2018 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

2018 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Division Coastal Division
2018 record 1–3 (1–1 ACC)
Head coach Larry Fedora (7th season)
Offensive coordinator Chris Kapolovic (5th as coordinator, 7th overall season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator John Papuchis (2nd season)
Home stadium Kenan Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 63,000)
2018 ACC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Atlantic Division
No. 3 Clemson  3 –0     6 –0  
No. 16 NC State  2 –0     5 –0  
Boston College  2 –1     5 –2  
Syracuse  1 –2     4 –2  
Florida State  1 –3     3 –3  
Wake Forest  0 –2     3 –3  
Louisville  0 –4     2 –5  
Coastal Division
Miami  2 –1     5 –2  
Virginia Tech  3 –0     4 –2  
Pittsburgh  2 –1     3 –4  
Virginia  2 –1     4 –2  
North Carolina  1 –2     1 –4  
Georgia Tech  1 –3     3 –4  
Duke  1 –1     5 –1  
Championship: December 1, 2018
As of October 15, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tar Heels are led by seventh-year head coach Larry Fedora and play their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. They compete as a member of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

Previous season

The Tar Heels finished the 2017 season 3–9, 1–7 in ACC play to finish in last place in the Coastal Division.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Doak Walker Award[1] Michael Carter RB SO
John Mackey Award[2] Carl Tucker TE JR
Paul Hornung Award[3] Anthony Ratliff-Williams WR/KR JR
Wuerffel Trophy[4] Kyle Murphy LS SR
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award[5] Nathan Elliott QB JR

ACC media poll

The ACC media poll was released on July 24, 2018.

Media poll (Coastal)
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Miami998 (122)
2Virginia Tech838 (16)
3Georgia Tech654 (8)
4Duke607 (1)
5Pittsburgh420
6North Carolina370 (1)
7Virginia257

Schedule

The Tar Heels' schedule was released on January 17, 2018.[6]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 14:00 p.m.at California*
FOXL 17–2442,168
September 83:30 p.m.at East Carolina*
ESPNUL 19–4139,268
September 1512:00 p.m.No. 18 UCF*
ESPNU Cancelled[lower-alpha 1]
September 2212:20 p.m.Pittsburgh
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ACCNW 38–3544,168
September 278:00 p.m.at No. 16 Miami (FL)
ESPNL 10–4760,845
October 137:00 p.m.Virginia Tech
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ESPNUL 19–2250,500
October 2012:20 p.m.at Syracuse
ACCN
October 27at Virginia
November 3Georgia Techdagger
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
November 10at Duke
November 17Western Carolina*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
November 24NC State
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (Rivalry)
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
  1. ↑ This game has been cancelled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.[7]

Game summaries

at California

1 2 3 4 Total
Tar Heels 0 0 3 14 17
Golden Bears 7 10 7 0 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2017 L, 30–35

at East Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Tar Heels 6 13 0 0 19
Pirates 7 14 7 13 41
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–4–1 2014 L, 41–70

Pittsburgh

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 7 21 0 7 35
Tar Heels 7 14 17 0 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–3 2017 W, 34–31

at Miami (FL)

1 2 3 4 Total
Tar Heels 10 0 0 0 10
No. 16 Hurricanes 14 19 0 14 47
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–10 2017 L, 19–24

Virginia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Hokies 7 0 7 8 22
Tar Heels 6 3 7 3 19
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–22–6 2017 L, 7–59

at Syracuse

1 2 3 4 Total
Tar Heels 0
Orange 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–2 2003 L, 47–49

at Virginia

1 2 3 4 Total
Tar Heels 0
Cavaliers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
64–54–4 2017 L, 14–20

Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Yellow Jackets 0
Tar Heels 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
21–29–3 2017 L, 7–33

at Duke

1 2 3 4 Total
Tar Heels 0
Cavaliers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
60–39–5 2017 L, 17–27

Western Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Catamounts 0
Tar Heels 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2017 W, 65–10

NC State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wolfpack 0
Tar Heels 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
66–35–6 2017 L, 21–35

References

  1. ↑ "2018 Doak Walker Award Candidates". July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  2. ↑ "2018 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List Released" (PDF). July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  3. ↑ "43 PLAYERS NAMED TO 2018 PAUL HORNUNG AWARD WATCH LIST". July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  5. ↑ "2018 Nominations The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award" (PDF). August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  6. ↑ Pearson, Zack (January 17, 2018). "UNC Football: Full 2018 Tar Heels football schedule released". KeepingItHeel. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  7. ↑ "UCF Football Game, Other Events Will Not Be Played Due To Storm - University of North Carolina". University of North Carolina (Press release). September 11, 2018.
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