2016 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 2016 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 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 competed as a member of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for second place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Sun Bowl where they lost to Stanford.

2016 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Sun Bowl, L 23–25 vs. Stanford
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
DivisionCoastal Division
2016 record8–5 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorGunter Brewer (3rd as coordinator, 10th overall season)
Co-offensive coordinatorChris Kapilovic (3rd as coordinator, 5th overall season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorGene Chizik (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 63,000)
Uniform
2016 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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  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
    1. College Football Playoff champion
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

Recruiting

National Signing Day was on February 3, 2016 and was the first chance for high school seniors to officially declare which university or college they will be attending for their college career. North Carolina had 26 high school seniors sign a National Letter of Intent to play football with them. Of the class, 7 athletes enrolled early to UNC.[1]

^These signees will not be enrolling at UNC in 2016 due to not being admitted into the school.[2][3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 35:30 p.m.vs. No. 18 Georgia*No. 22ESPNL 24–3375,405
September 107:30 p.m.at Illinois*BTNW 48–2360,670
September 173:30 p.m.No. 11 (FCS) James Madison*ACCRSNW 56–2856,000
September 243:30 p.m.Pittsburgh
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ESPNUW 37–3654,500
October 13:30 p.m.at No. 12 Florida StateESPNW 37–3577,584
October 83:30 p.m.No. 25 Virginia TechNo. 17
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ABC/ESPN2L 3–3433,000
October 153:30 p.m.at No. 16 Miami (FL)ABC/ESPN2W 20–1358,731
October 223:00 p.m.at VirginiaNo. 22ACCRSNW 35–1440,882
November 512:30 p.m.Georgia TechNo. 18
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ACCNW 48–2058,000
November 107:30 p.m.at DukeNo. 15ESPNL 27–2839,212
November 193:30 p.m.No. 5 (FCS) The Citadel*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ACCN+W 41–741,000
November 2512:00 p.m.NC State
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
ESPNL 21–2859,000
December 302:00 p.m.vs. No. 16 Stanford*CBSL 23–2542,166
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game
  • All times are in Eastern time
Schedule Source:[4]

Personnel

North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora enters his fifth year as the North Carolina's head coach for the 2016 season. At the end of the 2015 season, assistant head coach, Seth Littrell, was hired as the head coach at North Texas.[5] As a result, co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach, Chris Kapilovic, was promoted to offensive coordinator, and will retain his role as offensive line coach.[6] Former Tar Heel player, Chad Scott, was hired to replace Littrell as the tight ends/hybrids coach.[7]

