1985 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record5–6 (3–4 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainCarl Carr
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
1985 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 18 Maryland $ 6 0 09 3 0
No. 19 Georgia Tech 5 1 09 2 1
Virginia 4 3 06 5 0
Clemson 4 3 06 6 0
North Carolina 3 4 05 6 0
Duke 2 5 04 7 0
NC State 2 5 03 8 0
Wake Forest 1 6 04 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels were led by eighth-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 fifth.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 77:30 p.m.at Navy*W 21–1926,394
September 141:00 p.m.[1]No. 12 LSU*TigerVisionL 13–2350,866[2]
September 281:00 p.m.VMI*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 51–749,250[3]
October 512:15 p.m.at Georgia TechRaycomL 0–3135,625
October 121:00 p.m.Wake Forest
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 34–1449,000
October 1912:15 p.m.at NC StateW 21–1447,500
October 261:00 p.m.No. 11 Florida State*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 10–2050,132
November 212:15 p.m.at MarylandL 10–2849,800
November 912:15 p.m.Clemson
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 21–2050,000
November 161:00 p.m.at VirginiaL 22–2438,500
November 2312:15 p.m.Duke
L 21–2348,500
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

LSU

LSU at North Carolina
1 234Total
No. 12 Tigers 7 637 23
Tar Heels 7 600 13

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References

  1. "The Daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, September 13, 1985, Page 4, Image 4 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  2. "Another big one gets away as UNC bows to LSU 23–13". Richmond Times-Dispatch. September 15, 1985. Retrieved November 4, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Heels bruise outmanned VMI, 51–7". The News and Observer. September 29, 1985. Retrieved February 4, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "1985 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  5. "No. 12 LSU Kicks Aside Heels, 23-13". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 15, 1985. p. 19. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
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