2004 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

2004 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record 6–6 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Gary Tranquill (4th season)
Co-defensive coordinator John Gutekunst (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator Marvin Sanders (1st season)
Captain Darian Durant, Jason Brown, Gerald Sensabaugh, Jonas Seawright, Greg Warren
Home stadium Kenan Memorial Stadium
2004 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 10 Virginia Tech $   7 – 1     10 – 3  
No. 15 Florida State   6 – 2     9 – 3  
No. 11 Miami (FL)   5 – 3     9 – 3  
No. 23 Virginia   5 – 3     8 – 4  
North Carolina   5 – 3     6 – 6  
Georgia Tech   4 – 4     7 – 5  
Clemson   4 – 4     6 – 5  
NC State   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Maryland   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Wake Forest   1 – 7     4 – 7  
Duke   1 – 7     2 – 9  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach John Bunting, the Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina finished the season 6–6 overall and 5–3 in ACC play to tie for third place. They lost to Boston College in the Continental Tire Bowl.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 4 1:30 p.m. William & Mary*
W 49–38 43,500
September 11 3:30 p.m. at No. 15 Virginia
ABC L 24–56 62,790
September 18 6:00 p.m. Georgia Tech
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
 W 34–13 46,250
September 25 1:30 p.m. No. 24 Louisville*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
 L 0–34 49,000
October 2 12:00 p.m. at No. 9 Florida State
ESPN2 L 16–38 82,708
October 9 6:00 p.m. NC State
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
 W 30–24 60,000
October 16 10:00 p.m. at No. 11 Utah*
L 16–46 45,319
October 30 7:00 p.m. No. 4 Miami (FL)dagger
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
 ESPN2 W 31–28 58,000
November 6 12:00 p.m. No. 18 Virginia Tech
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
 ESPN2 L 24–27 58,000
November 13 12:00 p.m. at Wake Forest
JPS W 31–24 37,623
November 20 12:00 p.m. at Duke
JPS W 40–17 30,541
December 30 1:00 p.m. vs. No. 25 Boston College*
ESPN2 L 24–37 73,258
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Coaching staff

Name Position Seasons in Position
John Bunting Head coach 4th
Gunter Brewer Wide Receivers 5th
Kenny Browning Tight Ends 11th
Jeff Connors Strength and conditioning coordinator 4th
John Gutekunst Defensive coordinator / Linebackers 1st
Hal Hunter Offensive Line 3rd
Brad Lawing Defensive Line / recruiting coordinator 2nd
Andre' Powell Running backs 4th
Marvin Sanders Defensive coordinator / defensive backs 1st
Gary Tranquill Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks 4th
James Webster, Jr. Assistant head coach/ special teams coordinator 4th
Matt House Defensive Assistant 2nd

Team statistics

    Passing Leaders       Cmp     Att     Yds     TD     Int  
Darian Durant 178 299 2238 17 9
Matt Baker 23 36 326 1 2
    Rushing Leaders       Car     Yds     Long     TD  
Chad Scott 143 796 48 8
Jacque Lewis 74 557 53 3
Ronnie McGill 79 419 49 5
Darian Durant 81 188 24 1
Madison Hedgecock 30 118 25 2
    Receiving Leaders       Rec     Yds     Long     TD  
Jesse Holley 30 456 45 2
Jarwarski Pollock 45 408 38 2
Derrele Mitchell 21 354 51 3
Adarius Bowman 18 329 52 3
Mike Mason 19 272 35 1
    Kicking       XPM     XPA     FGM     FGM     Long     Pts  
Connor Barth 35 36 14 18 50 77