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. Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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

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

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

(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt