1982 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1982 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels were led by fifth-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 and finished tied for third place.^[1]

1982 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 26–10 vs. Texas
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 18
Record	8–4 (3–3 ACC)
Head coach	Dick Crum (5th season)
Captain	David Drechsler
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1981 1983 →

1982 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 Clemson $	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	1
No. 20 Maryland	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 18 North Carolina	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Duke	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
NC State	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Virginia	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Wake Forest	0	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	9:00 p.m.	at No. 1 Pittsburgh*	No. 5	Three Rivers Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	CBS	L 6–7	54,449	[2]
September 18	1:00 p.m.	Vanderbilt*	No. 11	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 34–10	51,696	[3]
September 25	1:00 p.m.	Army*	No. 11	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 62–8	50,950	[4]
October 2	1:00 p.m.	Georgia Tech*	No. 12	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	W 41–0	49,500	[5][6]
October 9	1:00 p.m.	at Wake Forest	No. 12	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)		W 24–7	36,200	[7]
October 16	1:00 p.m.	NC State	No. 11	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)		W 41–9	53,278	[8]
October 30	1:00 p.m.	Maryland	No. 10	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		L 24–31	51,319	[9]
November 6	1:00 p.m.	at No. 13 Clemson	No. 18	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC		L 13–16	63,718–63,788	[10][11]
November 13	1:00 p.m.	Virginia		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)		W 27–14	49,500	[12]
November 20	1:30 p.m.	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)		L 17–23	33,941	[13]
November 25	12:00 p.m.	Bowling Green*		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 33–14	33,000	[14]
December 25	2:00 p.m.	vs. No. 8 Texas*		Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	W 26–10	31,359	[15]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time