A Century of Carolina Football

Aug. 8, 1999

y: Joe Bray
TarHeelBlue.com

Year-by-Year:

Don McCauley rushed
for 1,720 yards in 1970.

1970: Don McCauley had one of the greatest seasons a collegiate running back has ever had in 1970 while setting an alltime single-season rushing record. His 1,720 yards rushing, 19 rushing touchdowns, ten 100-yard rushing games, 2,021 all-purpose yards and 126 points are still single-season ACC records. McCauley led UNC to an 8-4 record that included a 48-26 loss to Arizona St. in the Peach Bowl... The Heels' season was one of streaks, as UNC won its first four games, lost three in a row, then finished the regular season with four consecutive victories. This was the first year the NCAA allowed teams to play an eleventh game... The opening wins were over Kentucky (20-10), N.C. State (19-0), Maryland (53-20) and Vanderbilt (10-7). McCauley rushed for over 100 yards in the N.C. State game, giving him eight consecutive 100-yard rushing games, a UNC record. Vanderbilt stopped McCauley's streak at Nashville, Tenn., the only time all season McCauley was held to less than 100 yards. Losses to South Carolina (35-21), Tulane (24-17) and Wake Forest (14-13) followed and bowl hopes dimmed, but UNC responded by winning four straight. A 30-15 win over Virginia, sparked by a 62-yard Paul Miller to Lewis Jolley TD pass, got the Heels back on track, and big wins over VMI and Clemson followed. For the first time in seven years, the Heels had a chance to go to a bowl game... With a Peach Bowl bid on the line in the season finale against Duke, McCauley had the greatest game of his career. Number 23 carried the ball 47 times for 279 yards and five touchdowns in a 59-34 win before a loud Kenan Stadium crowd. The game was 7-7 after the first quarter, and Duke took a 10-7 lead early in the second quarter before the Heels exploded. Carolina scored 38 unanswered points to take a 45-10 lead going into a wild fourth quarter. The two teams combined for 38 fourth-quarter points (24 for Duke, 14 for UNC) for the final 59-34 score. McCauley scored on runs of one, three, two, eight and three yards, while quarterback Paul Miller scored on both a 60-yard run and the finest bootleg play you will ever see. Carolina was leading 14-10 and had a fourth-and-goal on the Duke one-yard line. Miller faked to McCauley up the middle, then strolled untouched around the right side of the line with the ball on his hip as eleven Blue Devils concentrated on McCauley. There was literally not a Duke player within 15 yards of Miller as he crossed the goal line... In a Peach Bowl played in wierd weather at Atlanta's historic Grant Field, UNC took a 26-21 halftime lead before Arizona State's second-half rally in a snow storm gave the Sun Devils a 48-26 win. McCauley scored three touchdowns and rushed for 143 yards on 36 carries... McCauley, the ACC Player of the Year for the second straight season, was a consensus first-team All-America.
1971: Coach Dooley's 1971 squad went 9-3, won the ACC Championship with a perfect conference record and played in a bowl game for the second staight year. Just like the previous season, this year was one of streaks... UNC won its first four games easily, topping Richmond (28-0), Illinois (27-0), Maryland (35-14) and N.C. State (27-7), outscoring theses opponents 117-21. The Tulane Green Wave stopped the winning-streak with a 37-29 upset win at Kenan Stadium, then Notre Dame topped the Heels 16-0 at South Bend, Ind. Carolina got back on the right track by winning a 7-3 defensive struggle against defending ACC-Champion Wake Forest, then took a wild 36-35 over Lou Holtz' William & Mary squad. A 32-20 win at Virginia put UNC at 8-2 entering the Duke game... The Tar Heels needed a win to claim sole possession of the ACC Championship, and new Duke coach Mike McGee's 5-5 Blue Devils were no match for Carolina. Lewis Jolley scored UNC's first three touchdowns and rushed for 159 yards to lead UNC to a 38-0 romp over the Blue Devils before 51,000 fans at Wallace Wade Stadium. Carolina then accepted a bid to play No. 6 Georgia in the Gator Bowl, setting up a battle of brothers... ill's brother Vince was the Bulldog's coach, making this the first time ever that brothers coached against each other in a bowl game. Brother Vince earned family bragging rights as the Bulldogs won a 7-3 defensive battle. Ken Craven's 35-yard field goal gave UNC a 3-0 lead in the third quarter, but Georgia came back to score the winning touchdown on a 25-yard Jimmy Poulos run, also in the third quarter... Lefty quarterback Paul Miller led the ACC in total offense.
