North Carolina Tar Heels football
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| Program Information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname: | Tar Heels |
| Conference Affiliation: | ACC (since 1953) |
| Current Head Coach: | Butch Davis (1st year at UNC (6 years, 47-20 overall) |
| Awards | |
| National Titles: | 0 |
| Conference Titles: | 5 |
| Heisman Winners: | 0 |
| Consensus All-American Selections: | |
| College Football Hall of Famers (players and coaches): | 1 |
| Records | |
| All-time Record: | 618-455-54 |
| Bowl Record: | 12-13 |
| BCS Record: | None |
| Pageantry | |
| Colors: | Carolina Blue and White |
| Outfitter: | Nike |
| Fight songs: | Here comes Carolina |
| Mascot: | Tar Heels |
| Marching Band: | The Marching Tar Heels |
| Stadium: | Kenan Stadium |
| Stadium Image: | |
| Rivals: | Duke, NC State, Virginia, and Wake Forest |
The North Carolina football team is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They have had some success in their history. The school owns a winning percentage of .561, has won 618 games, and has participated in 25 bowl games. The team has won 5 ACC championships, including 4 outright.
The team plays its home games at Kenan Stadium, located on-campus at University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
While not having as long of a sustained successful period as the basketball program, the North Carolina football program has had periods of excellence and several great players pass through the program, including Jeff Saturday, Lawrence Taylor, William Fuller, Greg Ellis, Dre Bly, and Julius Peppers.
The program took a step toward possible prominence by hiring former Miami Hurricanes football head coach Butch Davis for the 2007 season, and making the pledge that they would fund the football program to the same extent that their dominant Men's and Women's basketball teams are funded. On February 7, 2007, Butch Davis and staff inked one of the top recruiting classes in North Carolina football history, earning national recognition from the recruiting industry's most influential websites, including Scout.com, Rivals.com and ESPN.com. This class includes some of the nation's most highly sought after recruits including Marvin Austin, Greg Little, Dwight Jones, Mike Paulus and Tydreke Powell.
Year-by-Year Record
| Season | Head Coach | Record | Postseason | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888 | no head coach | 0-2 | - | ||
| 1889 | Hector Cowan | 2-2 | - | ||
| 1890 - no team | |||||
| 1891 | no head coach | 0-2 | - | ||
| 1892 | no head coach | 5-1 | - | ||
| 1893 | no head coach | 3-4 | - | ||
| 1894 | V.K. Irvine | 6-3 | - | ||
| 1895 | T.C. Trenchard | 7-1-1 | - | ||
