1997 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
| 1997 North Carolina Tar Heels football | |
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Gator Bowl Champions | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 4 |
| AP | No. 7 |
| 1997 record | 11–1 (7–1 ACC) |
| Head coach | Mack Brown/Carl Torbush |
| Defensive coordinator | Carl Torbush |
| Home stadium |
Kenan Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 57,500) |
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #3 Florida State $ | 8 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #6 North Carolina | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #25 Georgia Tech | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 0 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1997 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team was coached by Mack Brown finished the season 11–1 overall, 7–1 in the conference.
At the end of the season, Mack Brown left for Texas and as a result, did not coach in the Gator Bowl victory over Virginia Tech. Carl Torbush, who was the defensive coordinator during the regular season, became the head coach when Brown left. North Carolina credits the regular season to Mack Brown and the Gator Bowl victory to Carl Torbush.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 6 | 12:00 PM | Indiana* | No. 8 | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ESPN2 | W 23–6 | 57,800 | ||
| September 13 | 6:00 PM | No. 18 Stanford* | No. 8 | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ESPN2 | W 28–17 | 57,800 | ||
| September 20 | 12:00 PM | at Maryland | No. 7 | Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland | JPS | W 40–14 | 30,084 | ||
| September 27 | 12:00 PM | Virginia | No. 5 | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina (South's Oldest Rivalry) | ABC | W 48–20 | 57,800 | ||
| October 4 | 8:05 PM | at TCU* | No. 5 | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas | W 31–10 | 29,415 | |||
| October 11 | 12:00 PM | Wake Forest | No. 5 | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina | JPS | W 30–12 | 57,000 | ||
| October 18 | 6:00 PM | at NC State | No. 4 | Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina (Carolina–State Game) | ESPN2 | W 20–7 | 51,500 | ||
| October 30 | 8:00 PM | at Georgia Tech | No. 5 | Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta | ESPN | W 16–13 | 45,126 | ||
| November 8 | 7:30 PM | No. 2 Florida State | No. 5 | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ESPN | L 3–20 | 62,000 | ||
| November 15 | 3:30 PM | at Clemson | No. 9 | Memorial Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina | ABC | W 17–10 | 71,514 | ||
| November 22 | 12:00 PM | Duke | No. 8 | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Victory Bell Game) | JPS | W 50–14 | 53,500 | ||
| January 1 | 12:30 PM | vs. Virginia Tech* | No. 5 | Alltel Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida (Gator Bowl) | NBC | W 42–3 | 54,116 | ||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time [1]. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ ""Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-05-12. Retrieved 2009-05-12.." tarheeltimes.com. . Retrieved on November 3, 2008.
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