1982 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1982 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels were led by fifth-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 third.[1]

1982 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 26–10 vs. Texas
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 18
1982 record8–4 (3–3 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainDavid Drechsler
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 50,000)
1982 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Clemson $ 6 0 09 1 1
No. 20 Maryland 5 1 08 4 0
No. 18 North Carolina 3 3 08 4 0
Duke 3 3 06 5 0
NC State 3 3 06 5 0
Virginia 1 5 02 9 0
Wake Forest 0 6 03 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 99:00 p.m.at No. 1 Pittsburgh*No. 5CBSL 6–754,449
September 18Vanderbilt*No. 11W 34–1051,696
September 25Army*No. 11
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 62–8
October 21:00 p.m.Georgia Tech*No. 12
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ABCW 41–049,500[2]
October 9at Wake ForestNo. 12W 24–736,200
October 16NC StateNo. 11
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 41–9
October 30MarylandNo. 10
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 24–31
November 6at No. 13 ClemsonNo. 18L 13–1663,788
November 13Virginia
W 27–1449,500
November 20at DukeL 17–2333,941
November 25Bowling Green*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 33–14
December 25vs. No. 8 Texas*CBSW 26–1031,359
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

References

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