# 2014 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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.

## Schedule

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

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | 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 | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 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)

| 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
* TV announcers (ACC Network): Tim Brant, David Archer, Rachel Baribeau
* 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. Keith Heckendorf, formerly UNC’s player development assistant, became the team's quarterbacks coach. 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.