1986 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1986 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Aloha Bowl, L 21–30 vs. Arizona
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	7–4–1 (5–2 ACC)
Head coach	Dick Crum (9th season)
Captain	Walter Bailey
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium

1986 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 17 Clemson $	5	–	1	–	1			8	–	2	–	2
NC State	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	1
North Carolina	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	1
Georgia Tech	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	1
Maryland	2	–	3	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Wake Forest	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Duke	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Virginia	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels were led by ninth-year head coach Dick Crum and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing tied for second. North Carolina was invited to the 1986 Aloha Bowl, where they lost to Arizona.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	12:15 p.m.	The Citadel*		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 45–14	48,250
September 13	2:30 p.m.	at Kansas*		Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 20–0	40,200
September 20	12:20 p.m.	at No. 15 Florida State*		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	WTBS	T 10–10	57,611
October 4	12:15 p.m.	Georgia Tech		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 21–20	50,000
October 11	1:00 p.m.	at Wake Forest		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)		W 40–30	31,150
October 18	12:15 p.m.	NC State	No. 18	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)		L 34–35	51,550
October 25	8:00 p.m.	at No. 12 LSU*		Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	TigerVision	L 3–30	78,301
November 1	12:15 p.m.	Maryland		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 32–30	46,000
November 8	1:00 p.m.	at No. 20 Clemson		Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	CBS	L 10–38	79,210
November 15	12:15 p.m.	Virginia		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)	JPT	W 27–7	28,000
November 22	1:30 p.m.	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)		W 42–35	33,500
December 27	3:45 p.m.	vs. No. 16 Arizona*		Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI (Aloha Bowl)	ABC	L 21–30	26,743
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

1986 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL Harris Barton OL Pat Crowley RB Torin Dorn RB Derrick Fenner So OL Jeff Garnica DL Tim Goad QB Jonathan Hall OL Darrell Hamilton RB William Humes OL Creighton Incorminias TE John Keller WR Eric Lewis RB Brad Lopp WR Randy Marriott QB Mark Maye TE Daryl Parham OL Ralph Phifer WR Quinton Smith RB Eric Starr OL Steve Steinbacher WR Eric Streater RB James Thompson TE Dave Truitt	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL Carlton Bailey DB Walter Bailey DB Skeet Baldwin DB Danny Burmeister DL Ron Burton DB Norris Davis DL Reuben Davis LB Leonard Dempsey DB Derrick Donald DB Howard Feggins DB Jim Jauch DL Kubi Kalombo DL Noel McEachern LB Brett Rudolph DB Dan Vooletich LB Mitch Wike	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Lee Gliarmis P, K Danny Miller	Head coach Dick Crum Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt