1975 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1975 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record3–7–1 (1–4–1 ACC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinator Jim Dickey (1st season)
CaptainDeke Andrews, Roc Bauman, James Betterson, Bill Paschall, Ray Stanford, Bobby Trott
Home stadium Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1974
1976  →
1975 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 Maryland $ 5 –0 –09 –2 –1
Duke 3 –0 –24 –5 –2
NC State 2 –2 –17 –4 –1
Wake Forest 3 –3 –03 –8 –0
Clemson 2 –3 –02 –9 –0
North Carolina 1 –4 –13 –7 –1
Virginia 0 –4 –01 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll [1]

The 1975 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. The Tar Heels were led by ninth-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 sixth. [2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 61:30 p.m. [3] William & Mary *
W 33–731,500 [4]
September 201:30 p.m. [5] Maryland
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 7–3443,000 [6] [7]
September 271:30 p.m. [8] at No. 2 Ohio State *
L 7–3287,750 [9] [10]
October 41:30 p.m. [11] at Virginia
W 31–2828,175 [12]
October 111:30 p.m. [13] No. 15 Notre Dame *
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 14–2149,500 [14] [15]
October 181:30 p.m. [16] at NC State
L 20–2150,500 [17]
October 251:30 p.m. [18] East Carolina *
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 17–3842,000 [19] [20]
November 11:30 p.m. [21] Wake Forest
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 9–2143,000 [22]
November 81:30 p.m. [23] Clemson
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 35–3840,000 [24]
November 151:30 p.m. [25] at Tulane *
W 17–1529,850 [26]
November 221:30 p.m. [27] at Duke
T 17–1742,100 [28]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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The 1924 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina during the 1924 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Tar Heels were led by head coaches Bob Fetzer and Bill Fetzer in their fourth season and finished with a record of four wins and five losses.

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The 1984 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels were led by seventh-year head coach Dick Crum 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 third.

The 1948 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina during the 1948 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by sixth-year head coach Carl Snavely and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The team finished the regular season undefeated with a record of 9–0–1, and outscored their opponents 261–94. North Carolina was ranked third in the final AP Poll of the season, which is to date the highest finish in school history. They were invited to the 1949 Sugar Bowl, where they lost to Big 7 Conference champion Oklahoma.

The 1930 North Carolina Tar Heels football team was an American football team that represented the University of North Carolina as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1930 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Chuck Collins, North Carolina compiled an 5–3–2 record.

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The 1959 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. The Tar Heels were led by first-year head coach Jim Hickey and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The team competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in second.

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