American college football season
The 2014 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The team was led by third-year head coach Larry Fedora and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium . They finished the season 6–7 overall and 4–4 in ACC play to tie for third place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Quick Lane Bowl , where they lost to Rutgers .
Personnel [ ]
North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora entered his third year as the North Carolina's head coach for the 2014 season. Seth Littrell was hired to be the team's assistant head coach for offense and tight ends coach.[1] Keith Heckendorf, formerly UNC’s player development assistant, became the team's quarterbacks coach.[2] Larry Porter was hired to coach running backs and previously coached running backs at Arizona State, Louisiana State and Oklahoma State, among other schools, before spending the 2013 season at Texas. He also was the head coach at Memphis in 2010 and 2011.[2]
Coaches for the 2014 season[3]
Name
Position
Seasons at North Carolina
Larry Fedora
Head Coach
3rd
Gunter Brewer
Co-Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers
3rd (8th overall)
Chris Kapilovic
Co-Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
1st (3rd overall)
Seth Littrell
Assistant Head Coach for Offense/Tight Ends
1st
Keith Heckendorf
Quarterbacks
1st
Dan Disch
Co-Defensive Coordinator/Cornerbacks
3rd
Keith Gilmore
Defensive Line
2nd
Lou Hernandez
Strength and Conditioning Coordinator
3rd
Vic Koenning
Associate Head Coach for Defense/Safeties
3rd
Ron West
Co-defensive coordinator/Linebackers
2nd
Caleb Pressley
Supervisor of Morale
1st
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 30 6:00 p.m. Liberty * No. 23 Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC ESPN3 W 56–2951,000
September 6 8:00 p.m. San Diego State * No. 21 Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC ESPNews W 31–2758,000
September 20 3:30 p.m. at East Carolina * ESPNU L 41–7051,082
September 27 7:00 p.m. at Clemson Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC ESPNU L 35–5079,155
October 4 12:30 p.m. Virginia Tech Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC ACCN L 17–3460,000
October 11 3:30 p.m. at No. 6 Notre Dame * Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN NBC L 43–5080,795
October 18 7:00 p.m. Georgia Tech Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC ESPNU W 48–4353,000
October 25 12:30 p.m. at Virginia ACCN W 28–2745,200
November 1 12:30 p.m. at Miami (FL) ACCN L 20–4751,702
November 15 12:30 p.m. Pittsburgh Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC ACCN W 40–3553,000
November 20 7:30 p.m. at No. 25 Duke ESPN W 45–2033,941
November 29 12:30 p.m. NC State Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry ) ACCN L 7–3553,000
December 26 4:30 p.m. vs. Rutgers * ESPN L 21–4023,876
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
[4]
Game summaries [ ]
Liberty [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Flames
7
8
7
7
29
Tar Heels
14
7
28
7
56
San Diego State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Aztecs
0
14
7
6
27
Tar Heels
0
7
7
17
31
East Carolina [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tar Heels
13
7
7
14
41
Pirates
14
21
21
14
70
Clemson [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tar Heels
0
7
14
14
35
Tigers
10
12
14
14
50
Virginia Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hokies
14
10
0
10
34
Tar Heels
3
0
0
14
17
Notre Dame [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tar Heels
14
12
10
7
43
Fighting Irish
7
21
7
15
50
Georgia Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Yellow Jackets
7
10
7
19
43
Tar Heels
7
14
14
13
48
Virginia [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tar Heels
14
7
0
7
28
Cavaliers
14
10
3
0
27
at Miami (FL) [ ]
North Carolina Tar Heels (4–4) at Miami (FL) Hurricanes (5–3)
1
2
3 4 Total
North Carolina
0
6
7 7 20
Miami (FL)
7
23
14 3 47
at Sun Life Stadium , Miami Gardens, Florida
Date : November 1Game time : 12:30 p.m. ESTGame weather : Partly cloudy, 79 °F (26 °C)Game attendance : 51,702Referee : J. MagallanesBox Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
UM – Safety. Miami (FL) 9–0
UNC – Cayson Collins 39-yard fumble return (kick failed), 13:37. Miami (FL) 9–6.
UM – Clive Walford 14-yard pass from Brad Kaaya (Michael Badgley kick), 5:17. Miami (FL) 16–6. Drive: 7 plays, 61 yards, 3:57.
UM – Duke Johnson 90-yard run (Michael Badgley kick), 2:55. Miami (FL) 23–6. Drive: 1 play, 90 yards, 0:13.
UM – Clive Walford 14-yard pass from Brad Kaaya (Michael Badgley kick), 0:26. Miami (FL) 30–6. Drive: 7 plays, 56 yards, 1:51.
Third quarter
UM – Duke Johnson 37-yard pass from Brad Kaaya (Michael Badgley kick), 12:37. Miami (FL) 37–6. Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:23.
UM – Joe Yearby 1-yard run (Michael Badgley kick), 7:12. Miami (FL) 44–6. Drive: 3 plays, 12 yards, 1:19.
UNC – Marquise Williams 10-yard run (Thomas Moore kick), 5:11. Miami (FL) 44–13. Drive: 6 plays, 65 yards, 2:01.
Fourth quarter
UM – Michael Badgley 37-yard field goal, 13:19. Miami (FL) 47–13. Drive: 7 plays, 30 yards, 3:01.
UNC – Marquise Williams 1-yard run (Thomas Moore kick), 9:20. Miami (FL) 47–20. Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 3:59.
Top passers
Top rushers
UNC – Romar Morris – 5 rushes, 23 yards
UM – Duke Johnson – 19 rushes, 177 yards, 2 TD
Top receivers
UNC – T.J. Thorpe – 4 receptions, 66 yards
UM – Clive Walford – 6 receptions, 89 yards, 2 TD
Pittsburgh [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
14
7
7
7
35
Tar Heels
0
13
13
14
40
Duke [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tar Heels
21
7
10
7
45
Blue Devils
7
0
7
6
20
NC State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wolfpack
7
14
7
7
35
Tar Heels
0
0
0
7
7
Rutgers (Quick Lane Bowl) [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Scarlet Knights
7
16
7
10
40
Tar Heels
0
0
7
14
21
Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Final
AP
23
21
RV
RV
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Coaches
23
23
25
25
NR
RV
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
CFP
Not released
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Not released
References [ ]
Venues
Emerson Field (1916–1926)
Kenan Memorial Stadium (1927–present)
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