1972 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1972 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ACC champion
Sun Bowl, W 32–28 vs. Texas Tech
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 12
1972 record11–1 (6–0 ACC)
Head coach
  • Bill Dooley (6th season)
Offensive coordinatorBobby Collins (6th season)
CaptainGene Brown, Ron Rusnak
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1971
1973 →
1972 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 North Carolina $ 6 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 17 NC State 4 – 1 – 1 8 – 3 – 1
Maryland 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Duke 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Clemson 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Virginia 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Wake Forest 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1972 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the North Carolina Tar Heels of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season.[2] The team won its second consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championship, going 6–0 in conference play, and played in the 1972 Sun Bowl, defeating Texas Tech by a score of 32–28. The Tar Heels ended the year ranked 12th in the AP Poll with an 11–1 record—the lone loss coming at Ohio State in their fourth game.[3] This was the first of only four seasons where North Carolina was able to win 11 games.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 9Richmond*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 28–18
September 16Maryland
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
W 31–26
September 23NC State
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 34–33
September 30at No. 5 Ohio State*
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
L 14–2986,180
October 14Kentucky*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 31–20
October 21at Wake Forest
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)
W 21–027,000
November 4at Clemson
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Clemson, SC
W 26–1041,000
November 11VirginiaNo. 18
W 23–336,500
November 18DukeNo. 16
W 14–047,000
November 25East Carolina*No. 15
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 42–1931,600[4]
December 9vs. Florida*No. 16
  • Gator Bowl
  • Jacksonville, FL
W 28–24
December 30vs. Texas Tech*No. 16
CBSW 32–2827,877
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel[]

1972 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR Earle Bethea
RB Ike Oglesby
QB Nick Vidnovic Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DL Gene Brown
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K Ellis Alexander
Head coach
  • Bill Dooley
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Season summary[]

Ohio State[]

See also: 1972 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
North Carolina Tar Heels at Ohio State Buckeyes
1 2 34Total
North Carolina 7 0 0714
Ohio St 3 6 14629

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: September 30, 1972
  • Game time: 1:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: Cloudy, 49 °F (9 °C)
  • Game attendance: 86,180
  • Box Score

References[]

  1. ^ "1972 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  2. ^ "1972 North Carolina Tar Heels". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  3. ^ "1972 Final AP Football Poll".
  4. ^ "Carolina runs through Pirates, 42–19". The News and Observer. November 26, 1972. Retrieved March 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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