1987 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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]

1987 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
1987 record5–6 (3–4 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainCarlton Bailey, Mark Maye
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 50,000)
1987 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 12 Clemson $ 6 1 010 2 0
Virginia 5 2 08 4 0
Wake Forest 4 3 07 4 0
NC State 4 3 04 7 0
Maryland 3 3 04 7 0
North Carolina 3 4 05 6 0
Duke 2 5 05 6 0
Georgia Tech 0 6 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 5Illinois*W 34–14
September 122:30 p.m.at No. 1 Oklahoma*L 0–2875,004
September 19at Georgia TechW 30–2333,151
September 26at Navy*W 45–14
October 3No. 6 Auburn*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 10–2052,811
October 10Wake Forest
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 14–2250,000
October 17at NC StateW 17–14
October 31at MarylandW 27–1435,425
November 7No. 10 Clemson
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 10–1353,115
November 14at VirginiaL 17–2038,400
November 21Duke
L 10–2546,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[2]

Personnel

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

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

    References

    1. "North Carolina Football Coach Crum Resigns After 5-6 Season". Los Angeles Times. December 1, 1987. p. SD_B5.
    2. "1987 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
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