1990_North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_football_team
1990 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
American college football season
The 1990 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team was led by head coach Mack Brown.
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| 1990 North Carolina Tar Heels football | |
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Record | 6–4–1 (3–3–1 ACC) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Darrell Moody (3rd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Carl Torbush (3rd season) |
| Captain | Dwight Hollier |
| Home stadium | Kenan Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Georgia Tech $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Clemson | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 23 Virginia | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 1 | 1:30 p.m. | Miami (OH)* | W 34–0 | 47,500 | [1] | ||
| September 8 | 7:00 p.m. | at South Carolina* | L 5–27 | 73,500 | [2] | ||
| September 15 | 1:30 p.m. | Connecticut* |
| W 48–21 | 41,000 | [3] | |
| September 22 | 1:30 p.m. | Kentucky* |
| W 16–13 | 43,000 | [4] | |
| September 29 | 1:30 p.m. | NC State |
| L 9–12 | 53,000 | [5] | |
| October 6 | 7:00 p.m. | at Wake Forest | W 31–24 | 27,711 | [6] | ||
| October 20 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 11 Georgia Tech |
| T 13–13 | 48,000 | [7] | |
| October 27 | 1:30 p.m. | Maryland |
| W 34–10 | 46,000 | [8] | |
| November 3 | 12:10 p.m. | at No. 18 Clemson | JPS | L 3–20 | 75,196 | [9] | |
| November 10 | 12:10 p.m. | No. 11 Virginia |
| JPS | L 10–24 | 41,000 | [10] |
| November 17 | 12:10 p.m. | at Duke | W 24–22 | 31,600 | [11] | ||
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- "Tar Heels ruin Walker's debut, 34–0". The Cincinnati Enquirer. September 2, 1990. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Gamecocks rough up UNC 27–5". The Roanoke Times & World-News. September 9, 1990. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "UNC defeats UConn". The Hartford Courant. September 16, 1990. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Gwaltney helps Tar Heels (3–1) boot Wildcats". The Charlotte Observer. September 23, 1990. Retrieved November 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Pack clips Heels, 12–9". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 30, 1990. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Tar Heels ride Means streak". The Charlotte Observer. October 7, 1990. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Carolina, Tech in 13–13 deadlock". Statesville Record and Landmark. October 21, 1990. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Tar Heel has a career day in 34–10 win over Maryland". The Roanoke Times & World-News. October 28, 1990. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Clemson shields end zone from N.C." The Orlando Sentinel. November 4, 1990. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Cavs fiesta in Chapel Hill". Durham Morning Herald. November 11, 1990. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Another Heel steps on Devils". Durham Morning Herald. November 18, 1990. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "1990 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 4, 2017.