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American college football season
The 2014 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The team was led by third-year head coach Larry Fedora and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium . They finished the season 6–7 overall and 4–4 in ACC play to tie for third place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Quick Lane Bowl , where they lost to Rutgers .
Personnel
North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora entered his third year as the North Carolina's head coach for the 2014 season. Seth Littrell was hired to be the team's assistant head coach for offense and tight ends coach.[ 1] Keith Heckendorf, formerly UNC’s player development assistant, became the team's quarterbacks coach.[ 2] Larry Porter was hired to coach running backs and previously coached running backs at Arizona State, Louisiana State and Oklahoma State, among other schools, before spending the 2013 season at Texas. He also was the head coach at Memphis in 2010 and 2011.[ 2]
Coaches for the 2014 season[ 3]
Name
Position
Seasons at North Carolina
Larry Fedora
Head Coach
3rd
Gunter Brewer
Co-Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers
3rd (8th overall)
Chris Kapilovic
Co-Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
1st (3rd overall)
Seth Littrell
Assistant Head Coach for Offense/Tight Ends
1st
Keith Heckendorf
Quarterbacks
1st
Dan Disch
Co-Defensive Coordinator/Cornerbacks
3rd
Keith Gilmore
Defensive Line
2nd
Lou Hernandez
Strength and Conditioning Coordinator
3rd
Vic Koenning
Associate Head Coach for Defense/Safeties
3rd
Ron West
Co-defensive coordinator/Linebackers
2nd
Caleb Pressley
Supervisor of Morale
1st
2014 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
LB
23
Cayson Collins
Fr
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
K
18
Thomas Moore
Sr
K
24
Nick Weiler
So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster Last update: 2020-Nov-26
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 30 6:00 p.m. Liberty * No. 23 ESPN3 W 56–2951,000[ 4]
September 6 8:00 p.m. San Diego State * No. 21 Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC ESPNews W 31–2758,000[ 4]
September 20 3:30 p.m. at East Carolina * ESPNU L 41–7051,082[ 4]
September 27 7:00 p.m. at Clemson ESPNU L 35–5080,599[ 4]
October 4 12:30 p.m. Virginia Tech Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC ACCN L 17–3460,000[ 4]
October 11 3:30 p.m. at No. 6 Notre Dame * NBC L 43–5080,795[ 4]
October 18 7:00 p.m. Georgia Tech Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC ESPNU W 48–4353,000[ 4]
October 25 12:30 p.m. at Virginia ACCN W 28–2745,200[ 4]
November 1 12:30 p.m. at Miami (FL) ACCN L 20–4751,702[ 4]
November 15 12:30 p.m. Pittsburgh Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC ACCN W 40–3553,000[ 4]
November 20 7:30 p.m. at No. 25 Duke ESPN W 45–2033,941[ 4]
November 29 12:30 p.m. NC State Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry ) ACCN L 7–3553,000[ 4]
December 26 4:30 p.m. vs. Rutgers * ESPN L 21–4023,876[ 4]
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
[ 5]
Game summaries
Liberty
1
2
3
4
Total
Flames
7
8
7
7
29
Tar Heels
14
7
28
7
56
San Diego State
1
2
3
4
Total
Aztecs
0
14
7
6
27
Tar Heels
0
7
7
17
31
East Carolina
1
2
3
4
Total
Tar Heels
13
7
7
14
41
Pirates
14
21
21
14
70
Clemson
1
2
3
4
Total
Tar Heels
0
7
14
14
35
Tigers
10
12
14
14
50
Virginia Tech
1
2
3
4
Total
Hokies
14
10
0
10
34
Tar Heels
3
0
0
14
17
Notre Dame
1
2
3
4
Total
Tar Heels
14
12
10
7
43
Fighting Irish
7
21
7
15
50
Georgia Tech
1
2
3
4
Total
Yellow Jackets
7
10
7
19
43
Tar Heels
7
14
14
13
48
Virginia
1
2
3
4
Total
Tar Heels
14
7
0
7
28
Cavaliers
14
10
3
0
27
at Miami (FL)
North Carolina Tar Heels (4–4) at Miami (FL) Hurricanes (5–3)
Quarter
1
2
3 4 Total
North Carolina
0
6
7 7 20
Miami (FL)
7
23
14 3 47
at Sun Life Stadium , Miami Gardens, Florida
Date : November 1Game time : 12:30 p.m. ESTGame weather : Partly cloudy, 79 °F (26 °C)Game attendance : 51,702Referee : J. MagallanesBox Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
UM – Safety. Miami (FL) 9–0
UNC – Cayson Collins 39-yard fumble return (kick failed), 13:37. Miami (FL) 9–6.
UM – Clive Walford 14-yard pass from Brad Kaaya (Michael Badgley kick), 5:17. Miami (FL) 16–6. Drive: 7 plays, 61 yards, 3:57.
UM – Duke Johnson 90-yard run (Michael Badgley kick), 2:55. Miami (FL) 23–6. Drive: 1 play, 90 yards, 0:13.
UM – Clive Walford 14-yard pass from Brad Kaaya (Michael Badgley kick), 0:26. Miami (FL) 30–6. Drive: 7 plays, 56 yards, 1:51.
Third quarter
UM – Duke Johnson 37-yard pass from Brad Kaaya (Michael Badgley kick), 12:37. Miami (FL) 37–6. Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:23.
UM – Joe Yearby 1-yard run (Michael Badgley kick), 7:12. Miami (FL) 44–6. Drive: 3 plays, 12 yards, 1:19.
UNC – Marquise Williams 10-yard run (Thomas Moore kick), 5:11. Miami (FL) 44–13. Drive: 6 plays, 65 yards, 2:01.
Fourth quarter
UM – Michael Badgley 37-yard field goal, 13:19. Miami (FL) 47–13. Drive: 7 plays, 30 yards, 3:01.
UNC – Marquise Williams 1-yard run (Thomas Moore kick), 9:20. Miami (FL) 47–20. Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 3:59.
Top passers
Top rushers
UNC – Romar Morris – 5 rushes, 23 yards
UM – Duke Johnson – 19 rushes, 177 yards, 2 TD
Top receivers
UNC – T.J. Thorpe – 4 receptions, 66 yards
UM – Clive Walford – 6 receptions, 89 yards, 2 TD
Pittsburgh
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
14
7
7
7
35
Tar Heels
0
13
13
14
40
Duke
1
2
3
4
Total
Tar Heels
21
7
10
7
45
Blue Devils
7
0
7
6
20
NC State
1
2
3
4
Total
Wolfpack
7
14
7
7
35
Tar Heels
0
0
0
7
7
Rutgers (Quick Lane Bowl)
1
2
3
4
Total
Scarlet Knights
7
16
7
10
40
Tar Heels
0
0
7
14
21
Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final AP 23 21 RV RV — — — — — — — — — — — — — Coaches 23 23 25 25 — RV — — — — — — — — — — — CFP Not released — — — — — — — Not released
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