A Century of Carolina Football

Aug. 8, 1999

y: Joe Bray
TarHeelBlue.com

Year-by-Year:

Amos Lawrence had
four 1,000-yard
rushing seasons.

1980: The Tar Heels rode the momentum from their Gator Bowl win over Michigan to an 11-1 season and Crum's only ACC championship. This year's team was great on both sides of the ball. Amos Lawrence and Kelvin Bryant each rushed for over 1,000 yards, while the defense was led by Lawrence Taylor, the greatest defensive player in school history... After an easy 35-13 opening win over Furman, UNC traveled to Lubbock, Texas for a meeting with Texas Tech. Kelvin Bryant's TD run gave UNC a 9-3 lead, and a great defensive play by Taylor preserved the win. The Heels won their next five games, none closer than 14 points, to move to a No. 6 national ranking...The 7-0 Heels traveled to Norman, Oklahoma for a matchup with No. 16 Oklahoma in a non-televised game. The Sooners were too much for UNC. Oklahoma, behind the quarterback play of J.C. Watts, extended a 14-7 halftime lead to a 41-7 win... The Heels had to regroup quickly, as a key ACC matchup at Clemson was up next. UNC seemingly had the game in hand before a Clemson punt took a wierd hop and bounced off a Heel, with the Tigers recovering. Clemson drove deep into Carolina territory, but the Heels' defense, led by Taylor and safety Steve Streater, stopped the Tigers on downs for a 24-19 win. ryant had an 81-yard scoring run the next week in a 26-3 win over Virginia to move UNC to 9-1...Duke came to Kenan Stadium with a 2-8 record, and the heavily favored Heels jumped out to a 23-0 lead. The Blue Devils looked dead, but in this series anything can and does happen. Duke stunned the Heels with 21 consecutive points to make it 23-21 in the third quarter. Duke got the ball back and was in UNC territory when Steve Streater made the play of the game. Streater picked off an interception, his second of three for the day, and returned it to the UNC 41. Carolina drove 59 yards to make it 30-21 on Rod Elkin's 4-yard run. illy Johnson then upped the Heels' lead to 37-21 on a short run, and Lawrence wrapped up the scoring with a two-yard run. Lawrence and Bryant combined for 342 yards and four touchdowns in the 44-21 win. Up next, a Bluebonnet Bowl appearance against Texas... Fittingly, both Lawrence and Bryant scored touchdowns in a 16-7 win over the Longhorns at the Astrodome. Lawrence ran 59 yards for a first quarter TD, with a one-yard ryant run putting the Heels up for good in the second quarter. Steve Streater was named the defensive MVP as he had an interception, recovered a fumble and also boomed a 63-yard punt... Taylor had an incredible season. LT recorded 16 sacks for 127 yards while making six other tackles for losses. Taylor also forced seven fumbles, still the UNC record...Lawrence finished his exciting career with a total of 4,391 yards gained rushing, including 23 100-yard games... Steve Streater was a brilliant athlete. He was one of the best baseball pitchers in the country while in high-school, and was an outstanding defensive back and safety at Carolina. Streater made first-team All-ACC as both defensive back and punter in 1980, his senior season. The following April 30 Streater flew to Washington, D.C. to sign a free-agent contract with the Washington Redskins. While driving home to Chapel Hill from RDU Airport, he lost control of his car on a rain-slickened highway. The wreck left him paralyzed from the waist down. This was one of the saddest moments in the history of North Carolina athletics.
