1926 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1926 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	4–5 (3–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Chuck Collins (1st season)
Home stadium	Emerson Field

1926 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Alabama $	8	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	1
Tennessee	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
South Carolina	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Georgia	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Virginia	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	2
VPI	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Washington and Lee	3	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	2
Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Auburn	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
LSU	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Mississippi A&M	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
VMI	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Tulane	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Maryland	1	–	3	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Clemson	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Florida	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	6	–	2
Kentucky	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
NC State	0	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Sewanee	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1926 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 25	at Wake Forest	Wake Forest, NC (rivalry)	L 0–13
October 2	at Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	L 0–34
October 9	South Carolina	Emerson Field Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 7–0
October 16	Duke	Emerson Field Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 6–0
October 23	at Maryland	Old Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 6–14
October 30	NC State	Emerson Field Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 12–0
November 6	VMI*	Emerson Field Chapel Hill, NC	W 28–0
November 13	at Davidson*	Richardson Stadium Davidson, NC	L 0–10
November 23	at Virginia	Lambeth Field Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	L 0–3
*Non-conference game