1923 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1923 Southern Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; * co-member of SIAA ;

1923 North Carolina Tar Heels football
1923 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	Southern Conference
1923 record	5–3–1 (2–1–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Bob Fetzer & Bill Fetzer (3rd season);
Captain	Roy Morris
Home stadium	Emerson Field
	Seasons ← 1922 1924 →

The 1923 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1923 college football season.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Wake Forest	Emerson Field Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 22–0	5,000
October 6	at Yale*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–53
October 12	at Trinity (NC)	Hanes Field Durham, NC (rivalry)	W 14–6
October 18	at NC State	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	W 14–0
October 27	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 0–14		^[1]
November 3	at South Carolina	University Field Columbia, SC (rivalry)	W 13–0		^[2]
November 10	vs. VMI*	Mayo Island Park Richmond, VA	L 0–9	10,000	^[3]^[4]^[5]
November 17	Davidson*	Emerson Field Chapel Hill, NC	W 14–3
November 29	Virginia	Emerson Field Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	T 0–0
*Non-conference game

^ H.C. Byrd (October 28, 1923). "Maryland Defeats North Carolina". The Sunday Star – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tar Heels victorious in battle of the Carolinas". The News and Observer. November 4, 1923. Retrieved January 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Harper, Robert (November 11, 1921). "Cadets Capture Football Classic From Tarheels". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. p. 1. Retrieved September 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Harper, Robert (November 11, 1921). "V. M. I. Victorious In Classic Clash With Carolinians (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. p. 53. Retrieved September 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Harper, Robert (November 11, 1921). "V. M. I. Victorious In Classic Clash With Carolinians (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. p. 54. Retrieved September 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

v t North Carolina Tar Heels football
Venues	Emerson Field (1916–1926) Kenan Memorial Stadium (1927–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Duke: Victory Bell NC State South Carolina Virginia: South's Oldest Rivalry Wake Forest
Culture & lore	First forward pass Rameses The Marching Tar Heels 2010 football scandal 2011 academic-athletic scandal
People	Head coaches All-Americans NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

1923 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Washington & Lee +	4	–	0	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt * +	3	–	0	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
VPI	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Maryland	2	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
Florida	1	–	0	–	2	6	–	1	–	2
North Carolina	2	–	1	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Georgia	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Mississippi A&M	2	–	1	–	2	5	–	2	–	2
Tennessee	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	1
Tulane	2	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Clemson	1	–	1	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	0	–	0	–	4	3	–	2	–	4
NC State	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Auburn	0	–	1	–	3	3	–	3	–	3
Kentucky	0	–	2	–	2	4	–	3	–	2
Virginia	0	–	3	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
LSU	0	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
Ole Miss	0	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
South Carolina	0	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions * co-member of SIAA