1978 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1978 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record5–6 (3–3 ACC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Bernie Menapace
  • Bunn Rhames
  • Mike Salzano
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
1978 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Clemson $ 6 0 011 1 0
No. 20 Maryland 5 1 09 3 0
No. 18 NC State 4 2 09 3 0
North Carolina 3 3 05 6 0
Duke 2 4 04 7 0
Wake Forest 1 5 01 10 0
Virginia 0 6 02 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.