American college football season
The2018 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of Coastal Division of theAtlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Tar Heels were led by seventh-year head coachLarry Fedora and played their home games atKenan Memorial Stadium . They finished the season 2–9 overall and 1–7 in ACC play to place last out of seven teams in the Coastal Division.
On November 25, one day after the conclusion of the season, Fedora was fired.[ 1] Mack Brown , who had previously helmed the program from 1988 to 1997, as head coach.[ 2]
Listed in the order that they were released
The ACC media poll was released on July 24, 2018.
Media poll (Coastal) Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Miami 998 (122) 2 Virginia Tech 838 (16) 3 Georgia Tech 654 (8) 4 Duke 607 (1) 5 Pittsburgh 420 6 North Carolina 370 (1) 7 Virginia 257
The Tar Heels' schedule was released on January 17, 2018.[ 8]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 4:00 p.m. atCalifornia * FOX L 17–2442,168[ 9] September 8 3:30 p.m. atEast Carolina * ESPNU L 19–4139,268[ 9] September 15 12:00 p.m. No. 18UCF * ESPNU [ a] September 22 12:20 p.m. Pittsburgh Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC ACCN W 38–3544,168[ 9] September 27 8:00 p.m. at No. 16Miami (FL) ESPN L 10–4760,845[ 9] October 13 7:00 p.m. Virginia Tech Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC ESPNU L 19–2250,500[ 9] October 20 12:20 p.m. atSyracuse ACCN L 37–402OT 35,210[ 9] October 27 12:20 p.m. atVirginia ACCN L 21–3143,128[ 9] November 3 12:00 p.m. Georgia Tech Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC ACCN L 28–3840,782[ 9] November 10 12:20 p.m. atDuke ACCN L 35–4235,493[ 9] November 17 3:00 p.m. Western Carolina * Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC ACCN Extra W 49–2641,151[ 9] November 24 12:20 p.m. NC State Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry ) ACCN L 28–34OT 41,510[ 9] *Non-conference game Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game All times are inEastern time
1 2 3 4 Total Tar Heels 0 0 3 14 17 Golden Bears 7 10 7 0 24
1 2 3 4 Total Tar Heels 6 13 0 0 19 Pirates 7 14 7 13 41
1 2 3 4 Total Panthers 7 21 0 7 35 Tar Heels 7 14 17 0 38
1 2 3 4 Total Tar Heels 10 0 0 0 10 No. 16 Hurricanes 14 19 0 14 47
1 2 3 4 Total Hokies 7 0 7 8 22 Tar Heels 6 3 7 3 19
1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total Tar Heels 7 0 17 3 7 3 37 Orange 0 13 7 7 7 6 40
1 2 3 4 Total Tar Heels 7 7 0 7 21 Cavaliers 14 3 7 7 31
1 2 3 4 Total Yellow Jackets 7 14 7 10 38 Tar Heels 7 3 10 8 28
1 2 3 4 Total Tar Heels 14 14 0 7 35 Blue Devils 14 21 7 0 42
1 2 3 4 Total Catamounts 7 9 3 7 26 Tar Heels 14 21 14 0 49
1 2 3 4 OT Total Wolfpack 7 0 14 7 6 34 Tar Heels 0 6 15 7 0 28
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