1987 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
American college football season
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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.[1]
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record5–6 (3–4 ACC)
Headcoach
- Dick Crum (10th season)
Captains
- Carlton Bailey
- Mark Maye
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Record | 5–6 (3–4 ACC) |
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| Home stadium | Kenan Memorial Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 5 | 12:05 p.m.[2] | Illinois* | W 34–14 | 40,000 | [3] | |
| September 12 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 1 Oklahoma* | L 0–28 | 75,004 | [4] | |
| September 19 | 1:00 p.m. | at Georgia Tech | W 30–23 | 33,151 | [5] | |
| September 26 | 2:00 p.m. | at Navy* | W 45–14 | 23,636 | [6] | |
| October 3 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 6 Auburn* |
| L 10–20 | 52,811 | [7] |
| October 10 | 1:00 p.m. | Wake Forest |
| L 14–22 | 52,000 | [8] |
| October 17 | 12:05 p.m.[9] | at NC State | W 17–14 | 57,400 | [10] | |
| October 31 | 12:05 p.m.[11] | at Maryland | W 27–14 | 35,425 | [12] | |
| November 7 | 4:00 p.m.[13] | No. 10 Clemson |
| L 10–13 | 53,115 | [14] |
| November 14 | 1:00 p.m.[15] | at Virginia | L 17–20 | 38,400 | [16] | |
| November 21 | 12:05 p.m.[17] | Duke |
| L 10–25 | 46,000 | [18] |
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Personnel
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