1987 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record5–6 (3–4 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainCarlton Bailey, Mark Maye
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
1987 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 12 Clemson $ 6 1 010 2 0
Virginia 5 2 08 4 0
Wake Forest 4 3 07 4 0
NC State 4 3 04 7 0
Maryland 3 3 04 7 0
North Carolina 3 4 05 6 0
Duke 2 5 05 6 0
Georgia Tech 0 6 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels were led by tenth-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 sixth. Coach Dick Crum resigned at the end of the season, leaving as the school's all-time winningest coach.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 512:05 p.m.[2]Illinois*W 34–1440,000
September 122:30 p.m.at No. 1 Oklahoma*L 0–2875,004
September 191:00 p.m.at Georgia TechW 30–2333,151
September 262:00 p.m.at Navy*W 45–1423,636
October 31:00 p.m.No. 6 Auburn*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 10–2052,811[3]
October 101:00 p.m.Wake Forest
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 14–2252,000
October 1712:05 p.m.[4]at NC StateW 17–1457,400
October 3112:05 p.m.[5]at MarylandW 27–1435,425
November 74:00 p.m.[6]No. 10 Clemson
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 10–1353,115
November 141:00 p.m.[7]at VirginiaL 17–2038,400
November 2112:05 p.m.[8]Duke
L 10–2546,000[9]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Personnel

1987 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB Derrick Fenner
FB Kennard Martin
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    References

    1. "North Carolina Football Coach Crum Resigns After 5-6 Season". Los Angeles Times. December 1, 1987. p. SD_B5.
    2. "The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina on September 5, 1987 · 20 (newspapers.com)".
    3. "Auburn turns to pass, Burger, to defeat North Carolina". The Danville Register. October 4, 1987. Retrieved November 11, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
    4. "The Herald-Sun from Durham, North Carolina on October 17, 1987 · 39 (newspapers.com)".
    5. "The Chapel Hill News from Chapel Hill, North Carolina on October 30, 1987 · 11 (newspapers.com)".
    6. "The Daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, November 06, 1987, Page 8, Image 8 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
    7. "Daily Press from Newport News, Virginia on November 14, 1987 · Page 24 (newspapers.com)".
    8. "The Herald-Sun from Durham, North Carolina on November 21, 1987 · 32 (newspapers.com)".
    9. "The Herald-Sun from Durham, North Carolina on November 22, 1987 · 39 (newspapers.com)".
    10. "1987 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
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