1953 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1953 North Carolina Tar Heels football Atlantic Coast Conference ACC 4–6 2–3 George T. Barclay 1st Ken Yarborough Kenan Memorial Stadium 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. Schedule 1953 AP Eastern September 26 2:30 p.m. w NC State Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC rivalry 29–7 20,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-progress-index-north-carolina-tops-s/138033133/ The Progress-Index North Carolina tops State, 29–7 September 27, 1953 January 4, 2024 Newspapers.com October 3 2:00 p.m. w y Washington & Lee Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC 39–0 18,000 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108028829/north-carolina-routs-w-and-l-by-fumbles/ The Times and Democrat North Carolina routs W and L by fumbles October 4, 1953 August 21, 2022 Newspapers.com October 10 2:00 p.m. w y Wake Forest Groves Stadium (I) Wake Forest, NC rivalry 18–13 12,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-late-north-carolina-sco/138033230/ The Miami Herald Late North Carolina score defeats Wake Forest, 18–13 October 11, 1953 January 4, 2024 Newspapers.com October 17 2:00 p.m. l Maryland 3 Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC 0–26 35,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-star-maryland-defeats-north-caro/138031104/ The Sunday Star Maryland defeats North Carolina, 26–0, on four long drives October 18, 1953 January 4, 2024 Newspapers.com October 24 2:00 p.m. l y y Georgia Sanford Stadium Athens, GA 14–27 30,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-jackson-sun-bratkowskicarson-combin/132981684/ The Jackson Sun Bratkowski–Carson combine gives Georgia 27–14 win October 25, 1953 January 4, 2024 Newspapers.com October 31 2:00 p.m. l y Tennessee Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC 6–20 27,000 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98675480/vols-trip-unc-206/ Durham Morning Herald Vols trip UNC, 20–6 November 1, 1953 March 29, 2022 Newspapers.com November 7 2:00 p.m. l y South Carolina Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC rivalry 0–18 23,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-orlando-sentinel-south-carolina-thum/138032725/ The Orlando Sentinel South Carolina thumps NC November 8, 1953 January 4, 2024 Newspapers.com November 14 2:00 p.m. l y Notre Dame 1 rivalry Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC 14–34 43,000 https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073228/1953-11-15/ed-1/seq-1/ The Daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, November 15, 1953, Image 1 15 November 1953 1953/11/15 1 November 21 2:00 p.m. w y y Virginia Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA South's Oldest Rivalry 33–7 13,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-and-democrat-tar-heels-hand-ca/138033352/ The Times and Democrat Tar Heels hand Cavaliers final humiliation of season, 33–7 November 22, 1953 January 4, 2024 Newspapers.com November 28 2:00 p.m. l y Duke Duke Stadium Durham, NC Victory Bell 20–35 40,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/pensacola-news-journal-duke-defeats-n-c/138032434/ The Pensacola News Journal Duke defeats N. Carolina 35 to 20 November 29, 1953 January 4, 2024 Newspapers.com https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/north-carolina/1953-schedule.html 1953 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC May 14, 2018 References North Carolina Category:North Carolina Tar Heels football seasons North Carolina Tar Heels football