1983 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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.^[2]

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)
Captain	Brian Blados, William Fuller
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1982 1984 →

1983 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	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.^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 p.m.^[3]	at South Carolina*	No. 11	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)		W 24–8	72,400^[4]
September 10	1:00 p.m.^[5]	Memphis State*	No. 8	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 24–10	49,000^[6]
September 17	1:00 p.m.^[7]	Miami (OH)*	No. 10	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 48–17	49,200^[8]
September 24	1:00 p.m.^[9]	William & Mary*	No. 5	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 51–20	49,400^[10]
October 1	1:30 p.m.^[11]	at Georgia Tech	No. 5	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 38–21	28,395^[12]
October 8	1:00 p.m.^[13]	Wake Forest	No. 4	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)		W 30–10	51,170^[14]
October 15	1:00 p.m.^[15]	at NC State	No. 3	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)		W 42–14	57,800^[16]
October 29	3:50 p.m.^[17]	at No. 13 Maryland	No. 3	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	ABC	L 26–28	51,200^[18]
November 5	1:00 p.m.^[19]	Clemson*^A	No. 10	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		L 3–16	53,689^[20]
November 12	1:00 p.m.^[21]	at Virginia	No. 19	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)		L 14–17	42,933^[22]
November 19	3:45 p.m.^[23]	Duke		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)	CBS	W 34–27	49,500^[24]
December 30	3:00 p.m.^[25]	vs. Florida State*		Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)	CBS	L 3–28	25,648^[26]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern 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.

References

1. Williams, Larry (2012). The Danny Ford Years at Clemson.
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