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1996 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results

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Record: 10-2, .833 W-L% (8th of 111) ▪ Rank: 10th in Final AP Poll
Conference: ACC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Mack Brown (10-2)

PS/G: 29.8 (33rd of 111) ▪ PA/G: 10.2 (1st of 111)
SRS: 17.55 (6th of 111) ▪ SOS: 2.97 (44th of 111)

Bowl Game: Won Gator Bowl 20-13 versus West Virginia

AP Poll Summary

Pre 8/26 9/2 9/9 9/16 9/23 9/30 10/7 10/14 10/21 10/28 11/4 11/11 11/18 11/25 12/2 12/9 Final
    24 12 11 11 15 13 11 9 8 8 6 13 13 13 12 10

12 Games

G Date Day School Opponent Conf Pts Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Aug 31, 1996 Sat North Carolina Clemson ACC W 45 0 1 0 W 1
2 Sep 7, 1996 Sat (24) North Carolina @ (9) Syracuse Big East W 27 10 2 0 W 2
3 Sep 21, 1996 Sat (11) North Carolina Georgia Tech ACC W 16 0 3 0 W 3
4 Sep 28, 1996 Sat (11) North Carolina @ (2) Florida State ACC L 0 13 3 1 L 1
5 Oct 5, 1996 Sat (15) North Carolina @ Wake Forest ACC W 45 6 4 1 W 1
6 Oct 12, 1996 Sat (13) North Carolina Maryland ACC W 38 7 5 1 W 2
7 Oct 26, 1996 Sat (9) North Carolina @ Houston CUSA W 42 14 6 1 W 3
8 Nov 2, 1996 Sat (8) North Carolina North Carolina State ACC W 52 20 7 1 W 4
9 Nov 9, 1996 Sat (8) North Carolina Louisville CUSA W 28 10 8 1 W 5
10 Nov 16, 1996 Sat (6) North Carolina @ (24) Virginia ACC L 17 20 8 2 L 1
11 Nov 23, 1996 Sat (13) North Carolina @ Duke ACC W 27 10 9 2 W 1
12 Jan 1, 1997 Wed (12) North Carolina N (25) West Virginia Big East W 20 13 10 2 W 2 Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, FL)