1981: The Tar Heels had another excellent season, finishing 10-2 and eighth in the nation. Carolina became the first ACC team to have back-to-back Top 10 national finishes... Kelvin Bryant started the season on fire, scoring an NCAA-record 15 touchdowns in his first three games and garnering huge national attention. Bryant scored a UNC-record six touchdowns in an opening 56-0 romp over the East Carolina Pirates. Bryant's 211 yards gained on 19 rushes gave him an average gain of 11.1 yards per play. There weren't many dry eyes in Kenan Stadium when Bryant, after scoring his sixth touchdown, handed the ball to Steve Streater, who was in a wheelchair behind the east end zone... ryant followed up with five touchdowns in a 49-7 win over Miami (Ohio) and four more in a 56-14 victory over Boston College. Just when it seemed very realistic that Carolina would have its first Heisman Trophy winner, Bryant injured his knee in a 28-7 win at Georgia Tech and missed the next few games. Still, the Heels kept rolling along. Greg Poole returned an interception 66 yards for a touchdown in a 48-10 win over Wake Forest, and the next week Carolina moved to No. 3 in the country with a come-from-behind 21-10 win over N.C. State during the State Fair in Raleigh... The South Carolina Gamecocks came to Kenan Stadium and pulled a 31-13 upset over the Heels. Carolina trailed 21-7 when punter Jeff Hayes faked a punt and made a long run for a touchdown, cutting the lead to 21-13 in the third quarter. An exhausted Hayes then badly missed the extra point, and the air seemed to come out of the Heels, as they could come no closer. Carolina then pulled out a must-win 17-10 victory at Maryland, setting up one of the biggest games in Kenan Stadium history against Clemson, the first-ever meeting of two ACC teams ranked in the Top 10. Two Hayes' field goals and a safety were not enough, as the Tigers hung on for a 10-8 victory. The let-down Heels struggled to beat Virginia 17-14 at Charlottesville, Va. before visiting Durham for the season-ending game... Carolina had a Gator Bowl bid on the line against 6-4 Duke at Wallace Wade Stadium. Red Wilson's Duke team had won three in a row, but Kelvin Bryant ran wild against the Blue Devils to lead Carolina to a 31-10 victory. Bryant gained 247 yards on 36 carries and scored two touchdowns. UNC led 10-3 at the half and gradually pulled away in the second half. Bryant's big afternoon pushed him over the 1,000-yard mark for the season. Next up were the Arkansas Razorbacks in the Gator Bowl... ryant gained 148 yards and Ethan Horton added 144 as the Heels outlasted the Razorbacks 31-27 in Jacksonville, Fla. Carolina raced out to a 31-10 lead, but Arkansas cut the lead to 31-27 and had the ball in UNC territory with less than a minute to play. Seldom-used freshman Ronnie Snipes then made the defensive play of the game, sacking Arkansas QB Brad Taylor for a 17-yard loss on third down. The Razorbacks failed to convert the fourth down play, and Crum had his third straight bowl win... ryant gained 1,015 yards in just seven games, an average of 145 yards per game. His 6.7 yard gain per play is the highest average in any of UNC's 1,000 yard seasons... Greg Poole returned two interceptions for touchdowns this season... Offensive guard Dave Drechsler made first-team All-America, while William Fuller led the defense with 22 tackles for losses... The Tar Heels had won 20 of their last 21 games before the loss to South Carolina.
1982: The Tar Heels had a rather disappointing 7-4 regular season, but rebounded to top Texas in the Sun Bowl for their fourth straight bowl win...

