1946 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1946 North Carolina Tar Heels football
SoCon champion
Sugar Bowl, L 10–20 vs. Georgia
Conference Southern Conference
Ranking
AP No. 9
1946 record 8–2–1 (4–0–1 SoCon)
Head coach Carl Snavely (4th season)
Offensive scheme Single-wing
Home stadium Kenan Memorial Stadium
1946 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 9 North Carolina $ 4 0 1  8 2 1
William & Mary 7 1 0  8 2 0
No. 18 NC State 6 1 0  8 3 0
South Carolina 4 2 0  5 3 0
Duke 3 2 0  4 5 0
Richmond 3 2 2  6 2 2
VPI 3 3 2  3 4 3
VMI 2 3 1  4 5 1
George Washington 1 1 0  4 3 0
Clemson 2 3 0  4 5 0
Wake Forest 2 3 0  6 3 0
Maryland 2 5 0  3 6 0
Furman 1 4 0  2 8 0
Washington and Lee 1 4 0  2 6 0
The Citadel 1 5 0  3 5 0
Davidson 1 5 0  4 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina during the 1946 college football season.[1] The Tar Heels were led by fourth-year head coach Carl Snavely and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The team competed as members of the Southern Conference, winning the conference title with an undefeated conference record of 4–0–1. Ranked ninth in the final AP Poll, the Tar Heels were invited to the school's first ever bowl game, the 1947 Sugar Bowl, where they lost to Georgia.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 28 VPI Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC T 1414  
October 4 at Miami (FL)* Burdine StadiumMiami, FL W 210  
October 12 Maryland Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 330  
October 19 at Navy* No. 15 Municipal StadiumBaltimore, MD W 2114  
October 26 Florida* No. 10 Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 4019  
November 2 at No. 10 Tennessee* No. 9 Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN L 1420  
November 9 vs. William & Mary No. 17 City StadiumRichmond, VA W 217  
November 16 Wake Forest No. 15 Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC (Rivalry) W 2614  
November 23 Duke No. 14 Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell) W 227  
November 30 at Virginia* No. 11 Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry) W 4914  
January 1 vs. No. 3 Georgia* No. 9 Tulane StadiumNew Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) L 1020  
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time.

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.