1987 North Carolina Tar Heels Football Team

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.

1987 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record5–6 (3–4 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainCarlton Bailey, Mark Maye
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1986
1988 →
1987 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 Clemson $ 6 1 0 10 2 0
Virginia 5 2 0 8 4 0
Wake Forest 4 3 0 7 4 0
NC State 4 3 0 4 7 0
Maryland 3 3 0 4 7 0
North Carolina 3 4 0 5 6 0
Duke 2 5 0 5 6 0
Georgia Tech 0 6 0 2 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 512:05 p.m.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
October 101:00 p.m.Wake Forest
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 14–2252,000
October 1712:05 p.m.at NC StateW 17–1457,400
October 3112:05 p.m.at MarylandW 27–1435,425
November 74:00 p.m.No. 10 Clemson
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 10–1353,115
November 141:00 p.m.at VirginiaL 17–2038,400
November 2112:05 p.m.Duke
L 10–2546,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

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

    Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • 1987 North Carolina Tar Heels Football Team  Injured
  • 1987 North Carolina Tar Heels Football Team  Redshirt

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