1996 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1996 North Carolina Tar Heels football
North Carolina Tar Heels logo.svg
Gator Bowl champion
Gator Bowl, W 20–13 vs. West Virginia
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 10
1996 record10–2 (6–2 ACC)
Head coach
  • Mack Brown (9th season)
Offensive coordinatorGreg Davis (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorCarl Torbush (9th season)
CaptainGreg Ellis, James Hamilton, Leon Johnson, Freddie Jones, Chris Keldorf, Jeff Saturday, Brian Simmons, Rick Terry
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 48,500)
Seasons
← 1995
1997 →
1996 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 Florida State $   8 – 0     11 – 1  
No. 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[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 313:30 p.m.Clemson
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ABCW 45–047,500
September 76:00 p.m.at No. 9 Syracuse*No. 24
ESPN2W 27–1048,097
September 213:30 p.m.Georgia TechNo. 11
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ABCW 16–050,000
September 283:30 p.m.at No. 2 Florida StateNo. 11
ABCL 0–1380,120
October 56:30 p.m.at Wake ForestNo. 15
W 45–625,681
October 127:00 p.m.MarylandNo. 13
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ESPN2W 38–747,000
October 266:30 p.m.at Houston*No. 9
W 42–1416,850
November 212:00 p.m.NC StateNo. 8
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
JPSW 52–2047,000
November 91:30 p.m.Louisville*No. 8
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 28–1046,000
November 163:30 p.m.at No. 24 VirginiaNo. 6
ABCL 17–2042,500
November 2312:00 p.m.at DukeNo. 13
JPSW 27–1030,264
January 1, 199712:30 p.m.vs. No. 25 West Virginia*No. 12
  • Jacksonville Municipal Stadium
  • Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)
NBCW 20–1352,103
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster[]

1996 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 4 Ocatvus Barnes Jr
FB 6 Chris Watson Sr
TB 12 Leon Johnson Sr
QB 15 Chris Keldorf Jr
WR 18 Na Brown So
WR 23 LC Stevens So
RB 27 Jonathan Linton Jr
OT 51 Mike Baxter Jr
OG 63 Mike Hobgood Jr
C 64 Jeff Saturday Jr
OG 74 Jerness Gethers Sr
OT 75 Byron Thomas Sr
TE 86 Ebenezer Ekuban So
TE 92 Freddie Jones Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
S 2 Omar Brown Jr
S 3 Greg Williams Jr
LB 9 Keith Newman So
CB 29 Robert Williams So
CB 31 Dré Bly Redshirt.svg Fr
LB 41 Brian Simmons Jr
LB 53 Kivuusama Mays Jr
LB 54 James Hamilton Sr
DT 70 Andre Purvis Sr
DT 84 Nate Hobgood-Chittick Jr
DT 85 Chris Mintz Redshirt.svg Fr
DE 87 Greg Ellis Jr
DT 90 Vonnie Holliday Jr
DE 91 Mike Pringley So
DT 94 Rick Terry Sr
DE 96 Russell Davis So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 40 David Secrest Sr
Head coach
  • Mack Brown
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

References[]

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