1972: Dooley had his best team ever this season, going 11-1 and winning the ACC Championship and the Sun Bowl... A 28-18 win over Richmond in the opener was followed by two narrow wins that were crucial to this team's success. Carolina escaped with a 31-26 win over Maryland at College Park, Md., then returned home to eke out a 34-33 win over N.C. State. Next up was a visit to No. 5 Ohio State...Not many people had ever heard of Archie Griffin before Sept. 30, 1972, but that soon changed. The freshman tailback gave the college football world a glimpse of what was to become, setting a Buckeye single-game rushing record with 239 yards in a 29-14 Ohio St. win. Griffin, who would later win two Heisman trophies, was making his first appearance as a Buckeye... Carolina would not lose again this year. Wins over Kentucky (31-20), Wake Forest (21-0), Clemson (26-10) and Virginia (23-3) put UNC at 7-1 and in sole possession of the ACC lead... This year the Duke game was not the last game of the season. The game was played on Nov. 18 in front of a packed Kenan Stadium crowd on a cool, cloudy afternoon. Neither team could get on the scoreboard for the first three quarters, as the 5-5 lue Devils dominated the action, but hurt themselves with turnovers. Duke would finish with seven turnovers to just one for UNC. Carolina finally scored midway through the fourth quarter after another Duke turnover. Mark DiCarlo's interception on the Duke 23 set up a 17-yard Nick Vidnovic to Ken Taylor scoring pass. These two hooked up on another 17-yard touchdown pass with 3:21 left to secure a 14-0 Carolina win... Next up was a 42-19 win over East Carolina in the first meeting between the schools. The regular season ended with a 28-24 nail-biter over Florida in a game played at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla. The Gators drove to inside the UNC 10-yard line in the game's final minute but could not score, setting up the Heels' Sun Bowl appearance against Texas Tech... Carolina capped off its great season with a wild 32-28 win over the Red Raiders in El Paso, Tex. UNC trailed 28-24 when QB Nick Vidnovic led a late scoring drive that was capped off by a 13-yard TD pass to Ted Leverenz for a 30-28 lead with a minute left to play. UNC missed the extra-point, but it did not matter as Ronnie Robinson sacked the Red Raider's quarterback for a safety. This was the first time that UNC had played in three consecutive bowl games... Offensive Guard Ron Rusnak made first-team All-America, as well as All-ACC for the second straight year. Rusnak also won the Jacobs Trophy, awarded to the best blocker in the ACC. Defensive back Lou Angelo ended his career with 16 interceptions.
1973: This was the first season that Dooley did not improve on the previous year's record. Carolina was hit hard by graduation and fell to a 4-7 mark... UNC opened with a 34-27 win over William & Mary, the second time in three years that the Indians had taken the Tar Heels to the limit. Maryland then came to Kenan Stadium and pinned a 23-3 loss on the Heels, ending Carolina's 15-game winning streak against ACC opponents. Losses to Missouri (27-14) and N.C. State (28-26) gave the Heels a shocking three-game losing streak. A 16-10 win at Kentucky stopped the skid, but Tulane upended the Heels 16-0 in New Orleans, La...East Carolina returned to Kenan Stadium, and for a long time it looked as though the Pirates would win. ECU led 21-7 entering the fourth quarter, but the Heels came back for a nail-biting 28-27 victory. The 14-point deficit is the largest UNC has ever overcome in a final quarter...Losses to Virginia (44-40), the most points UNC has ever scored in a loss, and Clemson (37-29), were followed by an easy 42-0 win over Wake Forest... Carolina was 4-6 entering the Duke game, but the 1-8-1 Blue Devils were worse. Carolina led 10-7 at the half, but the lead did not last long. Troy Slade fielded the second-half kickoff on the goal line and returned it 94 yards to the Tar Heels' six. Hal Spears' short run gave Duke a 14-10 lead, and Duke never looked back on the way to a stunning 27-10 win at Wallace Wade Stadium... Sammy Johnson became UNC's second 1,000-yard rusher, gaining 1,006 yards on 183 carries.