| 1896 | Gordon Johnston | 3-4-1 | - | ||
| 1897 | W.A. Reynolds | 7-3 | - | ||
| 1898 | W.A. Reynolds | 9-0 | - | ||
| 1899 | W.A. Reynolds | 7-3-1 | - | ||
| 1900 | W.A. Reynolds | 4-1-3 | - | ||
| 1901 | Charles Jenkins | 7-2 | - | ||
| 1902 | H.B. Olcott | 5-1-3 | - | ||
| 1903 | H.B. Olcott | 6-3 | - | ||
| 1904 | Robert R. Brown | 5-2-2 | - | ||
| 1905 | William Warner | 4-3-1 | - | ||
| 1906 | W.S. Keinholz | 1-4-2 | - | ||
| 1907 | Otis Lamson | 4-4-1 | - | ||
| 1908 | Edward Green | 3-3-3 | - | ||
| 1909 | A.E. Brides | 5-2 | - | ||
| 1910 | A.E. Brides | 3-6 | - | ||
| 1911 | Branch Bocock | 6-1-1 | - | ||
| 1912 | William C. Martin | 3-4-1 | - | ||
| 1913 | T.C. Trenchard | 5-4 | - | ||
| 1914 | T.C. Trenchard | 10-1 | - | ||
| 1915 | T.C. Trenchard | 4-3-1 | - | ||
| 1916 | Thomas J. Campbell | 5-4 | - | ||
| 1917 - no team (World War I) | |||||
| 1918 - no team (World War I) | |||||
| 1919 | Thomas J. Campbell | 4-3-1 | - | ||
| 1920 | Myron E. Fuller | 2-6 | - | ||
| 1921 | Bob Fetzer/Bill Fetzer | 5-2-2 | - | ||
| 1922 | Bob Fetzer/Bill Fetzer | 9-1 | - | ||
| 1923 | Bob Fetzer/Bill Fetzer | 5-3-1 | - | ||
| 1924 | Bob Fetzer/Bill Fetzer | 4-5 | - | ||
| 1925 | Bob Fetzer/Bill Fetzer | 7-1-1 | - | ||
| 1926 | Chuck Collins | 4-5 | - | ||
| 1927 | Chuck Collins | 4-6 | - | ||
| 1928 | Chuck Collins | 5-3-2 | - | ||
| 1929 | Chuck Collins | 9-1 | - | ||
| 1930 | Chuck Collins | 5-3-2 | - | ||
| 1931 | Chuck Collins | 4-3-3 | - | ||
| 1932 | Chuck Collins | 3-5-2 | - | ||
| 1933 | Chuck Collins | 4-5 | - | ||
| 1934 | Carl Snavely | 7-1-1 | - | ||
| 1935 | Carl Snavely | 8-1 | - | ||
| 1936 | Ray Wolf | 8-2 | - | ||
| 1937 | Ray Wolf | 7-1-1 | - | ||
| 1938 | Ray Wolf | 6-2-1 | - | ||
| 1939 | Ray Wolf | 8-1-1 | - | ||
| 1940 | Ray Wolf | 6-4 | - | ||
| 1941 | Ray Wolf | 3-7 | - | ||
| 1942 | Jim Tatum | 5-2-2 | - | ||
| 1943 | Tom Young | 6-3 | - | ||
| 1944 | Gene McEver | 1-7-1 | - | ||
| 1945 | Carl Snavely | 5-5 | - | ||
| 1946 | Carl Snavely | 8-2-1 | Lost to Georgia, 20-10 (Sugar Bowl) | ||
| 1947 | Carl Snavely | 8-2 | - | ||
| 1948 | Carl Snavely | 9-1-1 | Lost to Oklahoma, 14-6 (Sugar Bowl) | ||
| 1949 | Carl Snavely | 7-4 | Lost to Rice, 27-13 (Cotton Bowl) | ||
| 1950 | Carl Snavely | 3-5-2 | - | ||
| 1951 | Carl Snavely | 2-8 | - | ||
| 1952 | Carl Snavely | 2-6 | - | ||
| 1953 | George Barclay | 4-6 | - | ||
| 1954 | George Barclay | 4-5-1 | - | ||
| 1955 | George Barclay | 3-7 | - | ||
| 1956 | Jim Tatum | 2-7-1 | - | ||
| 1957 | Jim Tatum | 6-4 | - | ||
| 1958 | Jim Tatum | 6-4 | - | ||
| 1959 | Jim Hickey | 5-5 | - | ||
| 1960 | Jim Hickey | 3-7 | - | ||
| 1961 | Jim Hickey | 5-5 | - | ||
| 1962 | Jim Hickey | 3-7 | - | ||
| 1963 | Jim Hickey | 9-2 | Defeated Air Force, 35-0 (Gator Bowl) | ||
