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1983 North Carolina

8–⁠4 (4–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Dick Crum.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1983, game by game: won at South Carolina 24–8; won vs. Memphis 24–10; won vs. Miami (OH) 48–17; won vs. William & Mary 51–20; won at Georgia Tech 38–21; won vs. Wake Forest 30–10; won at NC State 42–14; lost at No. 13 Maryland 26–28; lost vs. Clemson 3–16; lost at Virginia 14–17; won vs. Duke 34–27; lost vs. Florida State 3–28+31−25Won 24–8 at South Carolina+16South CarolinaWon 24–10 vs. Memphis+14MemphisWon 48–17 vs. Miami (OH)+31Miami (OH)Won 51–20 vs. William & Mary+31William & MaryWon 38–21 at Georgia Tech+17Georgia TechWon 30–10 vs. Wake Forest+20Wake ForestWon 42–14 at NC State+28NC StateLost 26–28 at No. 13 Maryland-2No. 13 MarylandLost 3–16 vs. Clemson-13ClemsonLost 14–17 at Virginia-3VirginiaWon 34–27 vs. Duke+7DukeLost 3–28 vs. Florida State-25Florida State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3atSouth CarolinaW 24–⁠864%
Sep 10vsMemphisW 24–⁠1086%
Sep 17vsMiami (OH)W 48–⁠1778%
Sep 24vsWilliam & MaryW 51–⁠2090%
Oct 1atGeorgia TechW 38–⁠2174%
Oct 8vsWake ForestW 30–⁠1086%
Oct 15atNC StateW 42–⁠1472%
Oct 29at13MarylandL 26–⁠2849%
Nov 5vsClemsonL 3–⁠1661%
Nov 12atVirginiaL 14–⁠1772%
Nov 19vsDukeW 34–⁠2781%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvsFlorida StatePeach BowlL 3–⁠2853%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Florida State 28–⁠3 in the Peach Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 30th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 11
  2. Wk 2: 8
  3. Wk 3: 10
  4. Wk 4: 5
  5. Wk 5: 5
  6. Wk 6: 4
  7. Wk 7: 3
  8. Wk 8: 3
  9. Wk 9: 3
  10. Wk 10: 10
  11. Wk 11: 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 1983.

Consensus All-AmericanWilliam Fuller, DT

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠3 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 3
Points
337–⁠216
Coach
Dick Crum
Elo
1619 −9 this season
SP+ rating
11.0 No. 30 of 108; offense No. 27, defense No. 43
SRS
10.9 No. 28 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Brian Blados and William Fuller

Drafted in 1984

The 1984 draft
Rd 1Brian Blados OTCincinnati Bengals
Rd 3Tyrone Anthony RBNew Orleans Saints
Rd 7Mark Smith WRWashington Redskins

All-ACC

5 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1983 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1983 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson7–⁠09–⁠1–⁠111
Maryland5–⁠18–⁠4
North Carolina4–⁠38–⁠4
Georgia Tech3–⁠33–⁠8
Virginia3–⁠46–⁠5
Duke3–⁠43–⁠8
Wake Forest1–⁠64–⁠7
NC State1–⁠63–⁠8

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