1996 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1996 North Carolina Tar Heels football

Gator Bowl Champions
Gator Bowl, W 20–13 vs. West Virginia
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 10
1996 record	10–2 (6–2 ACC)
Head coach	Mack Brown
Defensive coordinator	Carl Torbush
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 52,000)

1996 ACC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#3 Florida State $		8	–	0		11	–	1
#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

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.

Schedule

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

North Carolina Tar Heels football

Venues	Emerson Field (1916–26) Kenan Memorial Stadium (1927–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Duke: (Victory Bell) NC State South Carolina Virginia: South's Oldest Rivalry Wake Forest

Culture & lore	First forward pass Rameses The Marching Tar Heels Statistical leaders

People	Head coaches All-Americans NFL draftees

Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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