1940 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1940 Southern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1940 North Carolina Tar Heels football
1940 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	Southern Conference
1940 record	6–4 (3–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Raymond Wolf (5th season);
Captain	Paul Severin, Gates Kimball
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

The 1940 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1940 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by fifth-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 selected as a first-team All-American end by the Associated Press for a second straight year, as well as by the NEA, Newsweek, and Football Digest.^[1] He is remembered for a game-saving tackle of Steve Lach in UNC's win against rival Duke.^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	Appalachian State*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 56–6		^[3]
September 28	Wake Forest	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	L 0–12	15,500
October 5	vs. Davidson	Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 27–7
October 12	TCU*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 21–14
October 19	at NC State	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	W 13–7
October 26	Tulane*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 13–14
November 2	at Fordham*	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 0–14	16,794
November 9	at Richmond	City Stadium Richmond, VA	L 13–14
November 16	No. 12 Duke	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 6–3	41,000
November 23	at Virginia*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	W 10–7
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "2016 North Carolina football media guide" (PDF). North Carolina Athletic Communications Office. p. 121.
^ Media guide, p. 122
^ "Carolina defeats Appalachian, 56–6". The News and Observer. September 22, 1940. Retrieved December 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1940 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 19, 2018.

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

1940 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Clemson $	4	–	0	–	0	6	–	2	–	1
No. 18 Duke	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Wake Forest	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
William & Mary	2	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
North Carolina	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Richmond	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
VMI	3	–	2	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Furman	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Washington and Lee	1	–	1	–	1	2	–	7	–	1
VPI	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
NC State	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Maryland	0	–	1	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
South Carolina	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Davidson	1	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
The Citadel	0	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll