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2017 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 2017 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 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Larry Fedora and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The Tar Heels finished the season 3–9 overall and 1–7 in ACC play to place last out of seven teams in the Coastal Division.

2017 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
DivisionCoastal
Record3–9 (1–7 ACC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorGunter Brewer (4th season)
Co-offensive coordinatorChris Kapilovic (3rd season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorJohn Papuchis (1st season)
CaptainNathan Elliott, Cole Holcomb, Donnie Miles, Bentley Spain, M. J. Stewart
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
Uniform
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Atlantic Division
No. 4 Clemson xy$^   7 – 1     12 – 2  
No. 23 NC State   6 – 2     9 – 4  
Boston College   4 – 4     7 – 6  
Louisville   4 – 4     8 – 5  
Wake Forest   4 – 4     8 – 5  
Florida State   3 – 5     7 – 6  
Syracuse   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Coastal Division
No. 13 Miami (FL) xy   7 – 1     10 – 3  
No. 24 Virginia Tech   5 – 3     9 – 4  
Georgia Tech   4 – 4     5 – 6  
Duke   3 – 5     7 – 6  
Pittsburgh   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Virginia   3 – 5     6 – 7  
North Carolina   1 – 7     3 – 9  
Championship: Clemson 38, Miami 3
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 212:20 p.m.California*
ACCNL 30–3549,500[1]
September 912:00 p.m.No. 17 Louisville
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ESPNL 35–4747,000[1]
September 163:30 p.m.at Old Dominion*
StadiumW 53–2320,118[1]
September 233:30 p.m.Duke
ESPNUL 17–2759,000[1]
September 3012:00 p.m.at Georgia Tech
ESPN2L 7–3342,805[1]
October 73:30 p.m.No. 21 Notre Dame*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
ABCL 10–3357,000[1]
October 143:30 p.m.Virginia
ACCRSNL 14–2050,000[1]
October 213:30 p.m.at No. 14 Virginia Tech
ESPN2L 7–5965,632[1]
October 2812:00 p.m.No. 8 Miami (FL)
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ESPN2L 19–2445,000[1]
November 98:00 p.m.at Pittsburgh
ESPNW 34–3134,056[1]
November 183:00 p.m.Western Carolina*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ACCN ExtraW 65–1043,000[1]
November 253:30 p.m.at NC State
ESPNUL 21–3357,600[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries edit

California edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Bears 7 7 7 14 35
Tar Heels 7 10 7 6 30
See also: 2017 California Golden Bears football team

Louisville edit

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 17 Cardinals 10 10 7 20 47
Tar Heels 7 7 14 7 35
See also: 2017 Louisville Cardinals football team

At Old Dominion edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Tar Heels 11 28 7 7 53
Monarchs 0 7 10 6 23
See also: 2017 Old Dominion Monarchs football team

Duke edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 7 3 3 14 27
Tar Heels 3 7 7 0 17
See also: 2017 Duke Blue Devils football team

At Georgia Tech edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Tar Heels 0 0 0 7 7
Yellow Jackets 7 3 14 9 33
See also: 2017 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

Notre Dame edit

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 20 Fighting Irish 0 16 10 7 33
Tar Heels 0 7 0 3 10
See also: 2017 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

Virginia edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Cavaliers 0 10 7 3 20
Tar Heels 0 0 14 0 14
See also: 2017 Virginia Cavaliers football team

At Virginia Tech edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Tar Heels 0 0 0 7 7
No. 14 Hokies 14 21 17 7 59
See also: 2017 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

Miami (FL) edit

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 8 Hurricanes 0 7 10 7 24
Tar Heels 3 3 7 6 19
See also: 2017 Miami Hurricanes football team

At Pittsburgh edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Tar Heels 14 10 3 7 34
Panthers 3 14 7 7 31
See also: 2017 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

Western Carolina edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Catamounts 7 0 0 3 10
Tar Heels 7 35 10 13 65
See also: 2017 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

At NC State edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Tar Heels 7 7 0 7 21
Wolfpack 6 6 7 14 33
See also: 2017 NC State Wolfpack football team

2018 NFL Draft edit

Main article: 2018 NFL Draft
Player Team Round Pick # Position
Andre Smith Carolina Panthers 7th 234 LB
Austin Proehl Buffalo Bills 7th 255 WR

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "2018 UNC Football Media Guide" (PDF).
  2. ^ 2017 North Carolina Tar Heels football schedule. FBSchedules.com. Accessed April 14, 2017.
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