1971 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
Appearance
1971 North Carolina Tar Heels football | |
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ACC champion | |
Gator Bowl, L 3–7 vs. Georgia | |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 18 |
Record | 9–3 (6–0 ACC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Bobby Collins (5th season) |
Captain | John Bunting, Paul Miller |
Home stadium | Kenan Memorial Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1971 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the North Carolina Tar Heels of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season.[2] The Tar Heels were led by fifth-year head coach Bill Dooley and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. North Carolina won the Atlantic Coast Conference with a perfect conference record of 6–0. They were invited to the 1971 Gator Bowl, where they lost to Georgia.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 11 | 8:00 p.m. | at Richmond* | W 28–0 | 16,000 | [3] | |||
September 18 | 1:30 p.m. | at Illinois* | W 27–0 | 49,591 | ||||
September 25 | 1:30 p.m. | Maryland | W 35–14 | 43,000 | ||||
October 2 | 1:50 p.m. | at NC State | No. 20 | W 27–7 | 35,000 | |||
October 9 | 1:30 p.m. | Tulane* | No. 18 |
| L 29–37 | 39,500 | [4] | |
October 16 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 7 Notre Dame* | L 0–16 | 59,075 | ||||
October 23 | 1:50 p.m. | Wake Forest |
| W 7–3 | 44,000 | |||
October 30 | 1:30 p.m. | William & Mary* |
| W 36–35 | 38,500 | |||
November 6 | 1:30 p.m. | Clemson |
| W 26–13 | 45,500 | |||
November 13 | 1:30 p.m. | at Virginia | W 32–20 | 18,450 | ||||
November 20 | 1:30 p.m. | at Duke | W 38–0 | 51,500 | ||||
December 31 | 2:10 p.m. | vs. No. 6 Georgia* | NBC | L 3–7 | 71,208 | |||
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References
- ^ "1971 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
- ^ "1971 North Carolina Tar Heels". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ "Tar Heels spill Richmond, 28–0". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 12, 1971. Retrieved October 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tulane rocks Tar Heels". The News and Observer. October 10, 1971. Retrieved October 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.