1926 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1926 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1926 college football season.[1]

1926 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record4–5 (3–3 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainManly Whisnant
Home stadiumEmerson Field
1926 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Alabama $ 8 –0 –09 –0 –1
Tennessee 5 –1 –08 –1 –0
Vanderbilt 4 –1 –08 –1 –0
South Carolina 4 –2 –06 –4 –0
Georgia 4 –2 –05 –4 –0
Virginia 4 –2 –16 –2 –2
VPI 3 –2 –15 –3 –1
Washington and Lee 3 –2 –14 –3 –2
Georgia Tech 4 –3 –04 –5 –0
North Carolina 3 –3 –04 –5 –0
Auburn 3 –3 –05 –4 –0
LSU 3 –3 –06 –3 –0
Ole Miss 2 –2 –05 –4 –0
Mississippi A&M 2 –3 –05 –4 –0
VMI 2 –4 –05 –5 –0
Tulane 2 –4 –03 –5 –1
Maryland 1 –3 –15 –4 –1
Clemson 1 –3 –02 –7 –0
Florida 1 –4 –12 –6 –2
Kentucky 1 –4 –12 –6 –1
NC State 0 –4 –04 –6 –0
Sewanee 0 –5 –02 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at Wake Forest*
L 0–138,000[2]
October 23:30 p.m.[3]at Tennessee
L 0–34[4]
October 93:00 p.m.[5]South Carolina
W 7–0[6]
October 163:00 p.m.[7]Duke*
  • Emerson Field
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 6–05,000[8]
October 232:30 p.m.[9]at Maryland
L 6–143,500[10]
October 302:30 p.m.[11]NC State
  • Emerson Field
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 12–0
November 63:00 p.m.[12]VMI
  • Emerson Field
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 28–07,000[13][13]
November 13at Davidson*
L 0–10[14]
November 25at Virginia
L 0–315,000[15][16]

References
  1. "1926 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  2. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, September 28, 1926, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  3. "The Knoxville Journal from Knoxville, Tennessee on October 1, 1926 · 13 (newspapers.com)".
  4. "Tar Heels humiliated by Volunteers, 34–0". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 3, 1926. Retrieved August 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 09, 1926, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  6. "Tar Heels upset dope by 7–0 victory". The News and Observer. October 10, 1926. Retrieved January 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "The Duke Chronicle, vol. 22, no. 4 (Wednesday, October 13, 1926)".
  8. "The Duke Chronicle, vol. 22, no. 5 (Wednesday, October 20, 1926)".
  9. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 23, 1926, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  10. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 26, 1926, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  11. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 30, 1926, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  12. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 06, 1926, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  13. "Carolina defeats V.M.I." The News and Observer. November 7, 1926. Retrieved December 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Dopesters given shock as Davidson beats N. Carolina". Daily Press. November 14, 1926. Retrieved September 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "The Cleveland Star. (Shelby, N.C.) 189?-1936, November 26, 1926, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  16. "The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina on November 25, 1926 · 10 (newspapers.com)".


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