1971 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
| 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) |
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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 | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result |
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| September 11 | at Richmond* | W 28–0 | ||
| September 18 | at Illinois* | W 27–0 | ||
| September 25 | Maryland | W 35–14 | ||
| October 2 | at NC State | No. 20 | W 27–7 | |
| October 9 | Tulane* | No. 18 |
| L 29–37 |
| October 16 | at No. 7 Notre Dame* | L 0–16 | ||
| October 23 | Wake Forest |
| W 7–3 | |
| October 30 | William & Mary* |
| W 36–35 | |
| November 6 | Clemson |
| W 26–13 | |
| November 13 | at Virginia | W 32–20 | ||
| November 20 | at Duke | W 38–0 | ||
| December 31 | vs. No. 6 Georgia* | L 3–7 | ||
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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.
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