1953 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1953 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1953 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by first-year head coach George T. Barclay, and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The team competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, in the conference's inaugural year, finishing tied for third.

1953 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record4–6 (2–3 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainKen Yarborough
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
1953 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Maryland + 3 –0 –010 –1 –0
No. 18 Duke + 4 –0 –07 –2 –1
South Carolina 2 –3 –07 –3 –0
North Carolina 2 –3 –04 –6 –0
Wake Forest 2 –3 –03 –6 –1
Clemson 1 –2 –03 –5 –1
NC State 0 –3 –01 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 262:30 p.m.NC State
W 29–7
October 32:00 p.m.Washington & Lee*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 39–018,000[2]
October 102:00 p.m.at Wake Forest
W 18–1312,000
October 172:00 p.m.No. 3 Maryland
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 0–2635,000
October 242:00 p.m.at Georgia*
L 14–27
October 312:00 p.m.Tennessee*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 6–2027,000[3]
November 72:00 p.m.at South Carolina
L 0–18
November 142:00 p.m.No. 1 Notre Dame*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 14–3443,000[4]
November 212:00 p.m.at Virginia*
W 33–713,000
November 282:00 p.m.at Duke
L 20–3540,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References
  1. "1953 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  2. "North Carolina routs W and L by fumbles". The Times and Democrat. October 4, 1953. Retrieved August 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Vols trip UNC, 20–6". Durham Morning Herald. November 1, 1953. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "The Daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, November 15, 1953, Image 1". November 15, 1953. p. 1.
  5. "1953 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
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