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American college football season
The 1978 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels were led by first-year head coach Dick Crum and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in fourth.[1]
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Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 16 | | East Carolina* | | | W 14–10 | 51,150 | [2] |
September 23 | | No. 18 Maryland | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC
| | L 20–21 | | |
September 30 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 9 Pittsburgh* | | ABC | L 16–20 | 50,439 | |
October 7 | | Miami (OH)* | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC
| | L 3–7 | | |
October 14 | | at Wake Forest | | | W 34–29 | 31,500 | |
October 21 | | NC State | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
| | L 7–34 | | |
October 28 | | at South Carolina* | | | W 24–22 | 55,104 | |
November 4 | | at Richmond* | | | L 18–27 | | |
November 11 | | at No. 15 Clemson | | | L 9–13 | 53,800 | |
November 18 | | Virginia | | | W 38–20 | 44,000 | |
November 25 | | Duke | | | W 16–15 | 45,000 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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