1937 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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The 1937 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1937 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by second-year head coach Raymond Wolf and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. They competed as a member of the Southern Conference, finishing with an undefeated conference record of 4–0–1. North Carolina claims a conference championship for 1937,[1] although Maryland is recognized as the official conference champion with a 2–0 conference record.[2] On October 25, 1937, the Tar Heels made the school's first ever appearance in the AP Poll, which was in its second year of operation. The team finished ranked 19th in the final poll of the season.

ConferenceSouthern Conference
APNo. 19
Record7–1–1 (4–0–1 SoCon)
Headcoach
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1937 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 19
Record7–1–1 (4–0–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1936
1938 â†’
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1937 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Maryland $2–0–08–2–0
No. 19 North Carolina4–0–17–1–1
Clemson2–0–14–4–1
No. 20 Duke5–1–07–2–1
VMI4–2–05–5–0
NC State4–2–15–3–1
South Carolina2–2–15–6–1
Washington and Lee2–3–04–5–0
The Citadel2–3–07–4–0
Richmond2–3–05–4–1
Furman1–2–24–3–2
VPI2–4–05–5–0
William & Mary1–3–04–5–0
Wake Forest1–4–03–6–0
Davidson1–6–02–8–0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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Andy Bershak was a consensus All-American end for the Tar Heels.[3]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 252:30 p.m.[4]South Carolina
T 13–1314,000[5][6]
October 22:30 p.m.[7]at NC State
W 20–016,000[8][9]
October 92:30 p.m.[10]at NYU*
W 19–614,000[11][12][13]
October 162:30 p.m.[14]at Wake Forest
W 28–010,000[15][16]
October 232:30 p.m.[17]Tulane*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 13–021,000[18][19]
October 302:30 p.m.[20]No. 10 Fordham*No. 15
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 0–1424,000[21][22]
November 62:30 p.m.[23]at Davidson
W 26–08,000[24]
November 132:00 p.m.[25]at No. 8 Duke
W 14–643,000[26][27]
November 252:00 p.m.[28]Virginia*No. 18
W 40–014,000[29]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
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