1953 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1953 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	4–6 (2–3 ACC)
Head coach	George T. Barclay (1st season)
Captain	Ken Yarborough
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons ←  1952 1954  →

1953 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Maryland +	3	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
No. 18 Duke +	4	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
South Carolina	2	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
North Carolina	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Wake Forest	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
Clemson	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
NC State	0	–	3	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll [1]

The 1953 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1953 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by first-year head coach George T. Barclay, and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The team competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, in the conference's inaugural year, finishing tied for third.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	2:30 p.m.	NC State	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 29–7	20,000	[2]
October 3	2:00 p.m.	Washington & Lee *	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 39–0	18,000	[3]
October 10	2:00 p.m.	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium (I) Wake Forest, NC (rivalry)	W 18–13	12,000	[4]
October 17	2:00 p.m.	No. 3 Maryland	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 0–26	35,000	[5]
October 24	2:00 p.m.	at Georgia *	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 14–27	30,000	[6]
October 31	2:00 p.m.	Tennessee *	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 6–20	27,000	[7]
November 7	2:00 p.m.	at South Carolina	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)	L 0–18	23,000	[8]
November 14	2:00 p.m.	No. 1 Notre Dame *	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	L 14–34	43,000	[9]
November 21	2:00 p.m.	at Virginia *	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	W 33–7	13,000	[10]
November 28	2:00 p.m.	at Duke	Duke Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	L 20–35	40,000	[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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References

1. "1953 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
2. "North Carolina tops State, 29–7". The Progress-Index. September 27, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
3. "North Carolina routs W and L by fumbles". The Times and Democrat. October 4, 1953. Retrieved August 21, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Late North Carolina score defeats Wake Forest, 18–13". The Miami Herald. October 11, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Maryland defeats North Carolina, 26–0, on four long drives". The Suday Star. October 18, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Bratkowski–Carson combine gives Georgia 27–14 win". The Jackson Sun. October 25, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Vols trip UNC, 20–6". Durham Morning Herald. November 1, 1953. Retrieved March 29, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
8. "South Carolina thumps NC". The Orlando Sentinel. November 8, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
9. "The Daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, November 15, 1953, Image 1". November 15, 1953. p. 1.
10. "Tar Heels hand Cavaliers final humiliation of season, 33–7". The Times and Democrat. November 22, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
11. "Duke defeats N. Carolina 35 to 20". The Pensacola News Journal. November 29, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
12. "1953 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 14, 2018.