1995 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1995 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1995 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 led by head coach Mack Brown.

1995 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Carquest Bowl champion
Carquest Bowl, W 20–10 vs. Arkansas
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1995 record	7–5 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach	Mack Brown (8th season)
Defensive coordinator	Carl Torbush
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 52,000)

1995 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Florida State +		7	–	1					10	–	2
No. 16 Virginia +		7	–	1					9	–	4
Clemson		6	–	2					8	–	4
Georgia Tech		5	–	3					6	–	5
North Carolina		4	–	4					7	–	5
Maryland		4	–	4					6	–	5
NC State		2	–	6					3	–	8
Duke		1	–	7					3	–	8
Wake Forest		0	–	8					1	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:30 p.m.	Syracuse*	No. 20	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN	L 9–20	52,400
September 9	12:00 p.m.	at Maryland		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	JPS	L 18–32	32,215
September 21	8:00 p.m.	at Louisville*		Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPN	W 17–10	37,704
September 30	1:30 p.m.	Ohio*		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 62–0	43,200
October 7	12:00 p.m.	No. 9 Virginia		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)	JPS	W 22–17	50,100
October 14	12:00 p.m.	at Georgia Tech		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	JPS	L 25–27	40,201
October 21	1:30 p.m.	Wake Forest		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)		W 31–7	51,000
November 4	12:00 p.m.	at Clemson		Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	JPS	L 10–17	72,103
November 11	12:00 p.m.	No. 6 Florida State		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	JPS	L 12–28	36,000
November 18	12:00 p.m.	Duke		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell Game)	JPS	W 28–24	47,000
November 23	11:00 a.m.	at NC State		Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (Carolina–State Game)	ABC	W 30–28	48,100
December 30	7:30 p.m.	vs. No. 24 Arkansas*		Joe Robbie Stadium Miami Gardens, FL (Carquest Bowl)	TBS	W 20–10	34,428
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1995 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 3 Greg Williams So TB 12 Leon Johnson Jr RB 27 Jonathan Linton So OT 51 Mike Baxter So OG 63 Mike Hobgood So C 64 Jeff Saturday So OG 74 Jerness Gethers Jr OT 75 Byron Thomas Jr TE 92 Freddie Jones Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 2 Omar Brown So LB 9 Keith Newman Fr CB 29 Robert Williams Fr LB 41 Brian Simmons So LB 53 Kivuusama Mays So LB 54 James Hamilton Jr DT 70 Andre Purvis Jr DT 94 Rick Terry Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Mack Brown Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

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