1951 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

1951
Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
1951 Southern Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Maryland + 5 0 0 10 0 0
VMI + 5 0 0 7 3 0
Washington and Lee 5 1 0 6 4 0
William & Mary 5 1 0 7 3 0
No. 19 Clemson 3 1 0 7 3 0
Duke 4 2 0 5 4 1
South Carolina 5 3 0 6 4 0
Wake Forest 5 3 0 6 4 0
George Washington 2 3 1 2 6 1
North Carolina 2 3 0 2 8 0
West Virginia 2 3 0 5 5 0
NC State 2 6 0 3 7 0
Richmond 2 6 0 3 8 0
The Citadel 1 3 0 4 6 0
Furman 1 4 1 3 6 1
Davidson 1 5 0 1 8 0
VPI 1 7 0 2 8 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1951 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the

Kenan Memorial Stadium. The team competed as a member of the Southern Conference. The team was ranked at No. 67 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 222:30 p.m.
Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
  • W 21–043,000[2]
    September 292:00 p.m.Georgia*
    • Kenan Memorial Stadium
    • Chapel Hill, NC
    L 16–2836,000–41,000[3]
    October 62:00 p.m.at No. 6 Texas*L 20–4532,000[4]
    October 132:00 p.m.South Carolina
    • Kenan Memorial Stadium
    • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
    W 21–630,000–34,000[5]
    October 202:00 p.m.at No. 7
    Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
  • CBSL 7–1431,000[6][7]
    October 272:00 p.m.at Wake ForestL 7–3924,000[8]
    November 32:00 p.m.No. 1 Tennessee*
    • Kenan Memorial Stadium
    • Chapel Hill, NC
    L 0–2741,000[9]
    November 102:00 p.m.at Virginia*L 14–3425,000[10]
    November 172:00 p.m.Notre Dame*
    • Kenan Memorial Stadium
    • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
    L 7–1244,000–45,500[11]
    November 242:00 p.m.at DukeL 7–1941,300–50,000[12]
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
    • All times are in Eastern time

    [13][14]

    References

    1. Newspapers.com
      .
    2. Newspapers.com
      .
    3. Newspapers.com
      .
    4. Newspapers.com
      .
    5. Newspapers.com
      .
    6. Newspapers.com
      .
    7. ^ "CBS Field Sequential Color System".
    8. Newspapers.com
      .
    9. Newspapers.com
      .
    10. Newspapers.com
      .
    11. Newspapers.com
      .
    12. Newspapers.com
      .
    13. ^ "1951 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
    14. ^ "University of North Carolina 1952 Football Blue Book".