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1979 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results

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Record: 8-3-1, .708 W-L% (27th of 140) ▪ Rank: 15th in Final AP Poll
Conference: ACC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Dick Crum (8-3-1)

PS/G: 24.2 (34th of 140) ▪ PA/G: 13.9 (27th of 140)
SRS: 16.45 (11th of 140) ▪ SOS: 7.70 (24th of 140)

Bowl Game: Won Gator Bowl 17-15 versus Michigan

AP Poll Summary

Pre 9/10 9/17 9/24 10/1 10/8 10/15 10/22 10/29 11/5 11/12 11/19 11/26 12/3 Final
        18 14 19 15 18           15

12 Games

G Date Day School Opponent Conf Pts Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Sep 8, 1979 Sat North Carolina South Carolina Ind W 28 0 1 0 0 W 1
2 Sep 22, 1979 Sat North Carolina (13) Pittsburgh Ind W 17 7 2 0 0 W 2
3 Sep 29, 1979 Sat North Carolina @ Army Ind W 41 3 3 0 0 W 3
4 Oct 6, 1979 Sat (18) North Carolina Cincinnati Ind W 35 14 4 0 0 W 4
5 Oct 13, 1979 Sat (14) North Carolina Wake Forest ACC L 19 24 4 1 0 L 1
6 Oct 20, 1979 Sat (19) North Carolina @ (15) North Carolina State ACC W 35 21 5 1 0 W 1
7 Oct 27, 1979 Sat (15) North Carolina East Carolina Ind T 24 24 5 1 1 T 1
8 Nov 3, 1979 Sat (18) North Carolina @ Maryland ACC L 14 17 5 2 1 L 1
9 Nov 10, 1979 Sat North Carolina (18) Clemson ACC L 10 19 5 3 1 L 2
10 Nov 17, 1979 Sat North Carolina @ Virginia ACC W 13 7 6 3 1 W 1
11 Nov 24, 1979 Sat North Carolina @ Duke ACC W 37 16 7 3 1 W 2
12 Dec 28, 1979 Fri North Carolina N (14) Michigan Big Ten W 17 15 8 3 1 W 3 Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, FL)