1986 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1986 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels were led by ninth-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 tied for second. North Carolina was invited to the 1986 Aloha Bowl, where they lost to Arizona.

1986 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Aloha Bowl, L 21–30 vs. Arizona
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
1986 record7–4–1 (5–2 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainWalter Bailey
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 50,000)
1986 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 17 Clemson $ 5 1 18 2 2
NC State 5 2 08 3 1
North Carolina 5 2 07 4 1
Georgia Tech 3 3 05 5 1
Maryland 2 3 15 5 1
Wake Forest 2 5 05 6 0
Duke 2 5 04 7 0
Virginia 2 5 03 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 6The Citadel*W 45–1448,250
September 13at Kansas*W 20–0
September 2012:30 p.m.at No. 15 Florida State*WTBST 10–1057,611
October 4Georgia Tech
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 21–2050,000
October 11at Wake ForestW 40–3031,350
October 18NC StateNo. 18
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 34–35
October 25at No. 12 LSU*PPVL 3–3078,301
November 1Maryland
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 32–3046,000
November 8at No. 20 ClemsonCBSL 10–3879,210
November 15Virginia
W 27–728,000
November 22at DukeW 42–3533,500
December 27vs. No. 16 Arizona*ABCL 21–3026,743
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References

  1. "1986 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
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