1954 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1954 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	4–5–1 (4–2 ACC)
Head coach	George T. Barclay (2nd season)
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium

1954 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 14 Duke $	4	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	1
No. 8 Maryland	4	–	0	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
North Carolina	4	–	2	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
South Carolina	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Clemson	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
Virginia	0	–	2	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
NC State	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1954 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by second-year head coach George T. Barclay, and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The team competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, in the conference's second season of football, finishing in third.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 25	NC State	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 20–6
October 2	at Tulane*	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	T 7–7
October 9	Georgia*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 7–21
October 16	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 0–33
October 23	Wake Forest	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 14–7
October 30	at Tennessee*	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	L 20–26
November 6	South Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 21–19
November 13	at No. 5 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	L 13–42
November 20	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	W 26–14
November 27	No. 20 Duke	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)	L 12–47
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time

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