Roster

2016 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 10 Mitchell Trubisky Jr
QB 11 Nathan Elliott  Fr
QB 12 Chazz Surratt Fr
QB 14 Logan Byrd Fr
QB 16 Manny Miles  Fr
RB 1 Khris Francis Sr
RB 2 Jordon Brown Fr
RB 8 T. J. Logan Sr
RB 27 Darius Graves So
RB 32 Jacob Schmidt So
RB 33 Antonio James So
RB 34 Elijah Hood Jr
RB 38 David Smith Jr. So
FB 47 Don Mastromatteo Sr
WR 3 Ryan Switzer Sr
WR 4 Rontavius Groves Fr
WR 5 Juval Mollette  Fr
WR 7 Austin Proehl Jr
WR 9 Roscoe Johnson Fr
WR 13 Mack Hollins Sr
WR 15 Jordan Cunningham Jr
WR 17 Anthony Ratliff-Williams  Fr
WR 18 Josh Cabrera So
WR 21 Devin Perry So
WR 28 Dante DiMaggio So
WR 48 Thomas Jackson Jr
WR 81 Hunter Smith So
WR 84 Bug Howard Sr
TE 80 Jake Bargas  Fr
TE 82 Brandon Fritts So
TE 83 Garrett Walston Fr
TE 86 Carl Tucker  Fr
TE 87 Noah Turner Fr
TE 89 Jared Worley  Fr
OT 51 William Sweet  Fr
OT 67 Charlie Heck  Fr
OT 71 Jon Heck Sr
OT 75 Bentley Spain Jr
OT 76 R. J. Prince Jr
OT 77 John Ferranto Sr
G 70 Caleb Peterson Sr
G 72 Mason Veal  Fr
G 73 Brad Henson Jr
C 52 Tommy Hatton  Fr
OL 55 Jay-Jay McCargo Fr
OL 57 Tyler Pritchett Fr
OL 58 Nick Polino  Fr
OL 62 Mark Uptegraff Jr
OL 69 Jonathan Trull Jr
OL 78 Layton Barber Fr
OL 79 Luke Elder Fr
C 68 Lucas Crowley Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 2 Des Lawrence Sr
CB 6 M. J. Stewart Jr
CB 18 Corey Bell Jr. So
S 15 Donnie Miles Jr
S 16 Stephen Albright  Fr
S 26 Dominquie Green Sr
S 27 Jaye Stackhouse  Fr
S 29 J. K. Britt So
S 31 Cameron Albright So
DB 5 Patrice Rene Fr
DB 8 Greg Ross Fr
DB 9 K. J. Sails Fr
DB 11 Myles Wolfolk Fr
DB 13 Jesse Cuccia So
DB 16 D. J. Ford Fr
DB 19 Robert Morgan Jr
DB 20 Thomas Brown So
DB 21 Myles Dorn Fr
DB 24 Zach Goins So
DB 28 Simeon Gatling Fr
DB 35 Chris Ripberger Jr
DB 48 Robert James So
LB 4 Allen Artis Jr
LB 7 Jonathan Smith Fr
LB 10 Andre Smith So
LB 20 Dominique Ross Fr
LB 23 Cayson Collins Jr
LB 25 Ayden Bonilla So
LB 30 Hunter Crafford Jr
LB 36 Cole Holcomb So
LB 38 Keith Beasley Jr. So
LB 41 J. B. Copeland Jr
LB 42 Tyrone Hopper Fr
LB 44 Sam Blobe So
LB 52 Kemmi Pettway Jr
LB 54 Johnathon Sutton  Fr
LB 57 Marlon Petty Jr
DE 12 Tomon Fox Fr
DE 17 Dajuan Drennon Jr
DE 33 Allen Cater Fr
DE 45 Mikey Bart Sr
DE 53 Malik Carney So
DE 55 Jason Strowbridge  Fr
DE 58 Josh Strickland So
DE 91 Nolan DeFranco Fr
DE 96 Matt Gampe So
DE 98 Connor Barringer Jr
DT 49 Jeremiah Clarke So
DT 90 Nazair Jones Jr
DT 92 Aaron Crawford  Fr
DT 93 Robert Dinkins So
DT 94 Marlon Dunlap Fr
DT 97 Jalen Dalton So
DL 95 Tyler Powell Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 24 Nick Weiler Sr
K 90 Connor Albrecht So
K 95 Tolson Jeffrey So
K 98 Freeman Jones So
P 14 Joey Mangili Sr
P 39 Tom Shelton Fr
P 91 Hunter Lent So
LS 41 Kyle Murphy Jr
LS 61 Tommy Bancroft So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

vs. Georgia

1 2 3 4 Total
#22 Tar Heels 0 10 14 0 24
#18 Bulldogs 7 7 9 10 33

at Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Tar Heels 17 7 7 17 48
Fighting Illini 14 2 0 7 23

James Madison

1 2 3 4 Total
#11 (FCS) Dukes 21 0 7 0 28
Tar Heels 14 21 14 7 56

Pittsburgh

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 5 14 14 3 36
Tar Heels 0 16 7 14 37

at Florida State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tar Heels 7 14 7 9 37
#12 Seminoles 0 7 7 21 35

Virginia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
#25 Hokies 6 7 14 7 34
#17 Tar Heels 0 3 0 0 3

at Miami (FL)

1 2 3 4 Total
Tar Heels 10 10 0 0 20
#16 Hurricanes 0 3 7 3 13

at Virginia

1 2 3 4 Total
#22 Tar Heels 7 7 14 7 35
Cavaliers 0 7 0 7 14

Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Yellow Jackets 7 10 3 0 20
#18 Tar Heels 17 10 14 7 48

at Duke

1 2 3 4 Total
#15 Tar Heels 14 7 6 0 27
Blue Devils 0 21 7 0 28

The Citadel

1 2 3 4 Total
#5 (FCS) Bulldogs 0 0 0 7 7
Tar Heels 14 17 10 0 41

NC State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wolfpack 14 7 7 0 28
Tar Heels 0 7 0 14 21

Stanford–Sun Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Cardinal 7 6 3 9 25
Tar Heels 7 0 10 6 23

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP 22 RV RV RV RV 17 RV 22 21 18 15 RV RV NR NR RV 
Coaches 20 RV RV RV 23 16 RV 21 20 17 13 24 25 RV RV NR 
CFP Not released 21 17 NR NR NR NR Not released

References

  1. "North Carolina 2016 Football Commits". 247 Sports. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  2. McAllister, Michael. "Syracuse Adds 2016 3-star Safety James Pierre". Scout.com. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  3. Callahan, Don. "DT Signee Kyree Campbell Denied UNC Admission". Scout.com. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  4. "2016 North Carolina Tar Heels Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  5. "North Texas hires UNC off. coordinator Littrell as coach". USA Today. December 5, 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  6. Martin, Ross (February 3, 2016). "UNC promotes Coach Kap to offensive coordinator". 247Sports. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  7. "UNC Announces New TE Coach Chad Scott". Scout.com. January 29, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
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