| 1981 North Carolina Tar Heels football | |
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Gator Bowl champion | |
Gator Bowl, W 31–27 vs. Arkansas | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 8 |
| AP | No. 9 |
| Record | 10–2 (5–1 ACC) |
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| Captain | Shelton Robinson, Lee Shaffer |
| Home stadium | Kenan Memorial Stadium |
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| No. 1 Clemson $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 North Carolina | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1981 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels were led by fourth-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 second.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 12 | 1:00 p.m. | East Carolina* | No. 13 | W 56–0 | 51,300 | [2] | ||
| September 19 | 1:00 p.m. | Miami (OH)* | No. 10 |
| W 49–7 | 49,500 | ||
| September 26 | 1:00 p.m. | Boston College* | No. 9 |
| W 56–14 | 48,000 | [3] | |
| October 3 | 1:30 p.m. | at Georgia Tech* | No. 6 | W 28–7 | 39,263 | |||
| October 10 | 1:00 p.m. | Wake Forest | No. 5 |
| W 48–10 | 51,692 | ||
| October 17 | 1:00 p.m. | at NC State | No. 4 | W 21–10 | 56,200 | |||
| October 24 | 1:00 p.m. | South Carolina* | No. 3 |
| L 13–31 | 50,500 | ||
| October 31 | 1:30 p.m. | at Maryland | No. 9 | W 17–10 | 32,100 | |||
| November 7 | 12:30 p.m. | No. 2 Clemson | No. 8 |
| ABC | L 8–10 | 53,611 | |
| November 14 | 1:30 p.m. | at Virginia | No. 13 | W 17–14 | 30,047 | |||
| November 21 | 1:30 p.m. | at Duke | No. 12 | W 31–10 | 38,525 | |||
| December 28 | 9:00 p.m. | vs. Arkansas* | No. 11 | ABC | W 31–27 | 71,009 | ||
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Roster
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References
- ↑ "1981 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
- ↑ "Bryant's 6 TDs paste Pirates". The News and Observer. September 13, 1981. Retrieved March 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Bryant's 4 Touchdowns Lead North Carolina". The Palm Beach Post. September 27, 1981. p. E6 – via Newspapers.com.
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