1950 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1950 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1950 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by eighth-year head coach Carl Snavely, and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The team competed as a member of the Southern Conference.

1950 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record3–5–2 (3–2–1 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainDick Bunting, Irv Holdash
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
1950 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 18 Washington and Lee $ 6 0 08 3 0
No. 10 Clemson 3 0 19 0 1
VMI 5 1 06 4 0
Wake Forest 6 1 16 1 2
Maryland 4 1 17 2 1
Duke 5 2 07 3 0
North Carolina 3 2 13 5 2
George Washington 4 3 05 4 0
NC State 4 4 15 4 1
William & Mary 3 3 04 7 0
The Citadel 2 3 04 6 0
South Carolina 2 4 13 4 2
Furman 2 4 02 8 1
West Virginia 1 3 02 8 0
Davidson 1 5 03 6 0
Richmond 1 8 02 8 0
VPI 0 8 00 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Center and linebacker Irv Holdash was named a first-team All-American by the All-America Board and Associated Press.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 232:30 p.m.NC StateNo. 20W 13–740,000
September 302:00 p.m.at No. 1 Notre Dame*No. 20L 7–1456,430
October 72:30 p.m.at Georgia*No. 11T 0–040,000[2]
October 142:00 p.m.Wake Forest
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 7–1343,500[3]
October 282:00 p.m.William & Mary
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 40–732,000
November 42:00 p.m.at No. 11 Tennessee*L 0–1638,000[4]
November 112:00 p.m.No. 18 Maryland
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
T 7–732,000
November 182:00 p.m.at South CarolinaW 14–725,000
November 252:00 p.m.Duke
L 0–740,000
December 22:00 p.m.at Virginia*L 13–4429,000–30,000[5][6]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References

  1. "2016 North Carolina football media guide" (PDF). North Carolina Athletic Communications Office. p. 120.
  2. "Georgia contains UNC, game is 0–0 deadlock". The Times Dispatch. October 8, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Wake Forest Staggers Tar Heels, 13-7: Students Are Injured In Goal Post Riot After Game Here". The Daily Tar Heel. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Tennessee beats UNC". Rocky Mount Telegram. November 5, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Rolfe, Shelley (December 3, 1950). "Papit Leads Virginia to 44-13 Rout of Carolina". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. p. 1D. Retrieved October 7, 2023 via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. Rolfe, Shelley (December 3, 1950). "Guepe Thought Virginia Would March, Didn't Expect Parade (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. p. 3D. Retrieved October 7, 2023 via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. "University of North Carolina 1951 Football Blue Book".
  8. "1950 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
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