1943 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1943 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	6–3 (2–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Tom Young (1st season)
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium

1943 Southern Conference football standings

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

The 1943 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1943 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by first-year head coach Tom Young and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. They competed as a member of the Southern Conference.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 25	at Georgia Tech*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 7–20
October 2	Penn State*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 19–0
October 9	Jacksonville Naval Air Station*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 23–0
October 16	at No. 6 Duke	Duke Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	L 7–14
October 30	NC State	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 27–13
November 6	at South Carolina	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)	W 21–6
November 13	at No. 10 Penn*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 9–6
November 20	No. 6 Duke	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)	L 6–27
November 27	Virginia*	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	W 54–7
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time

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