1943 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1943 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record6–3 (2–2 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainCraven Turner
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1942
1944 →
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.

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, North Carolina ranked 18th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 97.0.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 253:00 p.m.[2]at Georgia Tech*
L 7–2020,000[3]
October 23:00 p.m.[4]Penn State*
W 19–09,983–13,500[5]
October 93:00 p.m.Jacksonville NATTC*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 23–07,000[6][7][8]
October 163:00 p.m.[9]at No. 6 Duke
L 7–1432,000[10]
October 303:00 p.m.[11]NC State
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 27–13[12]
November 62:30 p.m.[13]at South Carolina
W 21–68,000[14]
November 132:00 p.m.[15]at No. 10 Penn*
W 9–630,000[16]
November 202:30 p.m.[17]No. 6 Duke
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 6–2727,000[18]
November 272:00 p.m.[19]vs. Virginia*
W 54–715,000[20][21]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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  2. ^ "The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia on September 25, 1943 · 12".
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  4. ^ "The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina on October 2, 1943 · 8".
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  9. ^ "The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina on October 16, 1943 · 7".
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  11. ^ "The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina on October 30, 1943 · 7".
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  13. ^ "The State from Columbia, South Carolina on November 6, 1943 · 3".
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  15. ^ "The Herald-Sun from Durham, North Carolina on November 13, 1943 · 6".
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  17. ^ "The Herald-Sun from Durham, North Carolina on November 20, 1943 · 6".
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  19. ^ "The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, November 27, 1943, FINAL EDITION, Image 5". November 27, 1943. p. 5.
  20. ^ "The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, November 28, 1943, FINAL EDITION, Image 8". November 28, 1943. p. 8.
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  22. ^ "1943 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
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