1989 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1989 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team was led by head coach Mack Brown.

1989 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
1989 record1–10 (0–7 ACC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorCarl Torbush (2nd season)
CaptainClarence Carter, Pat Crowley, Torin Dorn, Cecil Gray, Jonathan Hall
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 52,000)
1989 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 18 Virginia + 6 1 010 3 0
Duke + 6 1 08 4 0
No. 12 Clemson 5 2 010 2 0
Georgia Tech 4 3 07 4 0
NC State 4 3 07 5 0
Maryland 2 5 03 7 1
Wake Forest 1 6 02 8 1
North Carolina 0 7 01 10 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 9VMI*W 49–750,400[1]
September 16at Kentucky*L 6–1350,174
September 23at No. 18 NC StateL 6–40
September 30Navy*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 7–12
October 7Wake Forest
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 16–1747,500
October 14at VirginiaL 17–5034,600
October 21at Georgia TechL 14–1741,114
October 28at MarylandL 0–3827,441
November 412:00 p.m.No. 21 Clemson
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
JPSL 3–3544,500
November 112:00 p.m.South Carolina*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 20–2744,200
November 18No. 25 Duke
L 0–4146,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References

  1. "Tar Heels crack VMI, 49–7". The Herald-Sun. September 10, 1989. Retrieved February 4, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "1989 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
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