1987 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1987 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record5–6 (3–4 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainCarlton Bailey, Mark Maye
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1986
1988 →
1987 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

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]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 512:05 p.m.[2]Illinois*W 34–1440,000[3]
September 122:30 p.m.at No. 1 Oklahoma*L 0–2875,004[4]
September 191:00 p.m.at Georgia TechW 30–2333,151[5]
September 262:00 p.m.at Navy*W 45–1423,636[6]
October 31:00 p.m.No. 6 Auburn*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 10–2052,811[7]
October 101:00 p.m.Wake Forest
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 14–2252,000[8]
October 1712:05 p.m.[9]at NC StateW 17–1457,400[10]
October 3112:05 p.m.[11]at MarylandW 27–1435,425[12]
November 74:00 p.m.[13]No. 10 Clemson
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 10–1353,115[14]
November 141:00 p.m.[15]at VirginiaL 17–2038,400[16]
November 2112:05 p.m.[17]Duke
L 10–2546,000[18]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Personnel

1987 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB Derrick Fenner
FB Kennard Martin
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "North Carolina Football Coach Crum Resigns After 5-6 Season". Los Angeles Times. December 1, 1987. p. SD_B5.
  2. ^ "The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina on September 5, 1987 · 20 (newspapers.com)".
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  9. ^ "The Herald-Sun from Durham, North Carolina on October 17, 1987 · 39 (newspapers.com)".
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  11. ^ "The Chapel Hill News from Chapel Hill, North Carolina on October 30, 1987 · 11 (newspapers.com)".
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  13. ^ "The Daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, November 06, 1987, Page 8, Image 8 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
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  15. ^ "Daily Press from Newport News, Virginia on November 14, 1987 · Page 24 (newspapers.com)".
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  17. ^ "The Herald-Sun from Durham, North Carolina on November 21, 1987 · 32 (newspapers.com)".
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  19. ^ "1987 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 5, 2017.