1974: The offensive-minded Heels had a 7-4 regular season before losing to Mississippi State in the Sun Bowl. The Tar Heels scored at least 23 points in 10 of the 12 games they played... Carolina opened with big wins over Ohio University (42-7) and Wake Forest (31-0), as Chris Kupec hit the late Jimmy Jerome with 73-yard TD pass in the win over Ohio. After a 24-12 loss to Maryland, Carolina down Pittsburgh 45-29 in a game in which the Heels racked up 36 first downs, still a school record... UNC then lost three of its next five games, including a 54-32 loss at Clemson in which Charles Waddell caught three TD passes, to put them at 5-4... Army came to Chapel Hill for a shootout, with the two teams combining for 98 points, the second-highest single-game total in school history, in a 56-42 Carolina win. Chris Kupec was a nearly flawless 10-12 passing for 214 yards and four touchdowns. Carolina was now 6-4 and needed a win over Duke to have any chance at all for a bowl bid... Duke, also 6-4, scored on two short runs to take a 13-7 halftime lead. The score remained the same until late in the ball game. Carolina recovered a fumble on the Duke 25 with 5:57 remaining, then quickly marched to a touchdown. Mike Voight's 17-yard run set up a Kupec run that tied the score at 13-13 at the 4:42 mark. Ellis Alexander's PAT was good, and the Heels held on for a 14-13 win. Carolina accepted a Sun Bowl bid as soon as the game ended... Mississippi St., behind its veer offense, gained 499 yards in total offense (455 rushing) on the way to a 26-24 win. Terry Vitrano's two-yard TD with 3:41 left to play was the game winner. The Tar Heels had 402 yards of total offense in their losing effort... Quarterback Chris Kupec had an outstanding season, completing 104 of 150 passes for 1,474 yards and 12 touchdowns. For the first time in collegiate history, two players sharing the same position, tailbacks James "Boom Boom" Betterson and Mike Voight, each rushed for 1,000 yards in the same season. Waddell was named first-team All-America.
1975: The Heels stumbled to their second losing season in three years with a 3-7-1 finish... James Betterson returned the season-opening kickoff from William & Mary 92 yards for a touchdown as UNC won 33-7 at home, but it was all downhill the rest of the way. A 34-7 loss at Maryland was followed by a 32-7 loss at No. 2 Ohio State. Carolina rebounded with a 31-28 win over Virginia in a game in which UNC overcame 16 penalties, the most flags ever thrown against the Heels...The Notre Dame Fighting Irish came to town for an Oct. 11 matchup, and for the second time in four years a future great would make his debut against the Tar Heels. Carolina led 14-0 and appeared to be in control when a young Joe Montana entered the game. The 21-14 Irish comeback was the first of many he engineered in his hall-of-fame career... Four more losses followed before a 17-15 win at Tulane. A 3-7 Carolina squad then traveled to Durham to face a 4-5-1 Blue Devil squad. Carolina trailed 17-10 before tying the game on a short James Betterson run early in the fourth period. After the teams swapped fumble recoveries, Carolina drove to the Duke 14 with 50 seconds left. However, Bob Loomis kept the fumbling streak alive on a run up the middle, and Duke recovered for a 17-17 tie... Mike Voight had his second straight 1,000 yard rushing season and was named ACC Player of the Year.
1976: This year's team rebounded to post a fine 9-2 regular season record before losing to Kentucky in the Peach Bowl...

