1952 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1952 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record2–6 (1–2 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainGeorge Norris, Bud Wallace
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 16 Duke $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Wake Forest 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
West Virginia 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
William & Mary 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
George Washington 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
VPI 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Furman 2 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Washington and Lee 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
VMI 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
NC State 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
South Carolina 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
North Carolina 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
The Citadel 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Davidson 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Richmond 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Maryland †   –   7 – 2 – 0
Clemson †   –   2 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • † League sanctions prevented Maryland and Clemson from conference participation
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1952 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by tenth-year head coach Carl Snavely, and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The team competed as a member of the Southern Conference for the last time, before North Carolina and six other schools broke off from the SoCon to form the Atlantic Coast Conference.

At the conclusion of the season, Snavely resigned as head coach after ten seasons.[1] He posted a record of 59–35–5 while at UNC, retiring as the school's all-time winningest coach.[2]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 272:30 p.m.No. 11 Texas*
L 7–2840,000[3]
October 182:00 p.m.Wake Forest
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 7–930,000[4]
October 251:30 p.m.at No. 16 Notre Dame*
L 14–3454,338[5]
November 12:00 p.m.at No. 12 Tennessee*
L 14–4122,000[6]
November 82:00 p.m.Virginia*dagger
L 7–3425,000[7]
November 152:00 p.m.at South Carolina
W 27–1920,000[8]
November 222:00 p.m.No. 20 Duke
L 0–3434,000–42,000[9]
November 288:15 p.m.at Miami (FL)*
W 34–720,000[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References

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  1. ^ "Snavely Quits as Coach Of North Carolina Team". New York Times. December 3, 1952. p. 48.
  2. ^ "2016 North Carolina football media guide" (PDF). North Carolina Athletic Communications Office. p. 158.
  3. ^ "Texas tops Tar Heels". The Rocky Mount Sunday Telegram. September 28, 1952. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Wake Forest nips Tar Heels, 9–7". Daily Press. October 19, 1952. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Notre Dame tramples over North Carolina, 34 to 14". Battle Creek Enquirer & News. October 26, 1952. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Tar Heels lose to Vols, 41–14, at Knoxville". Rocky Mount Telegram. November 2, 1952. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Cavaliers coast to 34 to 7 win over hapless Tar Heels". Tampa Sunday Tribune. November 9, 1952. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Tarheels beat Gamecocks for first victory". Bristol Herald Courier. November 16, 1952. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Duke defeats N.C. team, 34–0". The Baltimore Sun. November 23, 1952. Retrieved December 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Things look brighter for Snavely, UNC". The Columbia Record. November 29, 1952. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "1952 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
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