1983 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1983 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels were led by sixth-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 second.[2]

1983 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
1983 record8–4 (4–2 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainBrian Blados, William Fuller
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 50,000)
1983 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Maryland $ 5 0 08 4 0
North Carolina 4 2 08 4 0
Georgia Tech 3 2 03 8 0
Virginia 3 3 06 5 0
Duke 3 3 03 8 0
Wake Forest 1 5 04 7 0
NC State 1 5 03 8 0
No. 11 Clemson * 0 0 09 1 1
  • $ Conference champion
  • * – Clemson was under NCAA and ACC probation and was ineligible for the ACC title. As a result, their ACC games did not count in the league standings.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 3at South Carolina*No. 11W 24–872,400
September 10Memphis State*No. 8W 24–10
September 17Miami (OH)*No. 10
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 48–17
September 24William & Mary*No. 5
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 51–20
October 1at Georgia TechNo. 5W 38–2134,000
October 8Wake ForestNo. 4
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 30–1051,711
October 15at NC StateNo. 3W 42–14
October 29at No. 13 MarylandNo. 3L 26–2851,200
November 5Clemson*ANo. 10
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 3–1653,689
November 12at VirginiaNo. 19L 14–1742,933
November 19Duke
W 34–2749,500
December 303:00 p.m.vs. Florida State*CBSL 3–2825,648
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

A. ^ Clemson was under NCAA probation and was ineligible for the ACC title. As a result, this game did not count in the league standings.

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