Kelvin Bryant had
three 1,000-yard
rushing seasons.

Carolina opened the season with a much-hyped Thursday night matchup against top-ranked Pittsburgh and their star quarterback, Dan Marino. The game marked the CBS network's return to college football coverage, and CBS promoted it heavily. The visiting Heels intercepted four Marino passes and allowed the Panthers just one good drive, but it was enough. One Pitt TD beat two Tar Heel field goals, and UNC suffered a disappointing 7-6 loss... The Heels responded with five easy wins in a row before losing 31-24 to Maryland and 16-13 to Clemson, two teams that gave the Heels fits during the early eighties. Both of those teams beat UNC in 1982, 1983 and 1984... A 27-14 win over Virginia gave UNC a 6-3 record entering the Duke game... Carolina and Duke played in Durham for the second straight year, as Georgia Tech's entry into the ACC caused some adjustment of schedules. Duke, a 5-5 team with a high-powered passing attack, had not beaten UNC since 1973. They did this year. A 43-yard rooks Barwick field goal gave Carolina a 17-10 lead in the third quarter, but those were the last points UNC would score. Duke tied it at 17-17 late in the third quarter, then Ben ennett hit current Blue Devil coach Carl Franks with 5-yard pass that was the final score in a 23-17 Duke win...The Heels finished the regular season with a 33-14 win over Bowling Green on Thanksgiving Day. The game had been scheduled for early September but was moved to accomodate CBS's broadcast of the Pittsburgh game... UNC trailed Texas 10-3 after three quarters in the Sun Bow, but 23 fourth-quarter points led to a 26-10 win on Christmas Day. With temperatures in North Carolina in the 60's, a snow storm swept into El Paso in the fourth quarter, leaving the field covered in white as the game ended with a wind-chill of 12 degrees. The Heels got their fourth quarter points on three field goals, a three-yard Ethan Horton run and a Mike Wilcher fumble recovery in the Texas end zone... ryant finished the year with 1,064 yards, his third 1,000-yard season...Tyrone Anthony had the season's longest play, an 83-yard run against Army... Dave Drechsler made first-team All-America again, along with defensive tackle William Fuller... The Heels' bowl win made them the first ACC team to win four consecutive bowl games.
1983: This year featured a red-hot start followed by a disappointing finish that resulted in an 8-4 record and a Peach Bowl loss to Florida State... Carolina started with seven easy wins, outscoring their opponents 257-100 for an average 37-14 score. The first four wins were over non-conference opponents South Carolina, Memphis State, Miami (Ohio) and William & Mary, none of whom were having a good year... The third-ranked, 7-0 Heels then headed to College Park, Md. for a monster ACC-matchup against the Maryland Terrapins . Carolina led at the half before "Boomer" Esiason led a Maryland comeback that put the Terrapins up 28-20. UNC scored a TD with less than a minute left to play, but failed on a two-point conversion attempt. A raucous Maryland crowd then tore down the Heels' goal post before the officials regained control. UNC attempted an on-side kick and appeared to recover the ball, but possession was given to the Terps. The disappointed Heels lost 16-3 to Clemson the next week at home, then lost a 14-0 lead at Virginia in a 17-14 defeat. The collapse was complete... A disappointed Tar Heel team played host to Steve Sloan's first Duke squad. The game was played under portable lights, as the late-afternoon game would end after dark. en Bennett set an NCAA passing record during the game, but Carolina pulled out a 34-27 win. Duke led 27-20 midway through the last quarter before Tyrone Anthony's 54-yard run tied the score. Duke drove to UNC's 35 on its next possession, but the Tar Heels recovered a fumble on their own 26 with seven minutes left. Carolina then put together a methodical drive that was capped off by Scott Stankavage's three-yard run for a 34-27 lead with 2:21 left to play. Duke responded with a drive to the Heels' 45, but Carolina stopped the Devils on downs with 40 seconds left to play. Carolina would be going to the Peach Bowl, but without much momentum... The bowl game was a nightmare as FSU's defense totally dominated, holding UNC to just three first downs in a 28-3 romp before a half-empty stadium in miserably cold weather. FSU scored on its first two possessions as the game was never in doubt. Carolina, with a pair of 1,000 yard rushers in Tyrone Anthony and Ethan Horton, gained just 32 yards rushing on 26 attempts... The bowl loss was the first for Crum after four straight wins. William Fuller repeated as All-America, and 305-pound offensive tackle Brian Blados also made first-team All-America...Place-kicker Brooks Barwick kicked field goals in a record 18 consecutive games between 1981-83... The Maryland loss was a defining moment in the Dick Crum era. Crum's teams had gone 42-16-1 before that game, then went just 23-24-2 following that disappointing loss.
