1923 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1923 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	5–3–1 (2–1–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Bob Fetzer & Bill Fetzer (3rd season)
Captain	Roy Morris
Home stadium	Emerson Field
Seasons ←  1922 1924  →

1923 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Washington & Lee +	4	–	0	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt * +	3	–	0	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
VPI	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Maryland	2	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
Florida	1	–	0	–	2			6	–	1	–	2
North Carolina	2	–	1	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Georgia	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Mississippi A&M	2	–	1	–	2			5	–	2	–	2
Tennessee	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Tulane	2	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Clemson	1	–	1	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	0	–	0	–	4			3	–	2	–	4
NC State	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Auburn	0	–	1	–	3			3	–	3	–	3
Kentucky	0	–	2	–	2			4	–	3	–	2
Virginia	0	–	3	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
LSU	0	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Ole Miss	0	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
South Carolina	0	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions * co-member of SIAA

The 1923 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina (now known as the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) during the 1924 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Tar Heels were led by head coaches Bob Fetzer and Bill Fetzer in their third season and finished with a record of five wins, three losses, and one tie (5–3–1 overall, 2–1–1 in the SoCon). ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29		Wake Forest	Emerson Field Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 22–0	3,401 [2]	[3]
October 6	3:00 p.m. [4]	at Yale *	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–53	20,000 [2]	[5]
October 12	3:00 p.m. [6]	at Trinity (NC) *	Hanes Field Durham, NC (rivalry)	W 14–6	4,000 [2]	[7]
October 18	2:30 p.m. [8]	at NC State	Riddick Field Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	W 14–0	10,895 [2]	[9]
October 27	2:30 p.m. [10]	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 0–14	2,000 [2]	[11]
November 3		at South Carolina	University Field Columbia, SC (rivalry)	W 13–0	3,500 [2]	[12]
November 10	2:30 p.m. [13]	vs. VMI *	Mayo Island Park Richmond, VA	L 0–9	7,971 [2]	[14] [15] [16]
November 17		Davidson *	Emerson Field Chapel Hill, NC	W 14–3	2,694 [2]	[17]
November 29	2:00 p.m. [18]	Virginia	Emerson Field Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	T 0–0	14,231 [2]	[19]
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

References

1. "1923 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
2. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, December 04, 1923, Image 1". December 4, 1923. p. 1.
3. "Carolina beats Wake Forest but George Sparrow is lost to team when he breaks leg". The Charlotte Observer. September 30, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
4. "The Yale Daily News 6 October 1923 — Yale Daily News Historical Archive".
5. "Yale's brilliant attack humbles N. Carolina, 53–0". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. October 7, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
6. "The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina on October 12, 1923 · 14 (newspapers.com)".
7. "North Carolina downs Trinity". The State. October 13, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
8. "The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina on October 18, 1923 · 12".
9. "12,500 see Tar Heels tame Wolfpack by score of 14–0". Greensboro Daily News. October 19, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
10. "Evening Star from Washington, District of Columbia on October 26, 1923 · 28 (newspapers.com)".
11. H.C. Byrd (October 28, 1923). "Maryland Defeats North Carolina". The Sunday Star– via Newspapers.com.
12. "Tar Heels victorious in battle of the Carolinas". The News and Observer. November 4, 1923. Retrieved January 25, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
13. "News Leader 10 November 1923 — Virginia Chronicle: Digital Newspaper Archive".
14. Harper, Robert (November 11, 1921). "Cadets Capture Football Classic From Tarheels". Richmond Times-Dispatch . Richmond, Virginia. p. 1. Retrieved September 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
15. Harper, Robert (November 11, 1921). "V. M. I. Victorious In Classic Clash With Carolinians (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch . Richmond, Virginia. p. 53. Retrieved September 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
16. Harper, Robert (November 11, 1921). "V. M. I. Victorious In Classic Clash With Carolinians (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch . Richmond, Virginia. p. 54. Retrieved September 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
17. "Tar Heels defeat Davidson, 14 to 3". Virginian-Pilot. November 18, 1923. Retrieved September 3, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
18. "The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina on November 29, 1923 · 13".
19. "University of North Carolina battles Virginia to scoreless tie". The News and Observer. November 30, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023– via Newspapers.com.