1948 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1948 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Sugar Bowl, L 6–14 vs. Oklahoma
Conference Southern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 3
Record9–1–1 (4–0–1 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainHosea Rodgers, Dan Stiegman
Home stadium Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1947
1949  →
1948 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 11 Clemson $ 5 –0 –011 –0 –0
No. 3 North Carolina 4 –0 –19 –1 –1
VMI 5 –1 –06 –3 –0
No. 17 William & Mary 5 –1 –17 –2 –2
No. 20 Wake Forest 5 –2 –06 –4 –0
Maryland 4 –2 –06 –4 –0
Duke 3 –2 –14 –3 –2
Richmond 3 –3 –15 –3 –2
Washington and Lee 2 –2 –04 –6 –0
Furman 2 –4 –02 –6 –1
George Washington 2 –4 –04 –6 –0
Davidson 2 –5 –03 –5 –1
South Carolina 1 –3 –03 –5 –0
NC State 1 –4 –13 –6 –1
VPI 0 –6 –10 –8 –1
The Citadel 0 –5 –02 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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. [1] North Carolina was ranked third in the final AP Poll of the season (conducted before bowl season), which is to date the highest finish in school history. [2] They were invited to the 1949 Sugar Bowl, where they lost to Big 7 Conference champion Oklahoma.

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Halfback Charlie Justice was a consensus first-team All-American, and finished second in the voting for the Heisman Trophy. [3] He led the team in rushing, passing, and punting, with 766 rushing yards, 854 passing yards, and 20 total touchdowns. [3] End Art Weiner was also named an All-American, including first-team by the Football Writers Association of America and the New York Sun. [4]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 252:30 p.m. [5] Texas *
W 34–743,500 [6]
October 22:30 p.m. [7] at Georgia *
W 21–1443,000 [8]
October 92:30 p.m. [9] at Wake Forest No. 2
W 28–627,500 [10]
October 162:00 p.m. [11] NC State No. 1
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 14–044,000 [12]
October 232:00 p.m. [13] LSU *No. 3
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 34–741,000 [14]
October 302:30 p.m. [15] at Tennessee *No. 3
W 14–750,000 [16] [17]
November 62:00 p.m. [18] William & Mary No. 3
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
T 7–743,000 [19]
November 132:00 p.m. [20] at Maryland No. 6
W 49–2036,000 [21] [22]
November 202:00 p.m. [23] Duke No. 5
W 20–044,500 [24]
November 272:00 p.m. [25] at Virginia No. 4
W 34–1225,000–26,000 [26] [27] [28] [29]
January 1, 19492:48 p.m. [30] vs. No. 5 Oklahoma *No. 3
L 6–1485,000 [31]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP 2 (55)1 (52)3 (32)3 (46)3 (36)6 (7)5 (11)4 (14)3 (31)

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