2014 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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

2014 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Quick Lane Bowl, L 21–40 vs. Rutgers
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Coastal
Record	6–7 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach	Larry Fedora (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Gunter Brewer (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Chris Kapilovic (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Co-defensive coordinator	Dan Disch (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Ron West (2nd season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Captain	Marquise Williams, Landon Turner, Ethan Farmer, Norkeithus Otis, Mack Hollins
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium (capacity: 62,980)
Uniform
Seasons ← 2013 2015 →

2014 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Atlantic Division
No. T–5 Florida State x$^		8	–	0					13	–	1
No. 15 Clemson		6	–	2					10	–	3
No. 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
No. 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 (FL)		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 Rankings from AP Poll

Personnel

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
Caleb Pressley	Supervisor of Morale	1st

2014 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 1 Khris Francis So WR 13 Mack Hollins So WR 84 Bug Howard So RB 8 T.J. Logan So RB 21 Romar Morris Jr WR 7 Austin Proehl Fr WR 81 Kendrick Singleton Jr WR 3 Ryan Switzer So WR 5 T.J. Thorpe Jr QB 10 Mitchell Trubisky   Fr WR 35 Damien Washington Jr QB 12 Marquise Williams Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 23 Cayson Collins Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 18 Thomas Moore Sr K 24 Nick Weiler So	Head coach Larry Fedora Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible   Injured   Redshirt Roster Last update: 2020-Nov-26

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 p.m.	Liberty*	No. 23	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN3	W 56–29	51,000^[4]
September 6	8:00 p.m.	San Diego State*	No. 21	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPNews	W 31–27	58,000^[4]
September 20	3:30 p.m.	at East Carolina*		Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	ESPNU	L 41–70	51,082^[4]
September 27	7:00 p.m.	at Clemson		Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ESPNU	L 35–50	80,599^[4]
October 4	12:30 p.m.	Virginia Tech		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ACCN	L 17–34	60,000^[4]
October 11	3:30 p.m.	at No. 6 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC	L 43–50	80,795^[4]
October 18	7:00 p.m.	Georgia Tech		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPNU	W 48–43	53,000^[4]
October 25	12:30 p.m.	at Virginia		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	ACCN	W 28–27	45,200^[4]
November 1	12:30 p.m.	at Miami (FL)		Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	ACCN	L 20–47	51,702^[4]
November 15	12:30 p.m.	Pittsburgh		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ACCN	W 40–35	53,000^[4]
November 20	7:30 p.m.	at No. 25 Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	ESPN	W 45–20	33,941^[4]
November 29	12:30 p.m.	NC State		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	ACCN	L 7–35	53,000^[4]
December 26	4:30 p.m.	vs. Rutgers*		Ford Field Detroit, MI (Quick Lane Bowl)	ESPN	L 21–40	23,876^[4]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

Liberty

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

See also: 2014 Liberty Flames football team

San Diego State

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

See also: 2014 San Diego State Aztecs football team

East Carolina

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

See also: 2014 East Carolina Pirates football team

Clemson

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

See also: 2014 Clemson Tigers football team

Virginia Tech

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

See also: 2014 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

Notre Dame

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

See also: 2014 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

Georgia Tech

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

See also: 2014 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

Virginia

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

See also: 2014 Virginia Cavaliers football team and South's Oldest Rivalry

at Miami (FL)

See also: 2014 Miami Hurricanes football team

North Carolina Tar Heels (4–4) at Miami (FL) Hurricanes (5–3)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
North Carolina	0	6	7	7	20
Miami (FL)	7	23	14	3	47

at Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida

• Date: November 1
• Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST
• Game weather: Partly cloudy, 79 °F (26 °C)
• Game attendance: 51,702
• Referee: J. Magallanes
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter UM – Duke Johnson 1-yard run (Michael Badgley kick), 5:43. Miami (FL) 7–0. Drive: 13 plays, 84 yards, 7:10. Second quarter UM – Safety. Miami (FL) 9–0 UNC – Cayson Collins 39-yard fumble return (kick failed), 13:37. Miami (FL) 9–6. UM – Clive Walford 14-yard pass from Brad Kaaya (Michael Badgley kick), 5:17. Miami (FL) 16–6. Drive: 7 plays, 61 yards, 3:57. UM – Duke Johnson 90-yard run (Michael Badgley kick), 2:55. Miami (FL) 23–6. Drive: 1 play, 90 yards, 0:13. UM – Clive Walford 14-yard pass from Brad Kaaya (Michael Badgley kick), 0:26. Miami (FL) 30–6. Drive: 7 plays, 56 yards, 1:51. Third quarter UM – Duke Johnson 37-yard pass from Brad Kaaya (Michael Badgley kick), 12:37. Miami (FL) 37–6. Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:23. UM – Joe Yearby 1-yard run (Michael Badgley kick), 7:12. Miami (FL) 44–6. Drive: 3 plays, 12 yards, 1:19. UNC – Marquise Williams 10-yard run (Thomas Moore kick), 5:11. Miami (FL) 44–13. Drive: 6 plays, 65 yards, 2:01. Fourth quarter UM – Michael Badgley 37-yard field goal, 13:19. Miami (FL) 47–13. Drive: 7 plays, 30 yards, 3:01. UNC – Marquise Williams 1-yard run (Thomas Moore kick), 9:20. Miami (FL) 47–20. Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 3:59. Top passers UNC – Marquise Williams – 22/32, 186 yards, INT UM – Brad Kaaya – 11/17, 189 yards, 3 TD Top rushers UNC – Romar Morris – 5 rushes, 23 yards UM – Duke Johnson – 19 rushes, 177 yards, 2 TD Top receivers UNC – T.J. Thorpe – 4 receptions, 66 yards UM – Clive Walford – 6 receptions, 89 yards, 2 TD

Pittsburgh

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

See also: 2014 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

Duke

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

See also: 2014 Duke Blue Devils football team and Victory Bell (Duke–North Carolina)

NC State

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

See also: 2014 NC State Wolfpack football team and North Carolina–NC State football rivalry

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

See also: 2014 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

Rankings

Further information: 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received 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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches	23	23	25	25	—	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CFP	Not released									—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released

References

1. Carter, Andrew (January 24, 2014). "UNC announces hiring of new offensive coach". The News & Observer. Raleigh. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
2. Carter, Andrew (February 10, 2014). "UNC Announces New Football Coaching Hires". The News & Observer. Raleigh. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
3. "Football - Coaches". University of North Carolina Department of Athletics. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
4. "2015 UNC Football Media Guide" (PDF).
5. "2014 North Carolina Tar Heels Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 10, 2014.