1989 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record1–10 (0–7 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDarrell Moody (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorCarl Torbush (2nd season)
CaptainClarence Carter, Pat Crowley, Torin Dorn, Cecil Gray, Jonathan Hall
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 52,000)
Seasons
← 1988
1990 →
1989 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 18 Virginia + 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 3 – 0
Duke + 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
No. 12 Clemson 5 – 2 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Georgia Tech 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
NC State 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Maryland 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 1
Wake Forest 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 1
North Carolina 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team was led by head coach Mack Brown.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 94:00 p.m.VMI*
W 49–750,400[1]
September 161:30 p.m.at Kentucky*
L 6–1350,174[2]
September 231:00 p.m.at No. 18 NC State
L 6–4057,100
September 304:00 p.m.Navy*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 7–1238,000
October 712:00 p.m.Wake Forest
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
JPSL 16–1747,500
October 141:00 p.m.at Virginia
L 17–5034,600
October 211:00 p.m.at Georgia Tech
L 14–1741,114
October 2812:00 p.m.at Maryland
L 0–3827,441
November 412:00 p.m.No. 21 Clemson
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
JPSL 3–3544,500
November 112:00 p.m.South Carolina*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 20–2744,200
November 1812:00 p.m.No. 25 Duke
L 0–4146,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References

  1. ^ "Tar Heels crack VMI, 49–7". The Herald-Sun. September 10, 1989. Retrieved February 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Kentucky slogs past Tar Heels 13–6". Winston-Salem Journal. September 17, 1989. Retrieved November 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "1989 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
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