1939 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1939 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference Southern Conference
Record8–1–1 (5–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Captain Snuffy Stirnweiss, Jim Woodson
Home stadium Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1938
1940  →
1939 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Duke $ 5 –0 –08 –1 –0
No. 12 Clemson 4 –0 –09 –1 –0
William & Mary 2 –0 –16 –2 –1
North Carolina 5 –1 –08 –1 –1
VMI 3 –1 –16 –3 –1
Richmond 3 –1 –17 –1 –2
Furman 3 –3 –05 –4 –0
Wake Forest 3 –3 –07 –3 –0
NC State 2 –4 –02 –8 –0
Washington and Lee 1 –2 –03 –4 –1
South Carolina 1 –3 –03 –6 –1
VPI 1 –4 –14 –5 –1
Davidson 1 –7 –02 –7 –0
Maryland 0 –1 –02 –7 –0
The Citadel 0 –4 –03 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1939 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by fourth-year head coach Raymond Wolf and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. They competed as a member of the Southern Conference.

North Carolina was not ranked in the final AP poll, but it was ranked at No. 26 in the 1939 Williamson System ratings, [1] and at No. 7 in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939. [2]

Paul Severin was named a first-team All-American end by the Associated Press, and a second-team All-American by the NEA. [3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 232:30 p.m. [4] The Citadel
W 50–028,000 [5] [6]
September 302:30 p.m. [7] Wake Forest
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 36–618,000 [8] [9]
October 72:30 p.m. [10] vs. VPI
W 13–615,000 [11] [12]
October 142:30 p.m. [13] NYU *
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 14–720,000 [14]
October 213:00 p.m. [15] at No. 4 Tulane *No. 14
T 14–1434,000 [16] [17]
October 282:00 p.m. [18] at No. 16 Penn *No. 13
W 30–655,000 [19]
November 42:00 p.m. [20] NC State No. 9
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 17–014,000 [21]
November 112:00 p.m. [22] vs. Davidson No. 8
W 32–011,000 [23] [24]
November 182:00 p.m. [25] at No. 13 Duke No. 7
L 3–1352,000 [26]
November 302:00 p. [27] Virginia *No. 16
W 19–0 [28]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References

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  2. ↑ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "2016 North Carolina football media guide" (PDF). North Carolina Athletic Communications Office. p. 121.
  4. ↑ "The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina on September 23, 1939 · 9".
  5. ↑ "The Herald-Sun from Durham, North Carolina on September 24, 1939 · 27".
  6. ↑ "Tar Heel eleven tramples Citadel". Daily Press. September 24, 1939. Retrieved December 20, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
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  10. ↑ "Suffolk News-Herald 6 October 1939 — Virginia Chronicle: Digital Newspaper Archive".
  11. ↑ "Varsity Takes On VPI Today at Norfolk". The Daily Tar Heel . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. October 7, 1939. p. 1. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Lalanne Leads Varsity To 13-6 Victory". The Daily Tar Heel . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. October 8, 1939. p. 1. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
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  15. ↑ "The Times from Shreveport, Louisiana on October 21, 1939 · Page 12".
  16. ↑ "The Times from Shreveport, Louisiana on October 22, 1939 · Page 23". Newspapers.com.
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  18. ↑ "The Philadelphia Inquirer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 28, 1939 · Page 23".
  19. ↑ "North Carolina passes rout Penn, 30–6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 29, 1939. Retrieved December 20, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
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  22. ↑ "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, November 11, 1939, Image 1". November 11, 1939. p. 1.
  23. ↑ "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, November 12, 1939, Image 3". November 12, 1939. p. 3.
  24. ↑ "Tar Heels spank Davidson's 'Cats". The News and Observer. November 12, 1939. Retrieved September 5, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  25. ↑ "CONTENTdm".
  26. ↑ "Duke rallies to turn back Carolina, 13–3". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 19, 1939. Retrieved December 20, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  27. ↑ "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, November 29, 1939, Image 1". November 29, 1939. p. 1.
  28. ↑ "Cavaliers go down before North Carolina, 19 to 0". Daily Press. December 1, 1939. Retrieved December 20, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  29. ↑ "1939 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
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