1987 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1987 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	5–6 (3–4 ACC)
Head coach	Dick Crum (10th season)
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 50,000)

1987 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 12 Clemson $	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Virginia	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Wake Forest	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
NC State	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Maryland	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Duke	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Georgia Tech	0	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels were led by tenth-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 sixth. Coach Dick Crum resigned at the end of the season, leaving as the school's all-time winningest coach.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 5	Illinois*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 34–14
September 12	at No. 1 Oklahoma*	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	L 0–28
September 19	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 30–23
September 26	at Navy*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 45–14
October 3	No. 6 Auburn*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 10–20
October 10	Wake Forest	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	L 14–22
October 17	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	W 17–14
October 31	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 27–14
November 7	No. 10 Clemson	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 10–13
November 14	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	L 17–20
November 21	Duke	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)	L 10–25
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel

1987 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class FB Kennard Martin	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Dick Crum Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt