1953 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1953 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
1953 record4–6 (2–3 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainKen Yarborough
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
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
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

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[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 26NC State
W 29–7
October 3Washington & Lee*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 39–0
October 10at Wake Forest
W 18–1312,000
October 17No. 3 Maryland
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 0–2635,000
October 24at Georgia*
L 14–27
October 31Tennessee*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 6–20
November 7at South Carolina
L 0–18
November 14No. 1 Notre Dame*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 14–3443,000
November 21at Virginia*
W 33–7
November 28at Duke
L 20–3540,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References[]

  1. ^ "1953 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  2. ^ "1953 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
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