1985 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1985 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels were led by eighth-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 fifth.

1985 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
1985 record5–6 (3–4 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainCarl Carr
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 50,000)
1985 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 18 Maryland $ 6 0 09 3 0
No. 19 Georgia Tech 5 1 09 2 1
Virginia 4 3 06 5 0
Clemson 4 3 06 6 0
North Carolina 3 4 05 6 0
Duke 2 5 04 7 0
NC State 2 5 03 8 0
Wake Forest 1 6 04 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 7at Navy*W 21–19
September 1411:00 a.m.No. 12 LSU*PPVL 13–23
September 28VMI*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 51–749,250[1]
October 5at Georgia TechRaycomL 0–3135,625
October 12Wake Forest
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 34–1449,000
October 19at NC StateW 21–14
October 261:00 p.m.No. 11 Florida State*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 10–2050,132
November 2at MarylandL 10–2849,800
November 9Clemson
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 21–2050,000
November 16at VirginiaL 22–2438,500
November 23Duke
L 21–2348,500
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[2]

Game summaries

LSU

LSU at North Carolina
1 234Total
No. 12 Tigers 7 637 23
Tar Heels 7 600 13

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References

  1. "Heels bruise outmanned VMI, 51–7". The News and Observer. September 29, 1985. Retrieved February 4, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "1985 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  3. "No. 12 LSU Kicks Aside Heels, 23-13". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 15, 1985. p. 19. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
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