Mike Voight was the
ACC's Player
of the Year in
1975 and 1976.

Carolina opened with a 14-10 win over Dick Crum's Miami (Ohio) squad, then topped Florida 24-21 in a game played at Tampa, Fla. Wins over Northwestern (12-0) and at Army (34-32) were followed by the only two regular-season losses. Missouri won 24-3 at Columbia, Mo., and N.C. State downed UNC 21-13 at Kenan Stadium... A 12-10 squeaker over ECU got the Heels back on track, followed by 34-14 win at Wake Forest in which Delbert Powell returned a kickoff 98 yards for a TD and Tom Biddle drilled four field goals. Mike Voight's 84-yard scoring run at Clemson gave UNC a 27-23 win, then a 31-6 win over UVA put the Heels at 8-2 headed into the Duke game... A 5-4-1 Duke team can to Kenan Stadium for what turned into one of the most exciting Carolina-Duke games ever played. Carolina grabbed a 21-19 halftime lead on the strength of three Voight touchdown runs, but the Blue Devil's 20-yard field goal was the only score in the third period, giving Duke a 22-21 lead entering the fourth quarter. The lead would change hands five times in the final quarter. Tom Biddle's 19-yard field goal gave UNC a 24-22 lead, but Duke came right back on QB Mike Dunn's 14-yard run and a two-point conversion for a 30-24 lead. Voight picked up another TD on a 9-yard run for a 31-30 UNC lead, but it didn't last long. Dunn scored on another run, this one nine yards, and another two-point conversion made it 38-31 Blue Devils with 2:53 left in the game. The Tar Heels returned the ensuing kickoff to their own 21 and moved to the Duke 46. Kupec tried to hit Walker Lee on a long pass that fell incomplete, but Duke was called for pass interference and UNC had a first down on the Duke twelve. Voight gained five yards, then Kupec hit big Billy Johnson with a 7-yard scoring pass with 37 seconds left. Carolina went for two on an option play. Kupec rolled right and pitched the ball, fittingly, to Voight, who rammed into the Duke end zone for a 39-38 win. Voight, playing what turned out to be his last game for Carolina, rushed for 216 yards and scored four touchdowns. Next up was Kentucky in the Peach Bowl... Voight sprained his ankle in practice two days before the Peach Bowl and could not play. Kentucky took advantage of his absence, as the Wildcats broke a 0-0 halftime tie with 21 second half points in frigid Atlanta to take a 21-0 win... Voight led the ACC in rushing with 1,407 yards and in scoring with 110 points as he won his second ACC Player of the Year award.
1977: This was the year to say goodbye to a coach and hello to a freshman phenom. Coach Dooley resigned after the season to take the dual role of head coach and athletic director at Virginia Tech (a role not allowed at UNC), and "Famous Amos" Lawrence had the first of four 1,000 yard rushing seasons as UNC finished 8-3-1 and won the ACC Championship... The Heels split their first four games, topping Richmond (31-0) and Northwestern (41-7) while dropping a pair of 10-7 decisions to Kentucky and Texas Tech. Carolina followed the Texas Tech loss with four straight wins before a 13-13 tie with Clemson stopped the winning streak. Carolina next took the "Famous Amos" show to Charlottesville, Va. Lawrence exploded for 286 yards rushing, 175 in the second half, in a 35-14 win. Lawrence terrorized the Cavaliers in his four years in Chapel Hill, gaining 635 yards in his four appearances against UVA... The No. 18 Tar Heels took a 7-2-1 record to Wallace Wade Stadium to face 5-5 Duke. Carolina was favored, and they deserved to be. A two-yard Lawrence TD run and three Tom Biddle field goals gave the Heels a 16-3 win and an invitation to face Nebraska in the Liberty Bowl... Carolina led the Cornhuskers 17-7 entering the fourth quarter before Nebraska rallied behind reserve QB Randy Garcia to take a 21-17 win. Garcia's 34-yard pass to Tim Smith with 3:16 left in the game was the difference... The Tar Heels had an oustanding defensive team, leading the nation in scoring defense by giving up just 81 regular-season points (7.4 per game). The defense was led by first-team All-America tackle Dee Hardison, linebacker Buddy Curry and tackle Rod Broadway... Lawrence gained 1,211 yards rushing to lead the ACC... Dooley finished with a 69-53-2 (.565) record at UNC.
