1974 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1974 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Sun Bowl, L 24–26 vs. Mississippi State
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record7–5 (4–2 ACC)
Head coach
Captain Ken Huff, Chris Kupec
Home stadium Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1973
1975  →
1974 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 Maryland $ 6 –0 –08 –4 –0
No. 11 NC State 4 –2 –09 –2 –1
Clemson 4 –2 –07 –4 –0
North Carolina 4 –2 –07 –5 –0
Duke 2 –4 –06 –5 –0
Virginia 1 –5 –04 –7 –0
Wake Forest 0 –6 –01 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll [1]

The 1974 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. The Tar Heels were led by eighth-year head coach Bill Dooley and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in fourth. [2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 141:30 p.m. Ohio *
W 42–733,000
September 211:30 p.m.at Wake Forest
W 31–027,200
September 281:30 p.m.at Maryland
L 12–2417,800
October 51:30 p.m.No. 17 Pittsburgh *
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 45–2944,800
October 123:00 p.m.at Georgia Tech *
L 28–2938,413
October 191:30 p.m.No. 10 NC State
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 33–1447,400
October 267:30 p.m.at South Carolina *
L 23–3141,512
November 21:30 p.m. Virginia
W 24–1038,500
November 91:00 p.m.at Clemson
L 32–5440,529 [3]
November 161:30 p.m. Army *
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 56–4238,900
November 231:30 p.m. Duke
W 14–1347,300
December 2812:00 p.m.vs. Mississippi State *
 CBS L 24–2626,035 [4]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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The 1956 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. The Tar Heels were led by head coach Jim Tatum, who was coaching his second season for the Tar Heels, but his first since 1942. They played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The team competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in fifth.

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.

References

  1. ↑ "1974 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  2. ↑ "1974 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Clemson Football Media Guide - 1975". Clemson University. 1975. p. 2. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Bulldogs victorious in Sun Bowl Classic". The El Paso Times. December 29, 1974. Retrieved October 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com.


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