1978 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1978 North Carolina Tar Heels football
File:North Carolina Tar Heels logo.svg
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1978 record	5–6 (3–3 ACC)
Head coach	Dick Crum (1st year)
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 50,000)
Seasons « 1977 1979 »

1978 ACC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#6 Clemson †	6	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
#20 Maryland	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
#18 NC State	4	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Duke	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
Virginia	0	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels were led by first-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 in fourth.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 16	East Carolina*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 14–10
September 23	No. 18 Maryland	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 20–21
September 30	at No. 9 Pittsburgh*	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 16–20
October 7	Miami (OH)*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 3–7
October 14	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	W 34–29
October 21	NC State	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	L 7–34
October 28	at South Carolina*	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)	W 24–22
November 4	at Richmond*	City Stadium Richmond, VA	L 18–27
November 11	at No. 15 Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	L 9–13
November 18	Virginia	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)	W 38–20
November 25	Duke	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)	W 16–15
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time

Roster

• RB Amos Lawrence, So.