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By PHYLLIS A. FAIR
Staff Writer '
The 1984 season for the Tar
Heels was one of inexperience and
disappointment, as the Tar Heels
finished with a 5-5-1 record after
being picked to win the conference; attitude will improve our perforate-
mance," Clemmons said.
The Tar Heels opened the season The expectations of last year and
with a horrendous 1-4 start that this year are basically the same,
included an opening-day loss to according to team members.
Navy and a 52-20 devastation by Davis said that last year one of
a lightning thrower by the name the team's goals was to gain respect
of Flutie. They rebounded in the from people and other teams. This
latter part of the season to go 4- year's is "gain respect, win the
1-1 over the last six games, includ- Atlantic Coast Conference and go
ing a win over Memphis State, a to a bowl."
tie with nationally-ranked Virginia According to Gary Ruble, "We
and a victory over traditional rival wanted to have a winning season.
Duke. We started off disappointing but
However, UNC teams aren't we 80t better down the line."
supposed to just break even. This 1 ms season we are expecting a
Football '85Thursday, September 12, 198511
year's team seeks to rebound from
a season labeled by most media and
fans as an extreme disappointment.
Part of the team's record was due
no doubt to the fact that the team
was the youngest that coach Dick
Crum had ever been associated
with. Crum had 30 lettermen and
1 1 starters returning from the 1983
season, and a lot of holes to fill
on defense.
He had to find replacements for
players such as William Fuller,
Willie Harris and Bill Sheppard on
defense and Scott Stankavage, Joe
Conwell, Brian Blados, Mark
Smith and Tyrone Anthony on
offense.
Inexperience in the interior of
the offensive line was another
problem Crum had to face. Brian
Johnston and Dennis Barron, the
No. 2 nose guard in 1983, were the
only players with appreciable:
experience.
However, the Tar Heels did
boast strong All-America contend
ers like Ethan Horton and Micah
Moon.
Moon, who played inside line
backer for two years, was moved
to the outside linebacker position
at the beginning of the season
. because of UNC's inexperience on
the outside and to take better
advantage of his athletic ability, but
was switched back inside halfway
through the season.
. Horton was rated as one of the
best runners in the game going into
the 1984 season with only three
years of experience at the tailback
position, and ended up being
drafted in the first round of the
NFL draft after leading the con
ference in rushing.
Last year, North Carolina
depended on Horton to make
things happen for the offense, a
reliance they will not have the
luxury of this year.
Despite UNC's .500 mark last
year, sophomore defense tackle
Reuben Davis felt that the Tar
Heels had a good team. "I felt that
we were good," Davis said. "We
just had bad breaks. At times we
played like we should have and at
times we didn't. We had a great
time last year but were not able
to produce."
Damon Hueston, freshman tight
end, said that the team's perfor
mance was mediocre. "We could
have won a Int rtf omc that
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lost. I think we did pretty good at
the end."
Hueston has high hopes for this
season. "The offense has opened up -a
lot and the defense has matured
more. We're going to be better than
people think."
good year. We're going out and do
what we have to do. We're still
young but we're not as inexpe
rienced as people say we are.
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