1984: Carolina started out slowly, losing four of five before rallying to finish 5-5-1. The 1-4 start, combined with last year's 1-4 finish, meant the Tar Heels had gone 2-8 after winning nine in a row... The Naval Academy surprised UNC 33-30 on a hot opener at Kenan Stadium, then Doug Flutie and Boston College thumped the Heels 52-20 in an ESPN night game at Boston. Ethan Horton had a 79-yard run scoring run for one of the few highlights for the Heels. A win over Kansas and losses to Clemson and Wake Forest put a reeling UNC squad at 1-4...Crum's troops rallied over the second half of the season, picking up wins over N.C. State (28-21), Memphis St. (33-27) and Georgia Tech (24-17), while falling to Maryland and tying Virginia. At 4-5-1, Carolina needed to beat Duke to finish at .500... Duke was just 2-8, but the Blue Devils were almost too much for Carolina. The Heels were fortunate to take a 17-15 win in a game that could have easily gone the other way. Duke led 3-0 in the second quarter and had the ball on UNC's three. Steve Slayden tossed a short pass to Tracy Smith, who was hammered by Barry James. The ball popped free and Carl Carr grabbed it in midair and ran 96 yards for a 7-3 Carolina lead. In the third quarter it appeared that the Heels had downed a punt on the Duke two-yard line, but the officials ruled that the ball had touched a Duke player and awarded possession to UNC. Ethan Horton's two-yard run stretched the UNC lead to 14-6. The teams swapped field goals to make it 17-9, then Duke scored but missed a two-point conversion attempt. A late Duke drive put the ball on the Carolina four. On fourth-and-one with 2:26 left, the Blue Devils lined up for a 21-yard chip shot that would give them the lead. Duke center Ted Million then snapped the ball almost to midfield. Carolina had survived, 17-15... Freshman place-kicker Kenny Miller was a bright spot for the Heels. His 15-straight field goals to start the season set a new UNC record. Miller finished the season with 16 field goals, including three against both Memphis St. and Maryland.
1985: The Heels had their first losing season since 1978 with a 5-6 finish... The year began with a 21-19 win over Navy on a suffocatingly hot Saturday night in Annapolis, Md. Navy scored a late TD to pull within two, then appeared to tie the game on a successful two-point play, but the Midshipmen had too many men on the field, and the loss-of-down penalty cost them a tie. The big play for the Heels was an 82-yard scoring pass from Kevin Anthony to Earl Winfield... After splitting their next two games, Georgia Tech posted a 31-0 shutout win at Atlanta. The last time Carolina had been held scoreless was the 21-0 Peach Bowl loss to Kentucky in 1976, 96 games ago. Carolina then topped Wake Forest 34-14 for the school's 500th win. Kevin Anthony completed 14 passes in a row and hit Earl Winfield with three TD passes. A 21-14 win over N.C. State move UNC to 4-2, but the Heels lost three of their next four to fall to 5-5. The one win in that stretch was a 21-20 victory over Clemson at home, the first win over the Tigers since the 1980 thriller at Death Valley... The Tar Heels led a 3-7 Duke team 21-3 in the middle of the third quarter at Kenan Stadium and had the ball on the Duke 17-yard line. Just as the Heels were about to put the game away, they self-destructed. Jonathan Hall's pass was intercepted and returned to the 26, setting up a 74-yard Duke drive to cut the UNC lead to 21-10. The score remained the same until the Blue Devils put together an 82-yard drive to cut the lead to 21-16 with just 2:01 remaining. A late-hit and two pass interference penalties kept the drive alive. Duke, with no time outs remaining, tried an on-side kick, but Carolina recovered on the 50. Duke was dead. The Heels then brought them back to life. UNC ran William Humes up the middle, he fumbled, and Duke recovered on the 44. The fumble was Hume's fifth in his last three games. The Blue Devils quickly drove for the game-winning touchdown on a five-yard pass from Steve Slayden to Doug Green. Green's third TD of the game made the final score 23-21, Duke... Kenny Miller's 54-yard field goal against Florida St. in a 20-10 loss remains the longest in UNC's history.
