2014 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

2014 North Carolina Tar Heels football
2014 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Quick Lane Bowl, L 21–40 vs. Rutgers
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
	Coastal
Record	6–7 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach	Larry Fedora (3rd season);
Co-offensive coordinator	Seth Littrell (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Chris Kapilovic (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Co-defensive coordinator	Dan Disch (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Ron West (2nd season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Captain	Marquise Williams, Landon Turner, Ethan Farmer, Norkeithus Otis, Mack Hollins
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium
Uniform
	Seasons ← 2013 2015 →

The 2014 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 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by third-year head coach Larry Fedora and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. They finished the season 6–7 overall and 4–4 in ACC play to tie for third place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Quick Lane Bowl, where they lost to Rutgers.

2014 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Atlantic Division
No. T–5 Florida State x$^	8	–	0	13	–	1
No. 15 Clemson	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. 24 Louisville	5	–	3	9	–	4
Boston College	4	–	4	7	–	6
NC State	3	–	5	8	–	5
Syracuse	1	–	7	3	–	9
Wake Forest	1	–	7	3	–	9
Coastal Division
No. 8 Georgia Tech x	6	–	2	11	–	3
Duke	5	–	3	9	–	4
North Carolina	4	–	4	6	–	7
Pittsburgh	4	–	4	6	–	7
Miami (FL)	3	–	5	6	–	7
Virginia Tech	3	–	5	7	–	6
Virginia	3	–	5	5	–	7
Championship: Florida State 37, Georgia Tech 35
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 p.m.	Liberty*	No. 23	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN3	W 56–29	51,000^[1]
September 6	8:00 p.m.	San Diego State*	No. 21	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPNews	W 31–27	58,000^[1]
September 20	3:30 p.m.	at East Carolina*		Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	ESPNU	L 41–70	51,082^[1]
September 27	7:00 p.m.	at Clemson		Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ESPNU	L 35–50	80,599^[1]
October 4	12:30 p.m.	Virginia Tech		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ACCN	L 17–34	60,000^[1]
October 11	3:30 p.m.	at No. 6 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	NBC	L 43–50	80,795^[1]
October 18	7:00 p.m.	Georgia Tech		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPNU	W 48–43	53,000^[1]
October 25	12:30 p.m.	at Virginia		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	ACCN	W 28–27	45,200^[1]
November 1	12:30 p.m.	at Miami (FL)		Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	ACCN	L 20–47	51,702^[1]
November 15	12:30 p.m.	Pittsburgh		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ACCN	W 40–35	53,000^[1]
November 20	7:30 p.m.	at No. 25 Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	ESPN	W 45–20	33,941^[1]
November 29	12:30 p.m.	NC State		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	ACCN	L 7–35	53,000^[1]
December 26	4:30 p.m.	vs. Rutgers*		Ford Field Detroit, MI (Quick Lane Bowl)	ESPN	L 21–40	23,876^[1]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	23	21	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches	23	23	25	25	—	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CFP	Not released									—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released

Game summaries

Liberty

	1	2	3	4	Total
Flames	7	8	7	7	29
Tar Heels	14	7	28	7	56

San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	0	14	7	6	27
Tar Heels	0	7	7	17	31

East Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels	13	7	7	14	41
Pirates	14	21	21	14	70

Clemson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels	0	7	14	14	35
Tigers	10	12	14	14	50

Virginia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hokies	14	10	0	10	34
Tar Heels	3	0	0	14	17

Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels	14	12	10	7	43
Fighting Irish	7	21	7	15	50

Georgia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Yellow Jackets	7	10	7	19	43
Tar Heels	7	14	14	13	48

Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels	14	7	0	7	28
Cavaliers	14	10	3	0	27

At Miami (FL)

North Carolina Tar Heels (4–4) at Miami (FL) Hurricanes (5–3)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
North Carolina	0	6	7	7	20
Miami (FL)	7	23	14	3	47

at Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida

Date: November 1
Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST
Game weather: Partly cloudy, 79 °F (26 °C)
Game attendance: 51,702
Referee: J. Magallanes
Box Score

Game information

First quarter

UM – Duke Johnson 1-yard run (Michael Badgley kick), 5:43. Miami (FL) 7–0. Drive: 13 plays, 84 yards, 7:10.

Second quarter

UM – Safety. Miami (FL) 9–0
UNC – Cayson Collins 39-yard fumble return (kick failed), 13:37. Miami (FL) 9–6.
UM – Clive Walford 14-yard pass from Brad Kaaya (Michael Badgley kick), 5:17. Miami (FL) 16–6. Drive: 7 plays, 61 yards, 3:57.
UM – Duke Johnson 90-yard run (Michael Badgley kick), 2:55. Miami (FL) 23–6. Drive: 1 play, 90 yards, 0:13.
UM – Clive Walford 14-yard pass from Brad Kaaya (Michael Badgley kick), 0:26. Miami (FL) 30–6. Drive: 7 plays, 56 yards, 1:51.

