1988 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1988 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record1–10 (1–6 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDarrell Moody (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Carl Torbush (1st season)
CaptainBryan Causey, Jeff Garnica, Antonio Goss, Creighton Incorminias, John Keller, Mitch Wike
Home stadium Kenan Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 52,000)
Seasons
  1987
1989  
1988 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 Clemson $ 6 1 010 2 0
Virginia 5 2 07 4 0
NC State 4 2 18 3 1
Wake Forest 4 3 06 4 1
Maryland 4 3 05 6 0
Duke 3 3 17 3 1
North Carolina 1 6 01 10 0
Georgia Tech 0 7 03 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.

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 37:00 p.m.at No. 19 South Carolina *L 10–3173,275
September 105:00 p.m.No. 4 Oklahoma * ESPN L 0–2853,675
September 244:00 p.m. Louisville *
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 34–3849,900
October 12:30 p.m.at No. 4 Auburn *L 21–4773,611
October 87:00 p.m.at Wake Forest L 24–4233,500
October 1512:00 p.m. NC State
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
JPS L 3–4852,508
October 222:00 p.m. Georgia Tech
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 20–1742,000
October 2912:00 p.m. Maryland
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 38–4145,000
November 512:00 p.m.at No. 17 Clemson JPSL 14–3778,369
November 122:00 p.m. Virginia
L 24–2745,000
November 1912:05 p.m.at Duke L 29–3528,600
  • *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
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB Michael Benefield
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.#NameClass
DB Skeet Baldwin
DL Roy Barker
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.#NameClass
K Hamp Greene
K Clint Gwaltney
P Scott McAlister
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
    • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Season summary

At South Carolina

Oklahoma

#4 Oklahoma Sooners (0–0) at North Carolina Tar Heels (0–1)
Period1234Total
Oklahoma 1477028
North Carolina 00000

at Kenan Memorial Stadium, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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External video
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Game highlights
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
OklahomaPassing Jamelle Holieway 2/3, 61 Yds
RushingAnthony Stafford12 Rush, 88 Yds, TD
ReceivingEric Bross3 Rec, 72 Yds
North CarolinaPassing Deems May 9/19, 87 Yds, INT
RushingJonathan Hall10 Rush, 44 Yds
ReceivingRandy Marriott4 Rec, 64 Yds

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References

  1. "1988 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  2. SoonerStats.com Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 2015-Oct-21.
  3. Gainesville Sun. 1988 11 Sep. Retrieved 2022-Dec-27.