1986: Carolina's 7-4-1 team gave Coach Crum his last winning record at Chapel Hill. The Heels had some outstanding individual performances this year... Easy wins over The Citadel (45-14) and Kansas (20-0) were followed by a trip to Tallahassee, Fla. UNC and FSU tied 10-10, as the Seminoles barely missed a field goal as time ran out... The next week a Jonathan Hall to Eric Lewis pass tied Georgia Tech 20-20 in the last few seconds in Chapel Hill. Lee Gliarmis booted the extra-point off the old field house, but UNC was guilty of illegal procedure. After moving back five yards, Gliarmis again drilled his kick. Once again, the Heels were penalized. Now kicking the equivalent of a 30-yard field goal, Gliarmis made it three-for-three, this time with no penalty for a 21-20 win...A wild 40-30 win at Wake Forest put the Heels at 4-0-1 going into a home game against Dick Sheridan's Wolfpack. State won a 35-34 thriller despite the heroics of Mark Maye. Maye threw for an incredible 193 yards in the fourth quarter and engineered a last-minute drive that pulled the Heels within one. Carolina sent everyone but tight-end Dave Truitt to the right on a two-point conversion effort. Maye rolled right and looked back for Truitt, but he was held up and had to drop to one knee to grab the ball, killing the play...Two weeks later Gliarmis was the hero against Maryland, booting a 32-yard field goal on the last play of the game for a 32-30 win. Following a loss at Clemson, Derrick Fenner exploded against the Virginia Cavaliers on a rainy day at Kenan Stadium. The big tailback gained 328 yards rushing, UNC's highest single-game total, in a 27-7 win... At 6-3-1, Carolina remained in contention for a bowl bid, but needed to beat a 4-6 Duke team to have a chance. The teams met at Wallace Wade stadium before a less than sellout crowd. Those who didn't come missed quite a show. The Tar Heels earned an Aloha Bowl bid with a wild 42-35 victory in a game that was full of big plays. Carolina's touchdowns came on a 32-yard Fenner run, an 82-yard Maye to Marriott bomb, 67 and 57-yard runs by Eric Starr, plus a 51-yard Maye to Eric Lewis pass that put UNC ahead 42-35 with 2:42 remaining. Derrick Donald intercepted Slayden on Duke's ensuing possession to put the game away... Arizona scored the first 30 points of the game off five Carolina turnovers, then held off a furious UNC rally to take a 30-21 win in the Aloha Bowl. Norris Davis, who made big plays all season, keyed the rally with an interception and a blocked punt. Torin Dorn gained 101 yards on just seven carries... Harris Barton made first-team All-America from his left tackle position and was a first-round draft pick. Eric Lewis had the season's longest play, an 84-yard punt return for a TD in the loss to N.C. State.
1987: Coach Crum ended his ten-year tenure in Chapel Hill. Carolina went 5-6, the third of Crum's teams to do so... Torin Dorn rushed for 134 yards in the third quarter alone as UNC topped Illinois 34-14 in the opener. After a 28-0 loss at Oklahoma, Mark Maye engineered the biggest comeback in UNC's history in a 30-23 win at Georgia Tech, as the Heels overcame a 17-point deficit. Maye had a school-record 420 yards of total offense, including a 93-yard TD pass to Randy Marriott, the longest in UNC history. Marriott had three touchdown catches and 247 yards receving. Maye had 296 yards passing in the second half alone... A 45-14 win over Navy put UNC at 3-1, but things quickly turned sour as UNC lost five of its last seven games. Home losses to Auburn and Wake Forest were followed by road wins at N.C. State and Maryland. Clemson then came to Kenan Stadium for a Saturday night game and won 13-10 after a methodical drive set up a short, last-minute field goal. A 20-17 loss at Virginia put Carolina at 5-5... The air was full of speculation concerning Crum's status at UNC as the Heels played host to Steve Spurrier's first Duke team. Carolina led 10-9 in the third quarter when Steve Slayden hit Chapel Hill's Clarkston Hines with a 27-yard TD pass for a 15-10 Duke lead. Doug Peterson's 55-yard field goal stretched the Duke lead to 18-10, then Slayden hit Hines with a 33-yard completion that set up a one-yard Slayden sneak. The 25-10 Duke win marked the end of the Dick Crum era at North Carolina... Crum's 72-41-3 (.634) record included four bowl wins in six tries and an ACC Championship in 1980...The Tar Heels then looked to Tulane's Mack Brown to rebuild the football program.
