1977 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
American college football season
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ACC champion
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Liberty Bowl
, L 17–21 vs.
Nebraska
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 14 |
AP | No. 17 |
Record | 8–3–1 (5–0–1 ACC) |
Head coach |
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Defensive coordinator | Jim Dickey (3rd season) |
Captain | Alan Caldwell , Dee Hardison |
Home stadium | Kenan Memorial Stadium |
Seasons
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||
No. 17 North Carolina $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||
No. 19 Clemson | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||
NC State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||
Maryland | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||
Duke | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||
Virginia | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||
Wake Forest | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||
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The 1977 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the North Carolina Tar Heels of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season . [1]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 10 | 1:30 p.m. | at Kentucky * | L 7–10 | 57,796 | |||
September 17 | 1:30 p.m. | Richmond * | W 31–0 | 47,100 | [2] | ||
September 24 | 1:30 p.m. | at Northwestern * | W 41–7 | 19,597 | |||
October 1 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 13 Texas Tech * |
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L 7–10 | 48,000 | ||
October 8 | 1:30 p.m. | Wake Forest |
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W 24–3 | 48,000 | ||
October 15 | 1:30 p.m. | at NC State | W 27–14 | 51,300 | |||
October 22 | 1:30 p.m. | South Carolina * |
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W 17–0 | 48,250 | ||
October 29 | 1:30 p.m. | at Maryland | W 16–7 | 42,683 | |||
November 5 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 13 Clemson |
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T 13–13 | 50,400 | ||
November 12 | 1:30 p.m. | at Virginia | No. 19 | W 35–14 | 21,000 | ||
November 19 | 1:30 p.m. | at Duke | No. 18 | W 16–3 | 40,078 | ||
December 19 | 9:00 p.m. | vs. No. 12 Nebraska * | No. 14 | L 17–21 | 49,456 | ||
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Roster
- RB Amos Lawrence , Fr.
Season summary
At Virginia
- Amos Lawrence 286 rush yards
References
- ↑ "1977 North Carolina Tar Heels" . College Football at Sports-Reference.com .
- ↑ "Heels bury Spiders, 31–0" . Rocky Mount Telegram . September 18, 1977 . Retrieved October 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
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