1979 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
The 1979 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.
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Gator Bowl champion | |
Gator Bowl, W 17–15 vs. Michigan | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 14 |
| AP | No. 15 |
| 1979 record | 8–3–1 (3–3 ACC) |
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| Home stadium | Kenan Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 50,000) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 North Carolina | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 8 | 1:00 p.m. | South Carolina* | Raycom | W 28–0 | 49,500 | ||
| September 22 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 13 Pittsburgh* |
| Raycom | W 17–7 | 50,550 | |
| September 29 | 2:00 p.m. | at Army* | No. 20 | Raycom | W 41–3 | 32,157 | |
| October 6 | 1:00 p.m. | Cincinnati* | No. 18 |
| Raycom | W 35–14 | 49,000 |
| October 13 | 1:00 p.m. | Wake Forest | No. 14 |
| ABC | L 19–24 | 50,720 |
| October 20 | 4:00 p.m. | at No. 15 NC State | No. 19 | ABC | W 35–21 | 54,200 | |
| October 27 | 1:00 p.m. | East Carolina* | No. 15 |
| Raycom | T 24–24 | 49,700 |
| November 3 | 1:30 p.m. | at Maryland | No. 18 | Raycom | L 14–17 | 35,618 | |
| November 10 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 18 Clemson |
| Raycom | L 10–19 | 50,100 | |
| November 17 | 1:30 p.m. | at Virginia | Raycom | W 13–7 | 31,472 | ||
| November 24 | 1:30 p.m. | at Duke | Raycom | W 37–16 | 39,800 | ||
| December 28 | 9:00 p.m. | vs. No. 14 Michigan* | ABC | W 17–15 | 70,407 | ||
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Roster
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Special teams
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1979 team players in the NFL
The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
| Buddy Curry | Linebacker | 2 | 36 | Atlanta Falcons |
| Doug Paschal | Running Back | 5 | 121 | Minnesota Vikings |
| Phil Farris | Wide Receiver | 11 | 297 | Denver Broncos |
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References
- "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – 1979". College Football Reference. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
- "1980 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
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