1988: Coach Brown inherited a team severely lacking in speed and promptly posted consecutive 1-10 seasons. However, Brown was in the process of improving Carolina's relationship with High School coaches all over the state, and UNC soon began to score big with its in-state recruiting... rown's first squad faced exactly the kind of schedule it did not need, one that included several quality non-conference opponents to start the year. A 31-10 loss at night to South Carolina in Columbia, S.C. began the Brown era, then UNC lost 28-0 to Oklahoma in rown's first game in Chapel Hill. Carolina was favored at home the next week against Louisville but lost, 38-34. Losses to Auburn (47-21), Wake Forest (42-24) and N.C. State (48-3) followed before rown would get his first win. Georgia Tech came to town, and the Heels pulled out a 20-17 win as a last-second Tech field goal attempt fell just short...UNC then lost three more to fall to 1-9.... Duke coach Steve Spurrier was suspended for this year's game at Wallace Wade Stadium. Spurrier had publicly criticized the officiating after Duke's previous game, and he was forced to watch the game on TV in his office. Assistant coach Barry Wilson was on the Duke sideline. The 6-3-1 Blue Devils were heavy favorites on a cold, damp afternoon. Duke got out to a quick 14-0 lead and it looked as though the rout was on, but Carolina came back. Two Kennard Martin runs tied the game at 14-14, then Duke pulled out to a 28-14 halftime lead. A 23-yard Clint Gwaltney field goal made it 28-17 before UNC's Mike Benefield scored on a six-yard run. A failed two-point attempt left Duke ahead 28-23 as the third quarter ended. Carolina took a 29-28 lead on James Thompson's six-yard run with ten minutes remaining. After an exchange of punts Duke had a first down on its own 24 with four minutes remaining. Duke drove to its 43 before a freaky play kept their drive alive. Slayden tossed a short pass to fullback John Rymiszewski but Dwight Hollier intercepted the ball. Rymiszewski wrestled the ball away from Hollier, and the Devils had the ball and a first down on the 50. It took just six more plays for Duke to score. Roger Boone's six yard run with 23 seconds left gave Duke a 35-29 win... Carolina's defense gave up 35.5 points per game, the worst effort ever for a Tar Heel team... Kennard Martin's rushing was a bright spot for the Heels. Martin led the ACC in rushing with 1,146 yards while scoring eleven touchdowns. Clearing the way for Martin was center Jeff Garnica, who won the Jacobs Blocking Trophy as well as making third-team All-America.
1989: The Tar Heels repeated their 1-10 effort of the previous season... Carolina trounced VMI 49-7 in the opener, but that was the season's bright spot as ten consecutive losses followed. Carolina kept it close at Kentucky in a 13-6 loss, but N.C. State humbled the Heels 40-6 at Carter Stadium... Navy came to town for what may have been the lowest point of the Mack Brown era. The Midshipmen took a 12-7 win in an ugly, ugly game played in a pouring rain. Carolina got its only points on a 54-yard interception return by Torin Dorn. This year's team simply had a hard time moving the ball... UNC had a chance the next week, but Wake Forest held on for a 17-16 win at Kenan Stadium. Five more losses gave Carolina a 1-9 record... Duke was 7-3 and could gain a tie for the ACC Championship with a win in Chapel Hill. It was no problem, as the Blue Devils scored on five of their first seven possessions to take a 41-0 win. Duke ran trick plays until the end of the game, then twice posed for a team photo in front of the scoreboard. It didn't take a genius to realize that this was Spurrier's last year at Duke. His successor would be the one to feel the wrath of the Tar Heels... Offensive guard Pat Crowley made first-team All-ACC for the third year in a row, becoming only the second offensive lineman in ACC history to do so... Rival fans rejoiced in the Heels' problems, and Carolina jokes were abundant. Those jokes, however, would soon come to an end.