| 1964 | Jim Hickey | 5-5 | - | ||
| 1965 | Jim Hickey | 4-6 | - | ||
| 1966 | Jim Hickey | 2-8 | - | ||
| 1967 | Bill Dooley | 2-8 | - | ||
| 1968 | Bill Dooley | 3-7 | - | ||
| 1969 | Bill Dooley | 5-5 | - | ||
| 1970 | Bill Dooley | 8-4 | Lost to Arizona State, 48-26 (Peach Bowl) | ||
| 1971 | Bill Dooley | 9-3 | Lost to Georgia, 7-3 (Gator Bowl) | ||
| 1972 | Bill Dooley | 11-1 | Defeated Texas Tech, 32-28 (Sun Bowl) | ||
| 1973 | Bill Dooley | 4-7 | - | ||
| 1974 | Bill Dooley | 7-5 | Lost to Mississippi State, 26-24 (Sun Bowl) | ||
| 1975 | Bill Dooley | 3-7-1 | - | ||
| 1976 | Bill Dooley | 9-3 | Lost to Kentucky, 21-0 (Peach Bowl) | ||
| 1977 | Bill Dooley | 8-3-1 | Lost to Nebraska, 21-17 (Liberty Bowl) | ||
| 1978 | Dick Crum | 5-6 | - | ||
| 1979 | Dick Crum | 8-3-1 | Defeated Michigan, 17-15 (Gator Bowl) | ||
| 1980 | Dick Crum | 11-1 | Defeated Texas, 16-7 (Bluebonnet Bowl) | ||
| 1981 | Dick Crum | 10-2 | Defeated Arkansas, 31-27 (Gator Bowl) | ||
| 1982 | Dick Crum | 8-4 | Defeated Texas, 26-10 (Sun Bowl) | ||
| 1983 | Dick Crum | 8-4 | Lost to Florida State, 28-3 (Peach Bowl) | ||
| 1984 | Dick Crum | 5-5-1 | - | ||
| 1985 | Dick Crum | 5-6 | - | ||
| 1986 | Dick Crum | 7-4-1 | Lost to Arizona, 30-21 (Aloha Bowl) | ||
| 1987 | Dick Crum | 5-6 | - | ||
| 1988 | Mack Brown | 1-10 | - | ||
| 1989 | Mack Brown | 1-10 | - | ||
| 1990 | Mack Brown | 6-4-1 | - | ||
| 1991 | Mack Brown | 7-4 | - | ||
| 1992 | Mack Brown | 9-3 | Defeated Mississippi State, 21-17 (Peach Bowl) | ||
| 1993 | Mack Brown | 10-3 | Lost to Alabama, 24-10 (Gator Bowl) | ||
| 1994 | Mack Brown | 8-4 | Lost to Texas, 35-31 (Sun Bowl) | ||
| 1995 | Mack Brown | 7-5 | Defeated Arkansas, 20-10 (Carquest Bowl) | ||
| 1996 | Mack Brown | 10-2 | Defeated West Virginia, 20-13 (Gator Bowl) | ||
| 1997 | Mack Brown/Carl Torbush+ | 11-1 | Defeated Virginia Tech, 42-3 (Gator Bowl) | ||
| 1998 | Carl Torbush | 7-5 | Defeated San Diego State, 20-13 (Las Vegas Bowl) | ||
| 1999 | Carl Torbush | 3-8 | - | ||
| 2000 | Carl Torbush | 6-5 | - | ||
| 2001 | John Bunting | 8-5 | Defeated Auburn, 16-10 (Peach Bowl) | ||
| 2002 | John Bunting | 3-9 | - | ||
| 2003 | John Bunting | 2-10 | - | ||
| 2004 | John Bunting | 6-6 | Lost to Boston College, 37-24 (Continental Tire Bowl) | ||
| 2005 | John Bunting | 5-6 | - | ||
| 2006 | John Bunting | 3-9 | - | ||
| 2007 | Butch Davis | 1-1 | - | ||
| TOTAL OVERALL RECORD: 628-470-54 | |||||
+Brown coached the regular season; Torbush coached the Gator Bowl
Predicted Outcome
Predicted outcome based on Jeff Sagarin statistics [1].
File:2007 North Carolina Tarheels Football predictions based on Sagarin.gif
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