1923 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record5–3–1 (2–1–1 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainRoy Morris
Home stadiumEmerson Field
Seasons
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1923 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington & Lee + 4 – 0 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Vanderbilt * + 3 – 0 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
VPI 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Alabama 4 – 1 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Maryland 2 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Florida 1 – 0 – 2 6 – 1 – 2
North Carolina 2 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Georgia 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Mississippi A&M 2 – 1 – 2 5 – 2 – 2
Tennessee 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Tulane 2 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Clemson 1 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Georgia Tech 0 – 0 – 4 3 – 2 – 4
NC State 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Auburn 0 – 1 – 3 3 – 3 – 3
Kentucky 0 – 2 – 2 4 – 3 – 2
Virginia 0 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
LSU 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Ole Miss 0 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
South Carolina 0 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • * co-member of SIAA

The 1923 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1923 college football season.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Wake Forest
W 22–03,401[1]
October 63:00 p.m.[2]at Yale*
L 0–5320,000[1]
October 123:00 p.m.[3]at Trinity (NC)*
W 14–64,000[1]
October 182:30 p.m.[4]at NC State
W 14–010,895[1]
October 272:30 p.m.[5]at Maryland
L 0–142,000[1][6]
November 3at South Carolina
W 13–03,500[1][7]
November 102:30 p.m.[8]vs. VMI*
L 0–97,971[1][9][10][11]
November 17Davidson*
  • Emerson Field
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 14–32,694[1][12]
November 292:00 p.m.[13]Virginia
  • Emerson Field
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
T 0–014,231[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, December 04, 1923, Image 1". December 4, 1923. p. 1.
  2. ^ "The Yale Daily News 6 October 1923 — Yale Daily News Historical Archive".
  3. ^ "The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina on October 12, 1923 · 14 (newspapers.com)".
  4. ^ "The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina on October 18, 1923 · 12".
  5. ^ "Evening Star from Washington, District of Columbia on October 26, 1923 · 28 (newspapers.com)".
  6. ^ H.C. Byrd (October 28, 1923). "Maryland Defeats North Carolina". The Sunday Star – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Tar Heels victorious in battle of the Carolinas". The News and Observer. November 4, 1923. Retrieved January 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "News Leader 10 November 1923 — Virginia Chronicle: Digital Newspaper Archive".
  9. ^ Harper, Robert (November 11, 1921). "Cadets Capture Football Classic From Tarheels". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. p. 1. Retrieved September 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  10. ^ Harper, Robert (November 11, 1921). "V. M. I. Victorious In Classic Clash With Carolinians (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. p. 53. Retrieved September 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  11. ^ Harper, Robert (November 11, 1921). "V. M. I. Victorious In Classic Clash With Carolinians (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. p. 54. Retrieved September 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  12. ^ "Tar Heels defeat Davidson, 14 to 3". Virginian-Pilot. November 18, 1923. Retrieved September 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina on November 29, 1923 · 13".
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