1996 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1996 North Carolina Tar Heels football
1996 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Gator Bowl champion
Gator Bowl, W 20–13 vs. West Virginia
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 10
Record	10–2 (6–2 ACC)
Head coach	Mack Brown (9th season);
Offensive coordinator	Greg Davis (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Carl Torbush (9th season)
Base defense	4–3
Captains	Greg Ellis; James Hamilton; Leon Johnson; Freddie Jones; Chris Keldorf; Jeff Saturday; Brian Simmons; Rick Terry;
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

The 1996 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1996 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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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31	3:30 p.m.	Clemson		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	W 45–0	47,500	^[1]
September 7	6:00 p.m.	at No. 9 Syracuse*	No. 24	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ESPN2	W 27–10	48,097	^[2]
September 21	3:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech	No. 11	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	W 16–0	50,000	^[3]
September 28	3:30 p.m.	at No. 2 Florida State	No. 11	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ABC	L 0–13	80,120	^[4]
October 5	6:30 p.m.	at Wake Forest	No. 15	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)		W 45–6	25,681	^[5]
October 12	7:00 p.m.	Maryland	No. 13	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN2	W 38–7	47,500	^[6]
October 26	6:30 p.m.	at Houston*	No. 9	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX		W 42–14	16,850	^[7]
November 2	12:00 p.m.	NC State	No. 8	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	JPS	W 52–20	47,000	^[8]
November 9	1:30 p.m.	Louisville*	No. 8	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 28–10	46,000	^[9]
November 16	3:30 p.m.	at No. 24 Virginia	No. 6	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	ABC	L 17–20	42,500	^[10]
November 23	12:00 p.m.	at Duke	No. 13	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	JPS	W 27–10	30,264	^[11]
January 1, 1997	12:30 p.m.	vs. No. 25 West Virginia*	No. 12	Jacksonville Municipal Stadium Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	NBC	W 20–13	52,103	^[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Schedule

1996 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 3 Florida State $	8	–	0	11	–	1
No. 10 North Carolina	6	–	2	10	–	2
Clemson	6	–	2	7	–	5
Virginia	5	–	3	7	–	5
Georgia Tech	4	–	4	5	–	6
Maryland	3	–	5	5	–	6
NC State	3	–	5	3	–	8
Wake Forest	1	–	7	3	–	8
Duke	0	–	8	0	–	11

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll