2016 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

2016 North Carolina Tar Heels football

Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division
2016 record	0–0 (0–0 ACC)
Head coach	Larry Fedora (5th year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Gunter Brewer (3rd as coordinator, 10th overall year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Chris Kapolovic (3rd as coordinator, 5th overall year)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Gene Chizik (2nd year)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 63,000)

2016 ACC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Atlantic Division
Boston College		0	–	0		0	–	0
Clemson		0	–	0		0	–	0
Florida State		0	–	0		0	–	0
Louisville		0	–	0		0	–	0
NC State		0	–	0		0	–	0
Syracuse		0	–	0		0	–	0
Wake Forest		0	–	0		0	–	0
Coastal Division
Duke		0	–	0		0	–	0
Georgia Tech		0	–	0		0	–	0
Miami		0	–	0		0	–	0
North Carolina		0	–	0		0	–	0
Pittsburgh		0	–	0		0	–	0
Virginia		0	–	0		0	–	0
Virginia Tech		0	–	0		0	–	0

$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 2016 college football season. The team is led by fifth-year head coach Larry Fedora and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The Tar Heels competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Recruiting

National Signing Day was on February 3, 2016 and was the first chance for high school seniors to officially declare which university or college they will be attending for their college career. North Carolina had 26 high school seniors sign a National Letter of Intent to play football with them. Of the class, 7 athletes enrolled early to UNC.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	TV
September 3	vs. Georgia*	Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA (Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game)
September 10	at Illinois*	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL
September 17	James Madison*	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC
September 24	Pittsburgh	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC
October 1	at Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL
October 8	Virginia Tech	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC
October 15	at Miami (FL)	Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL
October 22	at Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)
November 5	Georgia Tech	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC
November 10	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC (Battle for the Victory Bell)	ESPN
November 19	The Citadel*	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC
November 25	NC State	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC (Rivalry)
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule Source:^[2]

Game summaries

vs. Georgia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels					0
Bulldogs					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–16–2	1971	UGA, 7–3

at Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels					0
Fighting Illini					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2015	UNC, 48–14

James Madison

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dukes					0
Tar Heels					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2011	UNC, 42–10

Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers					0
Tar Heels					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–3	2015	UNC, 26–19

at Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels					0
Seminoles					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–15–1	2010	UNC, 37–35

Virginia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hokies					0
Tar Heels					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–20–6	2015	UNC, 30–27 (OT)

at Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels					0
Hurricanes					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–9	2015	UNC, 59–21

at Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels					0
Cavaliers					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
62–54–4	2015	UNC, 26–13

Georgia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Yellow Jackets					0
Tar Heels					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–28–3	2015	UNC, 38–31

at Duke

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels					0
Blue Devils					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
58–37–5	2015	UNC, 66–31

The Citadel

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs					0
Tar Heels					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–0	2009	UNC, 40–6

NC State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolfpack					0
Tar Heels					0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
66–33–6	2015	UNC, 45–34

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP
Coaches'
CFP	Not released															Not released

References

↑ "North Carolina 2016 Football Commits". 247 Sports. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
↑ "2016 North Carolina Tar Heels Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 28, 2016.

North Carolina Tar Heels football

Venues	Emerson Field (1916–26) Kenan Memorial Stadium (1927–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Duke: (Victory Bell) NC State South Carolina Virginia: South's Oldest Rivalry Wake Forest

Culture & lore	First forward pass Rameses The Marching Tar Heels

People	Head coaches All-Americans NFL draftees

Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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