1942 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1942 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference Southern Conference
1942 record 5–2–2 (3–1–1 SoCon)
Head coach Jim Tatum (1st season)
Home stadium Kenan Memorial Stadium
1942 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 14 William & Mary $ 4 0 0  9 1 1
VPI 5 1 0  7 2 1
Wake Forest 6 1 1  6 2 1
North Carolina 3 1 1  5 2 2
Duke 3 1 1  5 4 1
NC State 3 1 2  4 4 2
Furman 3 3 0  3 6 0
The Citadel 2 2 0  5 2 0
Clemson 2 3 1  3 6 1
Davidson 2 4 1  2 6 1
VMI 2 4 1  3 5 1
George Washington 2 4 0  3 6 0
Maryland 1 2 0  7 2 0
South Carolina 1 4 0  1 7 1
Richmond 1 5 0  3 6 1
Washington and Lee 0 4 0  1 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1942 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by first-year head coach Jim Tatum and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. They competed as a member of the Southern Conference. Tatum left the school to join the Navy at the end of the season.[1] He returned to coach the Tar Heels from 1956 to 1958.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 26 Wake Forest Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC (Rivalry) W 60  
October 3 South Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC (Rivalry) W 186  
October 10 at Fordham* Polo GroundsNew York, NY T 00  
October 17 No. 13 Duquesne* Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 136  
October 24 at Tulane* No. 19 Tulane StadiumNew Orleans, LA L 1429  
October 31 at NC State Riddick StadiumRaleigh, NC (Rivalry) L 1421  
November 7 vs. Davidson Charlotte, NC W 4314  
November 14 Duke Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell) T 1313  
November 21 at Virginia* Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry) W 2813  
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time.

Source:[2]

References

  1. "North Carolina Loses Coach Tatum to Navy". New York Times. December 1, 1942. p. 29.
  2. "1942 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
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