1978: Carolina turned to the "Cradle of Coaches" at Miami (Ohio) for its next coach, Dick Crum. Crum would stay at UNC for ten years and compile a 72-41-3 record that included six bowl appearances and an ACC championship in 1980. Crum's first team started slowly and struggled to a 5-6 record... Carolina won its first game under Crum with a ragged 14-10 victory over East Carolina at home. The Heels then lost three in a row, losing 21-20 to Maryland, 20-16 at Pittsburh and 7-3 at home against Miami (Ohio), Crum's former school... Carolina split its next six games, including an embarassing 27-18 loss at Richmond. UNC and Duke were both 4-6 going into the season finale at Kenan Stadium... Duke took a 9-3 halftime lead, then stretched it to 16-3 on a 29-yard run by Mike Dunn with just 4:20 left in the game. The Heels took the ensuing kickoff and marched 77 yards in just 96 seconds to make it 15-10. Kupec hit six of eight passes on the drive, including a 10-yard toss to Bob Lummis for the score with 2:46 left. Carolina did not try an onside kick, choosing to kick it deep. The Heels' defense did what it had to do, stopping the Blue Devils cold and forcing a punt. Carolina took over on its own 39 with 1:42 left and no time outs remaining. Two plays and a penalty made it third-and-twelve. UNC fooled Duke with a draw play to Lawrence, who picked up 18 yards to the Duke 45. Carolina picked up a first down on the Duke 31, then Lawrence gained 20 to the Duke 11. Two incompletions set up a third-and-10 from the Duke 11. With no time outs left and just 20 seconds showing on the clock, the entire stadium plus eleven Duke players expected a pass. Instead, it was another draw play to Lawrence, who raced untouched up the middle before bowling over a Duke defender at the goal line for an amazing 16-15 Carolina victory... Lawrence finished the season with 1,043 yards rushing.
1979: Crum's second team started out fast, stumbled during the middle of the season, then finished strong, ending up 8-3-1 with a Gator Bowl win over Michigan... The Tar Heels looked like a completely different team than last year's squad as they rolled to four impressive wins to start the season. UNC downed South Carolina (28-0), Pittsburgh (17-7), Army (41-3) and Cincinnati (35-14). Surprising Wake Forest, under new head coach John Mackovic, came to Kenan Stadium and shocked the Heels, 24-19. A 35-21 win at N.C. State was followed by a 24-24 tie with East Carolina. Jeff Hayes booted a 47-yard field goal with time running out to tie the game. Losses to Maryland and Clemson and a win at Virginia left UNC at 6-3-1 going into the Duke game, and a bowl bid looked bleak... A 2-7-1 Duke team played host to UNC on a warm November afternoon. The Heels jumped out to a 21-3 halftime lead and were never threatened. Lawrence and fullback Doug Paschal each rushed for two scores, and Matt Kupec hit Mike Chatham with a 3-yard TD pass in an easy 37-16 win. Everything else went UNC's way that afternoon, as every team that the Heels needed to lose that day lost, and Carolina ended up in the Gator Bowl... Carolina headed to Jacksonville with a "nothing to lose" mentality, played loose and stunned the favored Woverines. The Heels fell behind 9-0 before scoring 17 straight points on a one-yard Paschal run, a 12-yard Kupec to Phil Farris pass and Hayes' 32-yard field goal. A late Michigan TD cut the lead to 17-15, but Michigan went for two and did not make it. QB Matt Kupec and Lawrence shared game MVP honors... Kupec had a great year, throwing a TD pass in every regular season game as well as the bowl game. Lawrence went over the 1,000 yard mark in the Duke game and finished with 1,019 yards.

