1972 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1972 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ACC champion
Sun Bowl, W 32–28 vs. Texas Tech
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 12
Record11–1 (6–0 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBobby Collins (6th season)
CaptainGene Brown, Ron Rusnak
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1971
1973 →
1972 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 North Carolina $ 6 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 17 NC State 4 – 1 – 1 8 – 3 – 1
Maryland 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Duke 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Clemson 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Virginia 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Wake Forest 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1972 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the North Carolina Tar Heels of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season.[2] The team won its second consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championship, going 6–0 in conference play, and played in the 1972 Sun Bowl, defeating Texas Tech by a score of 32–28. The Tar Heels ended the year ranked 12th in the AP Poll with an 11–1 record—the lone loss coming at Ohio State in their fourth game.[3] This was the first of only four seasons where North Carolina was able to win 11 games.

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 91:30 p.m.Richmond*
W 28–1831,500[4]
September 161:30 p.m.Maryland
W 31–2628,000[5]
September 231:30 p.m.NC State
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 34–3347,000[6]
September 301:30 p.m.at No. 5 Ohio State*
L 14–2986,180[7]
October 141:30 p.m.Kentucky*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 31–2042,500[8]
October 211:30 p.m.at Wake Forest
W 21–027,000[9]
November 41:30 p.m.at Clemson
W 26–1038,235[10][11]
November 111:30 p.m.VirginiaNo. 18
W 23–336,500[12]
November 181:30 p.m.DukeNo. 16
W 14–047,000[13]
November 251:30 p.m.East Carolina*No. 15
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 42–1931,600[14]
December 92:00 p.m.vs. Florida*No. 16
W 28–2433,103[15]
December 301:00 p.m.vs. Texas Tech*No. 16
CBSW 32–2827,877[16]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Personnel[edit]

1972 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR Earle Bethea
RB Ike Oglesby
QB Nick Vidnovic Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DL Gene Brown
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K Ellis Alexander
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries[edit]

Ohio State[edit]

See also: 1972 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
North Carolina Tar Heels at Ohio State Buckeyes
Period 1 2 34Total
North Carolina 7 0 0714
Ohio St 3 6 14629

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: September 30, 1972
  • Game time: 1:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: Cloudy, 49 °F (9 °C)
  • Game attendance: 86,180
  • Box Score
Game information

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1972 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  2. ^ "1972 North Carolina Tar Heels". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  3. ^ "1972 Final AP Football Poll".
  4. ^ "Tar Heels rush past Richmond, 28–18". The News and Observer. September 9, 1972. Retrieved October 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "North Carolina barely beats underdog Maryland 31–26". The Danville Register. September 17, 1972. Retrieved January 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Pack gamble fails, UNC victor, 34 to 33". Richmond Times-Dispatch. September 24, 1972. Retrieved January 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Frosh find leads Beckeyes by N.C." The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 1, 1972. Retrieved January 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "North Carolina staves off upset-minded Kentucky, 31–20". Rocky Mount Telegram. October 15, 1972. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "N. Carolina tops Wake Forest 21–0". Tallahassee Democrat. October 22, 1972. Retrieved January 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Clemson Football Media Guide - 1973". Clemson University. 1973. p. 2. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  11. ^ "Tar Heels down Clemson". Rocky Mount Telegram. November 5, 1972. Retrieved January 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Tar Heels stumble to ACC title, 23–3". The Gastonia Gazette. November 12, 1972. Retrieved January 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "6 pass thefts carry UNC into Sun Bowl". Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel. November 19, 1972. Retrieved January 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Carolina runs through Pirates, 42–19". The News and Observer. November 26, 1972. Retrieved March 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "3 TDs by Johnson power N. Carolina". The Courier-Journal. December 10, 1972. Retrieved October 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Tar Heels win on late score". The Baltimore Sun. December 31, 1972. Retrieved January 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.


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