1978 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1978 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record5–6 (3–3 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainBernie Menapace, Bunn Rhames, Mike Salzano
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
1978 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Clemson $ 6 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 20 Maryland 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 18 NC State 4 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
North Carolina 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Duke 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Wake Forest 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
Virginia 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1978 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels were led by first-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 fourth.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 161:30 p.m.East Carolina*
W 14–1051,150[2]
September 231:30 p.m.No. 18 Maryland
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 20–2148,000[3]
September 301:50 p.m.at No. 9 Pittsburgh*
ABCL 16–2050,439[4]
October 71:30 p.m.Miami (OH)*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 3–748,000[5]
October 141:30 p.m.at Wake Forest
W 34–2932,300[6]
October 211:30 p.m.NC State
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 7–3450,250[7]
October 281:30 p.m.at South Carolina*
W 24–2255,104[8]
November 41:30 p.m.at Richmond*
L 18–2715,000[9]
November 111:00 p.m.at No. 15 Clemson
L 9–1353,495[10][11]
November 181:30 p.m.Virginia
W 38–2044,000[12]
November 251:30 p.m.Duke
W 16–1545,000[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

References

  1. ^ "1978 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
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  10. ^ "Clemson Football Media Guide - 1979". Clemson University. 1979. p. 89. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
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