The Decade By the Numbers:

Overall Record: 72-42-3
Home: 39-18-2
Away: 29-19-1
Neutral: 4-5
Longest Winning Streak: 9 (Oct. 14, 1972 - Sept. 15, 1973)
Longest Losing Streak: 5 (Oct. 11, 1975- Nov. 18, 1975)
Most Points Scored (Game): 62 in 1970. UNC 62 - VMI 13
Least Points Scored (Game): None 3 times
Most Points Scored (Season): 346 in 1970
Least Points Scored (Season): 199 in 1978
Most Points Allowed (Game): 54 in 1974. Clemson 54 - UNC 32
Least Points Allowed (Game): None 12 times
Most Points Allowed (Season): 272 in 1975
Least Points Allowed (Season): 81 in 1977

1970 (8-4)

Coach: Bill Dooley
Captains: Don McCauley
Flip Ray, Bill Richardson

Sep 12  Kentucky             W, 20-10
Sep 19  N.C. State           W,  19-0
Sep 26  @ Maryland           W, 53-20
Oct  3  @ Vanderbilt         W,  10-7
Oct 10  South Carolina       L, 21-35
Oct 17  @ Tulane             L, 17-24
Oct 24  @ Wake Forest        L, 13-14
Oct 31  Virginia             W, 30-15
Nov  7  VMI                  W, 62-13
Nov 14  @ Clemson            W,  42-7
Nov 21  Duke                 W, 59-34
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                              346-179

Peach Bowl in Atlanta, Ga.

Dec 30  v Arizona State      L, 26-48

1971 (9-3)

Coach: Bill Dooley
Captains: John Bunting & Paul Miller

Sep 11  @ Richmond           W,  28-0
Sep 18  @ Illinois           W,  27-0
Sep 25  Maryland             W, 35-14
Oct  2  @ N.C. State         W,  27-7
Oct  9  Tulane               L, 29-37
Oct 16  @ Notre Dame         L,  0-16
Oct 23  Wake Forest          W,   7-3
Oct 30  William & Mary       W, 36-35
Nov  6  Clemson              W, 26-13
Nov 13  @ Virginis           W, 32-20
Nov 20  @ Duke               W,  38-0
                               ------
                              285-145

Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla.

Dec 31  v Georgia            L,   3-7

1972 (11-1)

Coach: Bill Dooley
Captains: Gene Brown & Ron Rusnak

Sep  9  Richmond             W, 28-18
Sep 16  @ Maryland           W, 31-26
Sep 23  N.C. State           W, 34-33
Sep 30  @ Ohio State         L, 14-29
Oct 14  Kentucky             W, 31-20
Oct 21  @ Wake Forest        W,  21-0
Nov  4  @ Clemson            W, 26-10
Nov 11  Virginia             W,  23-3
Nov 18  Duke                 W,  14-0
Nov 25  East Carolina        W, 42-19
Dec  9  v Florida            W, 28-24
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                              292-182

Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas

Dec 30  v Texas Tech         W, 32-28

1973 (4-7)

Coach: Bill Dooley
Captains: Sammy Johnson & Terry Taylor

Sep 15  William & Mary       W, 34-27
Sep 22  Maryland             L,  3-23
Sep 29  Missouri             L, 14-27
Oct  6  @ N.C. State         L, 26-28
Oct 13  @ Kentucky           W, 16-10
Oct 20  @ Tulane             L,  0-16
Oct 27  East Carolina        W, 28-27
Nov  3  @ Virginia           L, 40-44
Nov 10  Clemson              L, 29-37
Nov 17  Wake Forest          W,  42-0
Nov 24  @ Duke               L, 10-27
                               ------
                              242-266

1974 (7-5)

Coach: Bill Dooley
Captains: Ken Huff & Chris Kupec

Sep 14  Ohio                 W,  42-7
Sep 21  @ Wake Forest        W,  31-0
Sep 28  @ Maryland           L, 12-24
Oct  5  Pittsburgh           W, 45-29
Oct 12  @ Georgia Tech       L, 28-29
Oct 19  N.C. State           W, 33-14
Oct 26  @ South Carolina     L, 23-31
Nov  2  Virginia             W, 24-10
Nov  9  @ Clemson            L, 32-54
Nov 16  Army                 W, 56-42
Nov 23  Duke                 W, 14-13
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                              340-253

Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas

Dec 28  v Mississippi State  L, 24-26

1975 (3-7-1)

Coach: Bill Dooley
Captains: Deke Andrews, Roc Baumann
James Betterson, Bill Paschall
Ray Stanford, Bobby Trott

Sep  6  William & Mary       W,  33-7
Sep 20  Maryland             L,  7-34
Sep 27  @ Ohio State         L,  7-32
Oct  4  @ Virginia           W, 31-28
Oct 11  Notre Dame           L, 14-21
Oct 18  @ N.C. State         L, 20-21
Oct 25  East Carolina        L, 17-38
Nov  1  Wake Forest          L,  9-21
Nov  8  Clemson              L, 35-38
Nov 15  @ Tulane             W, 17-15
Nov 22  @ Duke               T, 17-17
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                              207-272

1976 (9-3)

Coach: Bill Dooley
Captains: Craig Funk & Ronny Johnson

Sep  4  Miami (Ohio)         W, 14-10
Sep 11  v Florida            W, 24-21
Sep 18  Northwestern         W,  12-0
Sep 25  @ Army               W, 34-32
Oct  2  @ Missouri           L,  3-24
Oct 16  N.C. State           L, 13-21
Oct 23  East Carolina        W, 12-10
Oct 30  @ Wake Forest        W, 34-14
Nov  6  @ Clemson            W, 27-23
Nov 13  Virginia             W,  31-6
Nov 20  Duke                 W, 39-38
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                              243-199

Peach Bowl in Atlanta, Ga.

Dec 31  v Kentucky           L,  0-21

1977 (8-3-1)

Coach: Bill Dooley
Captains: Alan Caldwell & Dee Hardison

Sep 10  @ Kentucky           L,  7-10
Sep 17  Richmond             W,  31-0
Sep 24  @ Northwestern       W,  41-7
Oct  1  Texas Tech           L,  7-10
Oct  8  Wake Forest          W,  24-3
Oct 15  @ N.C. State         W, 27-14
Oct 22  South Carolina       W,  17-0
Oct 29  @ Maryland           W,  16-7
Nov  5  Clemson              T, 13-13
Nov 12  @ Virginia           W, 35-14
Nov 19  @ Duke               W,  16-3
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                               234-81

Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tenn.

Dec 19  v Nebraska           L, 17-21

1978 (5-6)

Coach: Dick Crum
Captains: Bernie Menapace,
Bunn Rhames, Mike Salzano

Sep 16  East Carolina        W, 14-10
Sep 23  Maryland             L, 20-21
Sep 30  @ Pittsburgh         L, 16-20
Oct  7  Miami (Ohio)         L,   3-7
Oct 14  @ Wake Forest        W, 34-29
Oct 21  N.C. State           L,  7-34
Oct 28  @ South Carolina     W, 24-22
Nov  4  @ Richmond           L, 18-27
Nov 11  @ Clemson            L,  9-13
Nov 18  Virginia             W, 38-20
Nov 25  Duke                 W, 16-15
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                              199-218

1979 (8-3-1)

Coach: Dick Crum
Captains: Buddy Curry

Sep  8  South Carolina       W,  28-0
Sep 22  Pittsburgh           W,  17-7
Sep 29  @ Army               W,  41-3
Oct  6  Cincinnati           W, 35-14
Oct 13  Wake Forest          L, 19-24
Oct 20  @ N.C. State         W, 35-21
Oct 27  East Carolina        T, 24-24
Nov  3  @ Maryland           L, 14-17
Nov 10  Clemson              L, 10-19
Nov 17  @ Virginia           W,  13-7
Nov 24  @ Duke               W, 37-16
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                              273-152

Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla.

Dec 28  v Michigan           W, 17-15

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