2016 North Carolina Tar Heels football team information
American college football season
2016North Carolina Tar Heels football
Sun Bowl, L 23–25 vs. Stanford
Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference
Division
Coastal
Record
8–5 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach
Larry Fedora (5th season)
Co-offensive coordinator
Gunter Brewer (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinator
Chris Kapilovic (3rd season)
Offensive scheme
Spread
Defensive coordinator
Gene Chizik (2nd season)
Base defense
4–3
Captain
Mack Hollins, Nazair Jones, Des Lawrence, Caleb Peterson, Mitchell Trubisky, Nick Weiler
Home stadium
Kenan Memorial Stadium
Uniform
Seasons
← 2015
2017 →
2016 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
Atlantic Division
No. 1 Clemson xy$#
7
–
1
14
–
1
No. 21 Louisville x
7
–
1
9
–
4
No. 8 Florida State
5
–
3
10
–
3
NC State
3
–
5
7
–
6
Wake Forest
3
–
5
7
–
6
Boston College
2
–
6
7
–
6
Syracuse
2
–
6
4
–
8
Coastal Division
No. 16 Virginia Tech xy
6
–
2
10
–
4
North Carolina
5
–
3
8
–
5
No. 20 Miami (FL)
5
–
3
9
–
4
Pittsburgh
5
–
3
8
–
5
Georgia Tech
4
–
4
9
–
4
Duke
1
–
7
4
–
8
Virginia
1
–
7
2
–
10
Championship: Clemson 42, Virginia Tech 35
# – College Football Playoff champion
$ – Conference champion
x – Division champion/co-champions
y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll
The 2016 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Larry Fedora and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The Tar Heels finished the season 8–5 overall and 5–3 in ACC play to place in a three-way tie for second in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Sun Bowl, where they lost to Stanford.
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