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1976 North Carolina

9–⁠3 (4–⁠1 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Bill Dooley.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1976, game by game: won vs. Miami (OH) 14–10; won at No. 18 Florida 24–21; won vs. Northwestern 12–0; won at Army 34–32; lost at No. 12 Missouri 3–24; lost vs. NC State 13–21; won vs. No. 20 East Carolina 12–10; won at Wake Forest 34–14; won at Clemson 27–23; won vs. Virginia 31–6; won vs. Duke 39–38; lost vs. Kentucky 0–21+25−21Won 14–10 vs. Miami (OH)+4Miami (OH)Won 24–21 at No. 18 Florida+3No. 18 FloridaWon 12–0 vs. Northwestern+12NorthwesternWon 34–32 at Army+2ArmyLost 3–24 at No. 12 Missouri-21No. 12 MissouriLost 13–21 vs. NC State-8NC StateWon 12–10 vs. No. 20 East Carolina+2No. 20 East CarolinaWon 34–14 at Wake Forest+20Wake ForestWon 27–23 at Clemson+4ClemsonWon 31–6 vs. Virginia+25VirginiaWon 39–38 vs. Duke+1DukeLost 0–21 vs. Kentucky-21Kentucky
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsMiami (OH)W 14–⁠1027%
Sep 11at18FloridaW 24–⁠2123%
Sep 18vsNorthwesternW 12–⁠072%
Sep 25atArmyW 34–⁠3263%
Oct 2at12MissouriL 3–⁠2433%
Oct 16vsNC StateL 13–⁠2157%
Oct 23vs20East CarolinaW 12–⁠1033%
Oct 30atWake ForestW 34–⁠1451%
Nov 6atClemsonW 27–⁠2359%
Nov 13vsVirginiaW 31–⁠686%
Nov 20vsDukeW 39–⁠3861%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsKentuckyPeach BowlL 0–⁠2143%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Kentucky 21–⁠0 in the Peach Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 73rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 17
  2. Wk 3: 16
  3. Wk 4: 14
  4. Wk 5: 19
  5. Wk 12: 19
  6. Wk 13: 19

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1976.

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠1 2nd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 14
Points
243–⁠220
Coach
Bill Dooley
Elo
1508 +70 this season
SP+ rating
-0.7 No. 78 of 132; offense No. 83, defense No. 68
SRS
5.2 No. 46 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Pat Watson
Defensive coordinator
Jim Dickey
Captains
Craig Funk and Ronny Johnson

Drafted in 1977

The 1977 draft
Rd 3Mike Voight RBCincinnati Bengals

All-ACC

6 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1976 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1976 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Maryland5–⁠011–⁠18
North Carolina4–⁠19–⁠3
Wake Forest3–⁠35–⁠6
Duke2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
NC State2–⁠33–⁠7–⁠1
Virginia1–⁠32–⁠9
Clemson0–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠2

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.