1927 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1927 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference Southern Conference
Record4–6 (2–5 SoCon)
Head coach
Captain Garrett Morehead
Home stadium Emerson Field
Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1926
1928  →
1927 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Georgia Tech + 7 –0 –18 –1 –1
Tennessee + 5 –0 –18 –0 –1
NC State + 4 –0 –09 –1 –0
Vanderbilt 5 –0 –28 –1 –2
No. 8 Georgia 6 –1 –09 –1 –0
Florida 5 –2 –07 –3 –0
Ole Miss 3 –2 –05 –3 –1
Virginia 4 –4 –05 –4 –0
Clemson 2 –2 –05 –3 –1
Alabama 3 –4 –15 –4 –1
LSU 2 –3 –14 –4 –1
Mississippi A&M 2 –3 –05 –3 –0
Washington and Lee 2 –3 –04 –4 –1
VPI 2 –3 –05 –4 –0
Maryland 3 –5 –04 –7 –0
South Carolina 2 –4 –04 –5 –0
VMI 2 –4 –06 –4 –0
Tulane 2 –5 –12 –5 –1
North Carolina 2 –5 –04 –6 –0
Sewanee 1 –4 –02 –6 –0
Kentucky 1 –5 –03 –6 –1
Auburn 0 –6 –10 –7 –2
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1927 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1927 college football season. [1] The Tar Heels defeated Davidson College 27-0 in the inaugural game at Kenan Memorial Stadium.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 243:00 p.m. [2] Wake Forest *
L 8–912,000 [3] [4]
October 13:00 p.m. [5] Tennessee
  • Emerson Field
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 0–267,000 [6] [7]
October 83:00 p.m. [8] Maryland
  • Emerson Field
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 7–65,000 [9] [10]
October 153:00 p.m. [11] at South Carolina
L 6–147,000 [12] [12]
October 222:00 p.m. [13] at Georgia Tech
L 0–1313,000 [14] [15]
October 292:30 p.m. [16] at NC State
L 6–1912,000 [17] [18]
November 511:00 a.m. [19] at VMI
L 0–76,000 [19] [19]
November 122:00 p.m. [20] Davidson *
W 27–09,000 [21] [22]
November 192:00 p.m. [23] at Duke *
W 18–0 [24]
November 242:00 p.m. [25] Virginia
W 14–1327,000–28,000 [26] [27]

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References

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  4. ↑ "Wake Forest winner when Tars fumble". The Atlanta Journal. September 25, 1927. Retrieved December 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
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  10. ↑ "Carolina upsets Dope by defeating Maryland on soaked field". Winston-Salem Journal. October 9, 1927. Retrieved December 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "The State from Columbia, South Carolina on October 15, 1927 · 9 (newspapers.com)".
  12. 1 2 "South Carolina's Gamecocks defeat Tar Heels". The News and Observer. October 16, 1927. Retrieved January 26, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia on October 21, 1927 · 12 (newspapers.com)".
  14. ↑ "The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina on October 23, 1927 · 1 (newspapers.com)".
  15. ↑ "North Carolina threatens Georgia Tech but succumbs, 13–0". The Greenville News. October 23, 1927. Retrieved December 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
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  18. ↑ "N.C. State crushes Carolina's line to win, 19 to 6". The Sunday Citizen. October 30, 1927. Retrieved December 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  19. 1 2 3 "Heels lose; Blocked kick is disastrous for Collins eleven". The News and Observer. November 6, 1927. Retrieved December 19, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
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  24. ↑ "Carolina crushes Duke Blue Devils". The News and Observer. November 20, 1927. Retrieved December 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
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