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1987 North Carolina

5–⁠6 (3–⁠4 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Dick Crum.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1987, game by game: won vs. Illinois 34–14; lost at No. 1 Oklahoma 0–28; won at Georgia Tech 30–23; won at Navy 45–14; lost vs. No. 6 Auburn 10–20; lost vs. Wake Forest 14–22; won at NC State 17–14; won at Maryland 27–14; lost vs. No. 10 Clemson 10–13; lost at Virginia 17–20; lost vs. Duke 10–25+31−28Won 34–14 vs. Illinois+20IllinoisLost 0–28 at No. 1 Oklahoma-28No. 1 OklahomaWon 30–23 at Georgia Tech+7Georgia TechWon 45–14 at Navy+31NavyLost 10–20 vs. No. 6 Auburn-10No. 6 AuburnLost 14–22 vs. Wake Forest-8Wake ForestWon 17–14 at NC State+3NC StateWon 27–14 at Maryland+13MarylandLost 10–13 vs. No. 10 Clemson-3No. 10 ClemsonLost 17–20 at Virginia-3VirginiaLost 10–25 vs. Duke-15Duke
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsIllinoisW 34–⁠1465%
Sep 12at1OklahomaL 0–⁠2821%
Sep 19atGeorgia TechW 30–⁠2340%
Sep 26atNavyW 45–⁠1474%
Oct 3vs6AuburnL 10–⁠2044%
Oct 10vsWake ForestL 14–⁠2262%
Oct 17atNC StateW 17–⁠1447%
Oct 31atMarylandW 27–⁠1442%
Nov 7vs10ClemsonL 10–⁠1347%
Nov 14atVirginiaL 17–⁠2053%
Nov 21vsDukeL 10–⁠2573%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Duke 25–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 76th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

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 1987.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 6th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
214–⁠207
Coach
Dick Crum
Elo
1504 −25 this season
SP+ rating
1.5 No. 48 of 101; offense No. 74, defense No. 28
SRS
5.0 No. 35 of 104 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Carlton Bailey and Mark Maye

Drafted in 1988

The 1988 draft
Rd 4Tim Goad DTNew England Patriots

All-ACC

4 first team

First team

  • Pat CrowleyOGAP
  • Carlton BaileyDLAP
  • Tim GoadDLAP
  • Norris DavisDBAP

From Wikipedia’s 1987 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1987 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson6–⁠110–⁠212
Virginia5–⁠28–⁠4
Wake Forest4–⁠37–⁠4
NC State4–⁠34–⁠7
Maryland3–⁠34–⁠7
North Carolina3–⁠45–⁠6
Duke2–⁠55–⁠6
Georgia Tech0–⁠62–⁠9

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