1984 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1984 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels were led by seventh-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 third.

1984 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	5–5–1 (3–2–1 ACC)
Head coach	Dick Crum (7th season)
Captain	Brian Johnston
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1983 1985 →

1984 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 12 Maryland $	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 20 Virginia	3	–	1	–	2			8	–	2	–	2
North Carolina	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Wake Forest	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech	2	–	2	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
NC State	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Duke	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Clemson	0	–	0	–	0*			7	–	4	–	0
$ – 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	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	12:00 p.m.[2]	Navy*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		L 30–33	49,500	[3]
September 22	7:30 p.m.[4]	at No. 10 Boston College*	Sullivan Stadium Foxborough, MA	ESPN	L 20–52	44,671	[5]
September 29	1:00 p.m.[6]	Kansas*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 23–17	45,000	[7]
October 6	1:00 p.m.[8]	at Clemson*A	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC		L 12–20	80,000	[9]
October 13	12:20 p.m.[10]	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)		L 3–14	33,778	[11]
October 20	12:00 p.m.[12]	NC State	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)		W 28–21	50,600	[13]
October 27	7:30 p.m.[14]	at Memphis State*	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN		W 30–27	37,781	[15]
November 3	12:15 p.m.[16]	Maryland	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		L 23–34	48,000	[17]
November 10	1:00 p.m.[18]	Georgia Tech	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 24–17	47,000	[19]
November 17	1:00 p.m.[20]	No. 19 Virginia	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)		T 24–24	48,000	[21]
November 24	1:30 p.m.[22]	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)		W 17–15	31,200	[23]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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A.^ Clemson was under NCAA probation, and was ineligible for the ACC title. Therefore this game did not count in the league standings.^[1]

Personnel

1984 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB Kevin Anthony RB Eddie Colson RB Ethan Horton Sr QB Mark Maye WR Eric Streater	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Lee Gilarmis K Rob Rogers	Head coach Dick Crum Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt