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1944 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record1–7–1 (0–3–1 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainBobby Weant
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1943
1945 →
1944 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Duke $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Wake Forest 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Clemson 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
NC State 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
William & Mary 2 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Maryland 1 – 1 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
South Carolina 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 2
VMI 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
North Carolina 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
Richmond 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1944 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by first-year head coach Gene McEver and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. They competed as a member of the Southern Conference.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 233:00 p.m.[1]Wake Forest
L 0–713,000[2][3]
September 302:45 p.m.[4]at Army*
L 0–467,000[5][6]
October 73:00 p.m.[7]at Georgia Tech*
L 0–2815,000[8]
October 143:00 p.m.[9]Cherry Point Marines*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 20–147,500[10]
November 42:30 p.m.[11]South Carolina
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 0–6
November 112:30 p.m.[12]William & Mary
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
T 0–03,000[13]
November 182:30 p.m.[14]at No. 20 Yale*
L 6–1310,000[15]
November 252:00 p.m.[16]No. 11 Duke
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 0–3325,000[17]
December 22:30 p.m.[18]vs. Virginia*
L 7–268,000[19]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References

  1. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, September 23, 1944, Image 1". 23 September 1944. p. 1.
  2. ^ "The Herald-Sun from Durham, North Carolina on September 24, 1944 · 23".
  3. ^ "Wake Forest Deacons Beat Tar Heels, 7-0, In Opener". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 24, 1944. p. IV-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, September 30, 1944, Image 4". 30 September 1944. p. 4.
  5. ^ "Daily News from New York, New York on October 1, 1944 · 49".
  6. ^ Jack Smith (October 1, 1944). "Army Routs Carolina, 46-0; Davis Scores 3". New York Daily News. p. 73 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia on October 7, 1944 · 5".
  8. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 10, 1944, Image 4". 10 October 1944. p. 4.
  9. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 14, 1944, Image 4". 14 October 1944. p. 4.
  10. ^ "The Herald-Sun from Durham, North Carolina on October 15, 1944 · 24".
  11. ^ "The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina on November 4, 1944 · 7".
  12. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 11, 1944, Image 3". 11 November 1944. p. 3.
  13. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 14, 1944, Image 3". 14 November 1944. p. 3.
  14. ^ "The Yale Daily News 17 November 1944 — Yale Daily News Historical Archive".
  15. ^ "The South Bend Tribune from South Bend, Indiana on November 19, 1944 · 28".
  16. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 25, 1944, Image 1". 25 November 1944. p. 1.
  17. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 28, 1944, Image 3". 28 November 1944. p. 3.
  18. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, December 02, 1944, Image 3". 2 December 1944. p. 3.
  19. ^ "Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, December 03, 1944, Image 21". 3 December 1944.
  20. ^ "1944 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
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