1987 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
The 1987 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels were led by tenth-year head coach Dick Crum and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in sixth. Coach Dick Crum resigned at the end of the season, leaving as the school's all-time winningest coach.[1]
| 1987 North Carolina Tar Heels football | |
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Record | 5–6 (3–4 ACC) |
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| Captain | Carlton Bailey, Mark Maye |
| Home stadium | Kenan Memorial Stadium (capacity: 50,000) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Clemson $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 5 | 12:05 p.m.[2] | Illinois* | W 34–14 | 40,000 | |
| September 12 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 1 Oklahoma* | L 0–28 | 75,004 | |
| September 19 | 1:00 p.m. | at Georgia Tech | W 30–23 | 33,151 | |
| September 26 | 2:00 p.m. | at Navy* | W 45–14 | 23,636 | |
| October 3 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 6 Auburn* |
| L 10–20 | 52,811 |
| October 10 | 1:00 p.m. | Wake Forest |
| L 14–22 | 52,000 |
| October 17 | 12:05 p.m.[3] | at NC State | W 17–14 | 57,400 | |
| October 31 | 12:05 p.m.[4] | at Maryland | W 27–14 | 35,425 | |
| November 7 | 4:00 p.m.[5] | No. 10 Clemson |
| L 10–13 | 53,115 |
| November 14 | 1:00 p.m.[6] | at Virginia | L 17–20 | 38,400 | |
| November 21 | 12:05 p.m.[7] | Duke |
| L 10–25 | 46,000[8] |
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Personnel
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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References
- "North Carolina Football Coach Crum Resigns After 5-6 Season". Los Angeles Times. December 1, 1987. p. SD_B5.
- "The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina on September 5, 1987 · 20 (newspapers.com)".
- "The Herald-Sun from Durham, North Carolina on October 17, 1987 · 39 (newspapers.com)".
- "The Chapel Hill News from Chapel Hill, North Carolina on October 30, 1987 · 11 (newspapers.com)".
- "The Daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, November 06, 1987, Page 8, Image 8 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
- "Daily Press from Newport News, Virginia on November 14, 1987 · Page 24 (newspapers.com)".
- "The Herald-Sun from Durham, North Carolina on November 21, 1987 · 32 (newspapers.com)".
- "The Herald-Sun from Durham, North Carolina on November 22, 1987 · 39 (newspapers.com)".
- "1987 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
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