at Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida

  • Date: November 1
  • Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Partly cloudy, 79 °F (26 °C)
  • Game attendance: 51,702
  • Referee: J. Magallanes
  • Box Score
Game information

Pittsburgh

1234Total
Panthers1477735
Tar Heels013131440

Duke

1234Total
Tar Heels21710745
Blue Devils707620

NC State

1234Total
Wolfpack7147735
Tar Heels00077

Rutgers (Quick Lane Bowl)

1234Total
Scarlet Knights71671040
Tar Heels0071421

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP 2321RVRV—————————————
Coaches 23232525—RV———————————
CFP Not released———————Not released

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References

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  2. 1 2 Carter, Andrew (February 10, 2014). "UNC Announces New Football Coaching Hires". The News & Observer . Raleigh. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Football - Coaches". University of North Carolina Department of Athletics. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
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  5. ↑ "2014 North Carolina Tar Heels Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
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