1973 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1973 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	4–7 (1–5 ACC)
Head coach	Bill Dooley (7th season)
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 50,000)

1973 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 16 NC State $	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 20 Maryland	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Clemson	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Virginia	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Duke	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	8	–	1
North Carolina	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Wake Forest	0	–	5	–	1			1	–	9	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. The Tar Heels were led by seventh-year head coach Bill Dooley and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in sixth.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 15	William & Mary*	No. 19	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 34–27
September 22	Maryland		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 3–23
September 29	No. 20 Missouri*		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 14–27
October 6	at NC State		Carter Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	L 26–28
October 13	at Kentucky*		Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	W 16–10
October 20	at No. 17 Tulane*		Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	L 0–16
October 27	East Carolina*		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 28–27
November 3	at Virginia		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	L 40–44
November 10	Clemson		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 29–37
November 17	Wake Forest		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 42–0
November 24	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	L 10–27
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time