1971 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
The 1971 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the North Carolina Tar Heels of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season.[2] The Tar Heels were led by fifth-year head coach Bill Dooley and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. North Carolina won the Atlantic Coast Conference with a perfect conference record of 6–0. They were invited to the 1971 Gator Bowl, where they lost to Georgia.
| 1971 North Carolina Tar Heels football | |
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ACC champion | |
Gator Bowl, L 3–7 vs. Georgia | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 18 |
| 1971 record | 9–3 (6–0 ACC) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Bobby Collins (5th season) |
| Captain | John Bunting, Paul Miller |
| Home stadium | Kenan Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 11 | at Richmond* | W 28–0 | |||||
| September 18 | at Illinois* | W 27–0 | |||||
| September 25 | Maryland | W 35–14 | |||||
| October 2 | at NC State | No. 20 | W 27–7 | ||||
| October 9 | Tulane* | No. 18 |
| L 29–37 | 39,500 | [3] | |
| October 16 | at No. 7 Notre Dame* | L 0–16 | 59,075 | ||||
| October 23 | Wake Forest |
| W 7–3 | 44,000 | |||
| October 30 | William & Mary* |
| W 36–35 | ||||
| November 6 | Clemson |
| W 26–13 | 45,500 | |||
| November 13 | at Virginia | W 32–20 | 18,450 | ||||
| November 20 | at Duke | W 38–0 | 51,500 | ||||
| December 31 | vs. No. 6 Georgia* | NBC | L 3–7 | 71,208 | |||
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References
- "1971 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
- "1971 North Carolina Tar Heels". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
- "Tulane rocks Tar Heels". The News and Observer. October 10, 1971. Retrieved October 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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