1931 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1931 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference Southern Conference
Record4–3–3 (2–3–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadium Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1930
1932  →
1931 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Tulane $ 8 –0 –011 –1 –0
No. 3 Tennessee 6 –0 –19 –0 –1
Alabama 7 –1 –09 –1 –0
No. 6 Georgia 6 –1 –08 –2 –0
Maryland 4 –1 –18 –1 –1
Kentucky 4 –2 –25 –2 –2
LSU 3 –2 –05 –4 –0
South Carolina 3 –3 –15 –4 –1
Duke 3 –3 –15 –3 –2
Auburn 3 –3 –05 –3 –0
Sewanee 3 –3 –06 –3 –1
Vanderbilt 3 –4 –05 –4 –0
North Carolina 2 –3 –34 –3 –3
Washington and Lee 2 –3 –04 –5 –1
Florida 2 –4 –22 –6 –2
Georgia Tech 2 –4 –12 –7 –1
VMI 2 –4 –03 –6 –1
NC State 2 –4 –03 –6 –0
VPI 1 –4 –13 –4 –2
Clemson 1 –4 –01 –6 –2
Ole Miss 1 –5 –02 –6 –1
Virginia 0 –5 –12 –6 –1
Mississippi A&M 0 –5 –02 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1931 North Carolina Tar Heels football team was an American football team that represented the University of North Carolina during the 1931 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference. In their sixth year under head coach Chuck Collins, the team compiled an overall record of 4–3–3, with a mark of 2–3–3 in conference play. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 262:30 p.m. [2] Wake Forest *
W 37–010,000 [3] [4]
October 33:30 p.m. [5] at Vanderbilt
L 0–1315,000 [6] [7]
October 103:00 p.m. [8] at Florida
T 0–08,000 [9]
October 172:30 p.m. [10] Georgia
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 7–3218,000 [11] [12]
October 242:30 p.m. [13] Tennessee
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 0–714,000 [14] [15]
October 312:30 p.m. [16] at NC State
W 18–1510,000 [17] [18]
November 73:00 p.m. [19] at Georgia Tech
T 19–19 [20]
November 142:30 p.m. [21] Davidson *
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 20–07,000 [22] [23]
November 212:00 p.m. [24] at Duke
T 0–022,000 [25] [26]
November 262:00 p.m. [27] Virginia
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 13–6 [28]

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References

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  4. ↑ "Tarheels show early season strength by downing Deacon eleven of Wake Forest, 37–0". The Greenville News. September 27, 1931. Retrieved June 5, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
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  6. ↑ "The Daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, October 04, 1931, Image 3". October 4, 1931. p. 3.
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