Notable:

Lawrence and Pittsburgh's Tony Dorsett are the only two major college players to rush for 1,000 yards four times...Before 1980, Carolina had had just one 1,000 yard rusher, Don McCauley in 1969. The Heels had nine 1,000 yard seasons in the Seventies, and nine more in the Eighties...McCauley's 1,720 yards rushing in 1980 is the best single-season total in ACC history, while Voight's 1,407 yards in 1986 is the second best...Carolina went to seven bowl games in the Seventies, the most of any decade except the Nineties.

The Decade By the Numbers:

Overall Record: 61-52-2
Home: 35-24-1
Away: 23-26-1
Neutral: 3-2
Longest Unbeaten Streak: 10 (Nov. 8, 1980 - Oct. 17, 1981)
Longest Losing Streak: 10 (Sept. 16, 1989 - Nov. 18, 1989)
Most Points Scored (Game): 56 in 1981. UNC 56 - East Carolina 0
Least Points Scored (Game): None 5 times
Most Points Scored (Season): 344 in 1981
Least Points Scored (Season): 138 in 1989
Most Points Allowed (Game): 52 in 1984. Boston College 52 - UNC 20
Least Points Allowed (Game): None 4 times
Most Points Allowed (Season): 391 in 1988
Least Points Allowed (Season): 123 in 1980 & 1981

1980 (11-1)

Coach: Dick Crum
Captains: Rick Donnalley,
Steve Streater, Lawrence Taylor

Sep  6  Furman               W, 35-13
Sep 13  @ Texas Tech         W,   9-3
Sep 27  Maryland             W,  17-3
Oct  4  Georgia Tech         W,  33-0
Oct 11  @ Wake Forest        W,  27-9
Oct 18  N.C. State           W,  28-8
Oct 25  East Carolina        W,  31-3
Nov  1  @ Oklahoma           L,  7-41
Nov  8  @ Clemson            W, 24-19
Nov 15  Virginia             W,  26-3
Nov 22  Duke                 W, 44-21
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                              281-123

Bluebonnet Bowl in Houston, Texas

Dec 31  v Texas              W,  16-7

1981 (10-2)

Coach: Dick Crum
Captains: Shelton Robinson & Lee Shaffer

Sep 12  East Carolina        W,  56-0
Sep 19  Miami (Ohio)         W,  49-7
Sep 26  Boston College       W, 56-14
Oct  3  @ Georgia Tech       W,  28-7
Oct 10  Wake Forest          W, 48-10
Oct 17  @ N.C. State         W, 21-10
Oct 24  South Carolina       L, 13-31
Oct 31  @ Maryland           W, 17-10
Nov  7  Clemson              L,  8-10
Nov 14  @ Virginia           W, 17-14
Nov 21  @ Duke               W, 31-10
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                              344-123

Gator Bowl in Jacksonvilla, Fla.

Dec 28  v Arkansas           W, 31-27

1982 (8-4)

Coach: Dick Crum
Captains: David Drechsler

Sep  9  @ Pittsburgh         L,   6-7
Sep 18  Vanderbilt           W, 34-10
Sep 25  Army                 W,  62-8
Oct  2  Georgia Tech         W,  41-0
Oct  9  @ Wake Forest        W,  24-7
Oct 16  N.C. State           W,  41-9
Oct 30  Maryland             L, 24-31
Nov  6  @ Clemson            L, 13-16
Nov 13  Virginia             W, 27-14
Nov 20  @ Duke               L, 17-23
Nov 25  Bowling Green        W, 33-14
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                              322-139

Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas

Dec 25  v Texas              W, 26-10

1983 (8-4)

Coach: Dick Crum
Captains: Brian Blados & William Fuller

Sep  3  @ South Carolina     W,  24-8
Sep 10  Memphis State        W, 24-10
Sep 17  Miami (Ohio)         W, 48-17
Sep 24  William & Mary       W, 51-20
Oct  1  @ Georgia Tech       W, 38-21
Oct  8  Wake Forest          W, 30-10
Oct 15  @ N.C. State         W, 42-14
Oct 29  @ Maryland           L, 26-28
Nov  5  Clemson              L,  3-16
Nov 12  @ Virginia           L, 14-17
Nov 19  Duke                 W, 34-27
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                              334-188

Peach Bowl in Atlanta, Ga.

