Battle of Backbone Mountain

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1973 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 16 NC State $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 20 Maryland 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Clemson 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Virginia 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Duke 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 8 – 1
North Carolina 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Wake Forest 0 – 5 – 1 1 – 9 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1973 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. The Tar Heels were led by seventh-year head coach Bill Dooley and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in sixth.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 151:30 p.m.William & Mary*
W 34–2733,500[3]
September 221:30 p.m.Maryland
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 3–2337,500[4]
September 291:30 p.m.No. 20 Missouri*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 14–2740,500[5]
October 61:30 p.m.at NC State
L 26–2850,200[6]
October 138:00 p.m.at Kentucky*
W 16–1051,500[7]
October 207:30 p.m.at No. 17 Tulane*
L 0–1638,502[8]
October 271:30 p.m.East Carolina*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 28–2741,500[9]
November 31:30 p.m.at Virginia
L 40–4423,500[10]
November 101:30 p.m.Clemson
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 29–3737,500[11]
November 171:30 p.m.Wake Forest
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 42–037,500[12]
November 241:30 p.m.at Duke
L 10–2744,600[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

References

  1. ^ "1973 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  2. ^ "1973 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
  3. ^ "W&M Indians lose to tough N.C. Tar Heels". Bristol Herald Courier. September 16, 1973. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Maryland upsets Tar Heels, 23–3". The Greenville News. September 23, 1973. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Tigers bounce North Carolina". The Kansas City Star. September 30, 1973. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "State's offense finally outdoes scrappy UNC". The Charlotte Observer. October 7, 1973. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Tar Heels shock Kentucky, 16–10". The Charlotte Observer. October 14, 1973. Retrieved October 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Unbeaten Tulane blanks UNC, 16–0". The News and Observer. October 21, 1973. Retrieved October 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Tar Heels rally by ECU". The Charlotte Observer. October 28, 1973. Retrieved March 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "UNC falls by 44–40 to Cavs". Tallahassee Democrat. November 4, 1973. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Clemson downs 'Heels, 37–29". The Gastonia Gazette. November 11, 1973. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Deacs blanked by Tar Heels". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 18, 1973. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Spears leads Blue Devils to upset of Tar Heels". The Robesonian. November 25, 1973. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_football_team