1989 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1989 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	1–10 (0–7 ACC)
Head coach	Mack Brown (2nd season)
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 52,000)

1989 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 18 Virginia +	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	3	–	0
Duke +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 12 Clemson	5	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
NC State	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Maryland	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	1
Wake Forest	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	1
North Carolina	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team was led by head coach Mack Brown.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 9	VMI*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 49–7
September 16	at Kentucky*	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	L 6–13
September 23	at No. 18 NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	L 6–40
September 30	Navy*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 7–12
October 7	Wake Forest	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	L 16–17
October 14	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	L 17–50
October 21	at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	L 14–17
October 28	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 0–38
November 4	No. 21 Clemson	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 3–35
November 11	South Carolina*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	L 20–27
November 18	No. 25 Duke	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)	L 0–41
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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