Third quarter

UM – Duke Johnson 37-yard pass from Brad Kaaya (Michael Badgley kick), 12:37. Miami (FL) 37–6. Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:23.
UM – Joe Yearby 1-yard run (Michael Badgley kick), 7:12. Miami (FL) 44–6. Drive: 3 plays, 12 yards, 1:19.
UNC – Marquise Williams 10-yard run (Thomas Moore kick), 5:11. Miami (FL) 44–13. Drive: 6 plays, 65 yards, 2:01.

Fourth quarter

UM – Michael Badgley 37-yard field goal, 13:19. Miami (FL) 47–13. Drive: 7 plays, 30 yards, 3:01.
UNC – Marquise Williams 1-yard run (Thomas Moore kick), 9:20. Miami (FL) 47–20. Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 3:59.

Top passers

UNC – Marquise Williams – 22/32, 186 yards, INT
UM – Brad Kaaya – 11/17, 189 yards, 3 TD

Top rushers

UNC – Romar Morris – 5 rushes, 23 yards
UM – Duke Johnson – 19 rushes, 177 yards, 2 TD

Top receivers

UNC – T.J. Thorpe – 4 receptions, 66 yards
UM – Clive Walford – 6 receptions, 89 yards, 2 TD

Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	14	7	7	7	35
Tar Heels	0	13	13	14	40

Duke

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels	21	7	10	7	45
Blue Devils	7	0	7	6	20

NC State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolfpack	7	14	7	7	35
Tar Heels	0	0	0	7	7

Rutgers (Quick Lane Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Scarlet Knights	7	16	7	10	40
Tar Heels	0	0	7	14	21

Personnel

North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora entered his third year as the North Carolina's head coach for the 2014 season. Seth Littrell was hired to be the team's assistant head coach for offense and tight ends coach.^[3] Keith Heckendorf, formerly UNC’s player development assistant, became the team's quarterbacks coach.^[4] Larry Porter was hired to coach running backs and previously coached running backs at Arizona State, Louisiana State and Oklahoma State, among other schools, before spending the 2013 season at Texas. He also was the head coach at Memphis in 2010 and 2011.^[4]

Coaches for the 2014 season^[5]
Name	Position	Seasons at North Carolina
Larry Fedora	Head coach	3rd
Gunter Brewer	Co-offensive coordinator/wide receivers	3rd (8th overall)
Chris Kapilovic	Co-offensive coordinator/offensive line	1st (3rd overall)
Seth Littrell	Assistant head coach for offense/tight ends	1st
Keith Heckendorf	Quarterbacks	1st
Dan Disch	Co-defensive coordinator/cornerbacks	3rd
Keith Gilmore	Defensive line	2nd
Lou Hernandez	Strength and conditioning coordinator	3rd
Vic Koenning	Associate head coach for defense/safeties	3rd
Ron West	Co-defensive coordinator/linebackers	2nd
Caleb Pressley	Supervisor of Morale	1st

2014 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`1`	Khris Francis	So
WR	`13`	Mack Hollins	So
WR	`84`	Bug Howard	So
RB	`8`	T.J. Logan	So
RB	`21`	Romar Morris	Jr
WR	`7`	Austin Proehl	Fr
WR	`81`	Kendrick Singleton	Jr
WR	`3`	Ryan Switzer	So
WR	`5`	T.J. Thorpe	Jr
QB	`10`	Mitchell Trubisky	Fr
WR	`35`	Damien Washington	Jr
QB	`12`	Marquise Williams	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`23`	Cayson Collins	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`18`	Thomas Moore	Sr
K	`24`	Nick Weiler	So

Head coach

Larry Fedora

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2020-Nov-26

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "2015 UNC Football Media Guide" (PDF).
^ "2014 North Carolina Tar Heels Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
^ Carter, Andrew (January 24, 2014). "UNC announces hiring of new offensive coach". The News & Observer. Raleigh. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
^ ^a ^b Carter, Andrew (February 10, 2014). "UNC Announces New Football Coaching Hires". The News & Observer. Raleigh. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
^ "Football - Coaches". University of North Carolina Department of Athletics. Retrieved November 30, 2014.

[attendance-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "2015 UNC Football Media Guide" (PDF).

[2] "2014 North Carolina Tar Heels Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 10, 2014.

[3] Carter, Andrew (January 24, 2014). "UNC announces hiring of new offensive coach". The News & Observer. Raleigh. Retrieved November 30, 2014.

[no2102014hire-4] Carter, Andrew (February 10, 2014). "UNC Announces New Football Coaching Hires". The News & Observer. Raleigh. Retrieved November 30, 2014.

[5] "Football - Coaches". University of North Carolina Department of Athletics. Retrieved November 30, 2014.

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