1983 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1983 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Peach Bowl, L 3–28 vs. Florida State
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	8–4 (4–2 ACC)
Head coach	Dick Crum (6th season)
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 50,000)

1983 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
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. 11 Clemson *	0	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	1
$ – Conference champion * – Clemson was under NCAA and ACC probation and was ineligible for the ACC title. As a result, their ACC games did not count in the league standings. Rankings from AP Poll

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 Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in second.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 3	at South Carolina*	No. 11	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)	W 24–8
September 10	Memphis*	No. 8	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 24–10
September 17	Miami (OH)*	No. 10	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 48–17
September 24	William & Mary*	No. 5	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 51–20
October 1	at Georgia Tech	No. 5	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 38–21
October 8	Wake Forest	No. 4	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 30–10
October 15	at NC State	No. 3	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	W 42–14
October 29	at No. 13 Maryland	No. 3	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 26–28
November 5	Clemson*A	No. 10	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 3–16
November 12	at Virginia	No. 19	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	L 14–17
November 19	Duke		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)	W 34–27
December 30	vs. Florida State*		Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)	L 3–28
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time

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.