1939 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1939 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1939 record8–1–1 (5–1 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainSnuffy Stirnweiss, Jim Woodson
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Southern Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Duke $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
No. 12 Clemson 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
William & Mary 2 – 0 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
North Carolina 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 1
VMI 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Richmond 3 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 2
Furman 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Wake Forest 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
NC State 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Washington and Lee 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
South Carolina 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
VPI 1 – 4 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Davidson 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Maryland 0 – 1 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
The Citadel 0 – 4 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1939 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by fourth-year head coach Raymond Wolf and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. They competed as a member of the Southern Conference.

Paul Severin was named a first-team All-American end by the Associated Press, and a second-team All-American by the NEA.[1]

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23The Citadel
W 50–0
September 30Wake Forest
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 36–6
October 72:00 p.m.vs. VPI
W 13–615,000[2][3]
October 14NYU*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 14–720,000[4]
October 21at No. 4 Tulane*No. 14
T 14–14
October 28at No. 16 Penn*No. 13
W 30–6
November 4NC StateNo. 9
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 17–0
November 11vs. DavidsonNo. 8
W 32–0
November 18at No. 13 DukeNo. 7
L 3–1352,000
November 30Virginia*No. 16
W 19–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References[]

  1. ^ "2016 North Carolina football media guide" (PDF). North Carolina Athletic Communications Office. p. 121.
  2. ^ "Varsity Takes On VPI Today at Norfolk". The Daily Tar Heel. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. October 7, 1939. p. 1. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  3. ^ "Lalanne Leads Varsity To 13-6 Victory". The Daily Tar Heel. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. October 8, 1939. p. 1. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  4. ^ "Carolina wins, 14–7". The News and Observer. October 15, 1939. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "1939 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
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