1939 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
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Conference | Southern Conference |
Record | 8–1–1 (5–1 SoCon) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Snuffy Stirnweiss, Jim Woodson |
Home stadium | Kenan Memorial Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Duke $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 12 Clemson | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William & Mary | 2 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington and Lee | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VPI | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Davidson | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1939 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1939 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by fourth-year head coach Raymond Wolf and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. They competed as a member of the Southern Conference.
North Carolina was not ranked in the final AP poll, but it was ranked at No. 26 in the 1939 Williamson System ratings,[1] and at No. 7 in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[2]
Paul Severin was named a first-team All-American end by the Associated Press, and a second-team All-American by the NEA.[3]
Schedule
[edit]Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 23 | 2:30 p.m.[4] | The Citadel | W 50–0 | 28,000[5] | [6] | ||
September 30 | 2:30 p.m.[7] | Wake Forest |
| W 36–6 | 18,000[8] | [9] | |
October 7 | 2:30 p.m.[10] | vs. VPI | W 13–6 | 15,000 | [11][12] | ||
October 14 | 2:30 p.m.[13] | NYU* |
| W 14–7 | 20,000 | [14] | |
October 21 | 3:00 p.m.[15] | at No. 4 Tulane* | No. 14 | T 14–14 | 34,000[16] | [17] | |
October 28 | 2:00 p.m.[18] | at No. 16 Penn* | No. 13 | W 30–6 | 55,000 | [19] | |
November 4 | 2:00 p.m.[20] | NC State | No. 9 |
| W 17–0 | 14,000 | [21] |
November 11 | 2:00 p.m.[22] | vs. Davidson | No. 8 | W 32–0 | 11,000[23] | [24] | |
November 18 | 2:00 p.m.[25] | at No. 13 Duke | No. 7 | L 3–13 | 52,000 | [26] | |
November 30 | 2:00 p.[27] | Virginia* | No. 16 |
| W 19–0 | [28] | |
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References
[edit]- ^ Paul Williamson (December 8, 1941). "Texas Aggies Ranked Nation's Top". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "2016 North Carolina football media guide" (PDF). North Carolina Athletic Communications Office. p. 121.
- ^ "The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina on September 23, 1939 · 9".
- ^ "The Herald-Sun from Durham, North Carolina on September 24, 1939 · 27".
- ^ "Tar Heel eleven tramples Citadel". Daily Press. September 24, 1939. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, September 30, 1939, Image 1". September 30, 1939. p. 1.
- ^ "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, October 01, 1939, Image 1". October 1939. p. 1.
- ^ "North Carolina wallops Wake Forest". The State. October 1, 1939. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Suffolk News-Herald 6 October 1939 — Virginia Chronicle: Digital Newspaper Archive".
- ^ "Varsity Takes On VPI Today at Norfolk". The Daily Tar Heel. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. October 7, 1939. p. 1. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
- ^ "Lalanne Leads Varsity To 13-6 Victory". The Daily Tar Heel. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. October 8, 1939. p. 1. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
- ^ "The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, October 13, 1939, Image 1". October 13, 1939.
- ^ "Carolina wins, 14–7". The News and Observer. October 15, 1939. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The Times from Shreveport, Louisiana on October 21, 1939 · Page 12".
- ^ "The Times from Shreveport, Louisiana on October 22, 1939 · Page 23". Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tarheels tie Green Wave score 14–14". The State. October 22, 1939. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The Philadelphia Inquirer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 28, 1939 · Page 23".
- ^ "North Carolina passes rout Penn, 30–6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 29, 1939. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Technician, Vol. 20 No. 8, November 3, 1939 - technician-v20n8-1939-11-03 - NC State University Libraries' Rare and Unique Digital Collections | NC State University Libraries' Rare and Unique Digital Collections".
- ^ "Tar Heels wallop State in rain, 17–0". The Charlotte News. November 5, 1939. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, November 11, 1939, Image 1". November 11, 1939. p. 1.
- ^ "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, November 12, 1939, Image 3". November 12, 1939. p. 3.
- ^ "Tar Heels spank Davidson's 'Cats". The News and Observer. November 12, 1939. Retrieved September 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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- ^ "Duke rallies to turn back Carolina, 13–3". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 19, 1939. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, November 29, 1939, Image 1". November 29, 1939. p. 1.
- ^ "Cavaliers go down before North Carolina, 19 to 0". Daily Press. December 1, 1939. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1939 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 19, 2018.