1953 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
Appearance
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Record | 4–6 (2–3 ACC) |
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Captain | Ken Yarborough |
Home stadium | Kenan Memorial Stadium |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 26 | 2:30 p.m. | NC State | W 29–7 | 20,000 | [2] | |
October 3 | 2:00 p.m. | Washington & Lee* |
| W 39–0 | 18,000 | [3] |
October 10 | 2:00 p.m. | at Wake Forest | W 18–13 | 12,000 | [4] | |
October 17 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 3 Maryland |
| L 0–26 | 35,000 | [5] |
October 24 | 2:00 p.m. | at Georgia* | L 14–27 | 30,000 | [6] | |
October 31 | 2:00 p.m. | Tennessee* |
| L 6–20 | 27,000 | [7] |
November 7 | 2:00 p.m. | at South Carolina | L 0–18 | 23,000 | [8] | |
November 14 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 1 Notre Dame* |
| L 14–34 | 43,000 | [9] |
November 21 | 2:00 p.m. | at Virginia* | W 33–7 | 13,000 | [10] | |
November 28 | 2:00 p.m. | at Duke | L 20–35 | 40,000 | [11] | |
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References
[edit]- ^ "1953 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
- ^ "North Carolina tops State, 29–7". The Progress-Index. September 27, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "North Carolina routs W and L by fumbles". The Times and Democrat. October 4, 1953. Retrieved August 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Late North Carolina score defeats Wake Forest, 18–13". The Miami Herald. October 11, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Maryland defeats North Carolina, 26–0, on four long drives". The Sunday Star. October 18, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bratkowski–Carson combine gives Georgia 27–14 win". The Jackson Sun. October 25, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vols trip UNC, 20–6". Durham Morning Herald. November 1, 1953. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "South Carolina thumps NC". The Orlando Sentinel. November 8, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The Daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, November 15, 1953, Image 1". November 15, 1953. p. 1.
- ^ "Tar Heels hand Cavaliers final humiliation of season, 33–7". The Times and Democrat. November 22, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Duke defeats N. Carolina 35 to 20". The Pensacola News Journal. November 29, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1953 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 14, 2018.