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 StadiuminChapel Hill, North Carolina. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in second.[2]
1983 North Carolina Tar Heels football | |
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Peach Bowl, L 3–28 vs. Florida State | |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Record | 8–4 (4–2 ACC) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Brian Blados, William Fuller |
Home stadium | Kenan Memorial Stadium |
Seasons
← 1982
1984 →
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No.11Clemson * | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 3 | 7:00 p.m.[3] | atSouth Carolina* | No. 11 |
| W 24–8 | 72,400 | [4] | |
September 10 | 1:00 p.m.[5] | Memphis State* | No. 8 |
| W 24–10 | 49,000 | [6] | |
September 17 | 1:00 p.m.[7] | Miami (OH)* | No. 10 |
| W 48–17 | 49,200 | [8] | |
September 24 | 1:00 p.m.[9] | William & Mary* | No. 5 |
| W 51–20 | 49,400 | [10] | |
October 1 | 1:30 p.m.[11] | atGeorgia Tech | No. 5 |
| W 38–21 | 28,395 | [12] | |
October 8 | 1:00 p.m.[13] | Wake Forest | No. 4 |
| W 30–10 | 51,170 | [14] | |
October 15 | 1:00 p.m.[15] | atNC State | No. 3 |
| W 42–14 | 57,800 | [16] | |
October 29 | 3:50 p.m.[17] | at No. 13 Maryland | No. 3 |
| ABC | L 26–28 | 51,200 | [18] |
November 5 | 1:00 p.m.[19] | Clemson*A | No. 10 |
| L 3–16 | 53,689 | [20] | |
November 12 | 1:00 p.m.[21] | atVirginia | No. 19 |
| L 14–17 | 42,933 | [22] | |
November 19 | 3:45 p.m.[23] | Duke |
| CBS | W 34–27 | 49,500 | [24] | |
December 30 | 3:00 p.m.[25] | vs. Florida State* |
| CBS | L 3–28 | 25,648 | [26] | |
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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.