1979 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
| 1979 North Carolina Tar Heels football | |
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Gator Bowl Champions | |
Gator Bowl vs. Michigan, W 17–15 | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | #14 |
| AP | #15 |
| 1979 record | 8–3–1 (3–3 ACC) |
| Head coach | Dick Crum (2nd year) |
| Home stadium |
Kenan Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 50,000) |
| 1979 ACC football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State † | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #15 North Carolina | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1979 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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| September 8 | 1:00 PM | South Carolina* | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC | W 28–0 | 49,500 | |||
| September 22 | 1:00 PM | #13 Pittsburgh* | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC | W 17–7 | 50,550 | |||
| September 29 | 2:00 PM | at Army* | #20 | Michie Stadium • West Point, NY | W 41–3 | 32,157 | ||
| October 6 | 1:00 PM | Cincinnati* | #18 | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC | W 35–14 | 49,000 | ||
| October 13 | 1:00 PM | Wake Forest | #14 | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC | L 19–24 | 50,720 | ||
| October 20 | 4:00 PM | at #15 NC State | #19 | Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC | ABC | W 35–21 | 54,200 | |
| October 27 | 1:00 PM | East Carolina* | #15 | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC | T 24–24 | 49,700 | ||
| November 3 | 1:30 PM | at Maryland | #18 | Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD | L 14–17 | 35,618 | ||
| November 10 | 1:00 PM | #18 Clemson* | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC | L 10–19 | 50,100 | |||
| November 17 | 1:30 PM | at Virginia | Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA | W 13–7 | 31,472 | |||
| November 24 | 1:30 PM | at Duke | Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC | W 37–16 | 39,800 | |||
| December 28 | 9:00 PM | vs. #14 Michigan* | Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl) | ABC | W 17–15 | 70,407 | ||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. | ||||||||
- Reference:[1]
1979 team players in the NFL
The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
| Buddy Curry | Linebacker | 2 | 36 | Atlanta Falcons |
| Doug Paschal | Running Back | 5 | 121 | Minnesota Vikings |
| Phil Farris | Wide Receiver | 11 | 297 | Denver Broncos |
- Reference:[2]
References
- ↑ "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – 1979". College Football Reference. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
- ↑ "1980 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
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