1986 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
| 1986 North Carolina Tar Heels football | |
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Aloha Bowl, L 21–30 vs. Arizona | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Record | 7–4–1 (5–2 ACC) |
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| Captain | Walter Bailey |
| Home stadium | Kenan Memorial Stadium (capacity: 50,000) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Clemson $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 6 | 12:15 p.m. | The Citadel* | W 45–14 | 48,200 | |||
| September 13 | 2:30 p.m. | at Kansas* | W 20–0 | 40,200 | |||
| September 20 | 12:20 p.m. | at No. 15 Florida State* | WTBS | T 10–10 | 57,611 | ||
| October 4 | 12:15 p.m. | Georgia Tech |
| W 21–20 | 50,000 | ||
| October 11 | 1:00 p.m. | at Wake Forest | W 40–30 | 31,150 | |||
| October 18 | 12:15 p.m. | NC State | No. 18 |
| L 34–35 | 51,550 | |
| October 25 | 8:00 p.m. | at No. 12 LSU* | PPV | L 3–30 | 78,301 | ||
| November 1 | 12:15 p.m. | Maryland |
| W 32–30 | 46,000 | ||
| November 8 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 20 Clemson | CBS | L 10–38 | 80,000 | ||
| November 15 | 12:15 p.m. | Virginia |
| W 27–7 | 28,000 | ||
| November 22 | 1:30 p.m. | at Duke | W 42–35 | 33,500 | |||
| December 27 | 3:45 p.m.[1] | vs. No. 16 Arizona* | ABC | L 21–30 | 26,743[2] | ||
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References
- ^ "The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina on December 27, 1986 · 15 (newspapers.com)".
- ^ "The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina on December 28, 1986 · 76 (newspapers.com)".
- ^ "1986 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 5, 2017.