Dec 30  v Florida State      L,  3-28

1984 (5-5-1)

Coach: Dick Crum
Captains: Brian Johnston

Sep 15  Navy                 L, 30-33
Sep 22  @ Boston College     L, 20-52
Sep 29  Kansas               W, 23-17
Oct  6  @ Clemson            L, 12-20
Oct 13  @ Wake Forest        L,  3-14
Oct 20  N.C. State           W, 28-21
Oct 27  @ Memphis State      W, 30-27
Nov  3  Maryland             L, 23-34
Nov 10  Georgia Tech         W, 24-17
Nov 17  Virginia             T, 24-24
Nov 24  @ Duke               W, 17-15
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                              234-274

1985 (5-6)

Coach: Dick Crum
Captains: Carl Carr

Sep  7  @ Navy               W, 21-19
Sep 14  LSU                  L, 13-23
Sep 28  VMI                  W,  51-7
Oct  5  @ Georgia Tech       L,  0-31
Oct 12  Wake Forest          W, 34-14
Oct 19  @ N.C. State         W, 21-14
Oct 26  Florida State        L, 10-20
Nov  2  @ Maryland           L, 10-28
Nov  9  Clemson              W, 21-20
Nov 16  @ Virginia           L, 22-24
Nov 23  Duke                 L, 21-23
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                              224-223

1986 (7-4-1)

Coach: Dick Crum
Captains: Walter Bailey

Sep  6  The Citadel          W, 45-14
Sep 13  @ Kansas             W,  20-0
Sep 20  @ Florida State      T, 10-10
Oct  4  Georgia Tech         W, 21-20
Oct 11  @ Wake Forest        W, 40-30
Oct 18  N.C. State           L, 34-35
Oct 25  @ LSU                L,  3-30
Nov  1  Maryland             W, 32-30
Nov  8  @ Clemson            L, 10-38
Nov 15  Virginia             W,  27-7
Nov 22  @ Duke               W, 42-35
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                              284-249

Aloha Bowl in Honolulu, Hawaii

Dec 27  v Arizona            L, 21-30

1987 (5-6)

Coach: Dick Crum
Captains: Carlton Bailey & Mark Maye

Sep  5  Illinois             W, 34-14
Sep 12  @ Oklahoma           L,  0-28
Sep 19  @ Georgia Tech       W, 30-23
Sep 26  @ Navy               W, 45-14
Oct  3  Auburn               L, 10-20
Oct 10  Wake Forest          L, 14-22
Oct 17  @ N.C. State         W, 17-14
Oct 31  @ Maryland           W, 27-14
Nov  7  Clemson              L, 10-13
Nov 14  @ Virginia           L, 17-20
Nov 21  Duke                 L, 10-25
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                              214-207

1988 (1-10)

Coach: Mack Brown
Captains: Bryan Causey, Jeff Garnica,
Antonio Goss, Creighton Incorminias,
John Keller, Mitch Wike

Sep  3  @ South Carolina     L, 10-31
Sep 10  Oklahoma             L,  0-28
Sep 24  Louisville           L, 34-38
Oct  1  @ Auburn             L, 21-47
Oct  8  @ Wake Forest        L, 24-42
Oct 15  N.C. State           L,  3-48
Oct 22  Georgia Tech         W, 20-17
Oct 29  Maryland             L, 38-41
Nov  5  @ Clemson            L, 14-37
Nov 12  Virginia             L, 24-27
Nov 19  @ Duke               L, 29-35
                               ------
                              217-391

1989 (1-10)

Coach: Mack Brown
Captains: Clarence Carter,
Pat Crowley, Torin Dorn,
Cecil Gray, Jonathan Hall

Sep  9  VMI                  W,  49-7
Sep 16  @ Kentucky           L,  6-13
Sep 23  @ N.C. State         L,  6-40
Sep 30  Navy                 L,  7-12
Oct  7  Wake Forest          L, 16-17
Oct 14  @ Virginia           L, 17-50
Oct 21  @ Georgia Tech       L, 14-17
Oct 28  @ Maryland           L,  0-38
Nov  4  Clemson              L,  3-35
Nov 11  South Carolina       L, 20-27
Nov 18  Duke                 L,  0-41
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                              138-297

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