2014 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

2014 North Carolina Tar Heels football

Quick Lane Bowl vs. Rutgers, L 21–40
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division
2014 record	6–7 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach	Larry Fedora (3rd year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Gunter Brewer (1st as coordinator, 8th overall year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Chris Kapolovic (1st as coordinator, 3rd overall year)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Co-defensive coordinator	Dan Disch
Co-defensive coordinator	Ron West
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 63,000)

2014 ACC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Atlantic Division
#5 Florida State x$^		8	–	0		13	–	1
#15 Clemson		6	–	2		10	–	3
#24 Louisville		5	–	3		9	–	4
Boston College		4	–	4		7	–	6
NC State		3	–	5		8	–	5
Syracuse		1	–	7		3	–	9
Wake Forest		1	–	7		3	–	9
Coastal Division
#8 Georgia Tech x		6	–	2		11	–	3
Duke		5	–	3		9	–	4
North Carolina		4	–	4		6	–	7
Pittsburgh		4	–	4		6	–	7
Miami		3	–	5		6	–	7
Virginia Tech		3	–	5		7	–	6
Virginia		3	–	5		5	–	7
Championship: Florida State 37, Georgia Tech 35
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions As of January 1, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 2014 college football season. The team was led by third-year head coach Larry Fedora and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The Tar Heels competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference in the Coastal Division. They finished the season 6–7, 4–4 in ACC play to finish in a tie for third place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Quick Lane Bowl where they lost to Rutgers.

Coaching staff

North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora entered his third year as the North Carolina's head coach for the 2014 season. Seth Littrell was hired to be the team's assistant head coach for offense and tight ends coach.^[1] Keith Heckendorf, formerly UNC’s player development assistant, became the team's quarterbacks coach.^[2] Larry Porter was hired to coach running backs and previously coached running backs at Arizona State, Louisiana State and Oklahoma State, among other schools, before spending the 2013 season at Texas. He also was the head coach at Memphis in 2010 and 2011.^[2]

Coaches for the 2014 season^[3]
Name	Position	Seasons at North Carolina
Larry Fedora	Head Coach	3rd
Gunter Brewer	Co-Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers	3rd (8th overall)
Chris Kapilovic	Co-Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line	1st (3rd overall)
Seth Littrell	Assistant Head Coach for Offense/Tight Ends	1st
Keith Heckendorf	Quarterbacks	1st
Dan Disch	Co-Defensive Coordinator/Cornerbacks	3rd
Keith Gilmore	Defensive Line	2nd
Lou Hernandez	Strength and Conditioning Coordinator	3rd
Vic Koenning	Associate Head Coach for Defense/Safeties	3rd
Ron West	Co-defensive coordinator/Linebackers	2nd

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 PM	Liberty*	#23	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN3	W 56–29	51,000
September 6	8:00 PM	San Diego State*	#21	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ESPNews	W 31–27	58,000
September 20	3:30 PM	at East Carolina*		Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPNU	L 41–70	51,082
September 27	7:00 PM	at Clemson		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	ESPNU	L 35–50	79,155
October 4	12:30 PM	Virginia Tech		Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ACCN	L 17–34	60,000
October 11	3:30 PM	at #6 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	NBC	L 43–50	80,795
October 18	7:00 PM	Georgia Tech		Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ESPNU	W 48–43	53,000
October 25	12:30 PM	at Virginia		Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	ACCN	W 28–27	45,200
November 1	12:30 PM	at Miami (FL)		Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ACCN	L 20–47	51,702
November 15	12:30 PM	Pittsburgh		Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ACCN	W 40–35	53,000
November 20	7:30 PM	at #25 Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC (Victory Bell Game)	ESPN	W 45–20	33,941
November 29	12:30 PM	NC State		Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC (Rivalry)	ACCN	L 7–35	53,000
December 26	4:30 PM	vs. Rutgers*		Ford Field • Detroit, MI (Quick Lane Bowl)	ESPN	L 21–40	23,876
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule Source:^[4]

Game summaries

Liberty

	1	2	3	4	Total
Flames	7	8	7	7	29
Tar Heels	14	7	28	7	56

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
	First Meeting

San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	0	14	7	6	27
Tar Heels	0	7	7	17	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	1998	UNC 20–13

East Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels	13	7	7	14	41
Pirates	14	21	21	14	70

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–3–1	2013	ECU 55–31

Clemson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels	0	7	14	14	35
Tigers	10	12	14	14	50

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–35–1	2011	CLEM 59–38

Virginia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hokies	14	10	0	10	34
Tar Heels	3	0	0	14	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–19–6	2013	VT 27–17

Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels	14	12	10	7	43
Fighting Irish	7	21	7	15	50

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–16	2008	UNC 29–24 (vacated)

Georgia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Yellow Jackets	7	10	7	19	43
Tar Heels	7	14	14	13	48

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–28–3	2013	GT 28–20

Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels	14	7	0	7	28
Cavaliers	14	10	3	0	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
60–54–4	2013	UNC 45–14

Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels	0	6	7	7	20
Hurricanes	7	23	14	3	47

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–8	2013	UM 27–23

Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	14	7	7	7	35
Tar Heels	0	13	13	14	40

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–3	2013	UNC 34–27

Duke

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels	21	7	10	7	45
Blue Devils	7	0	7	6	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
56–37–5	2013	DUKE 27–25

NC State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolfpack	7	14	7	7	35
Tar Heels	0	0	0	7	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
65–32–6	2013	UNC 27–19

Rutgers (Quick Lane Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Scarlet Knights	7	16	7	10	40
Tar Heels	0	0	7	14	21

Main article: 2014 Quick Lane Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–4	2011	UNC 24–22

Rankings

Further information: 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	23	21	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches'	23	23	25	25	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
CFP	Not released									NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	Not released

References

↑ Carter, Andrew (January 24, 2014). "UNC announces hiring of new offensive coach". The News & Observer (Raleigh). Retrieved November 30, 2014.
1 2 Carter, Andrew (February 10, 2014). "UNC Announces New Football Coaching Hires". The News & Observer (Raleigh). Retrieved November 30, 2014.
↑ "Football - Coaches". University of North Carolina Department of Athletics. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
↑ "2014 North Carolina Tar Heels Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 10, 2014.

North Carolina Tar Heels football

Venues	Emerson Field (1916–1926) Kenan Memorial Stadium (1927–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Duke: (Victory Bell) NC State South Carolina Virginia: South's Oldest Rivalry Wake Forest

Culture & lore	First forward pass Rameses The Marching Tar Heels

People	Head coaches All-Americans NFL draftees

Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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