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1936 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1936 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record8–2 (6–1 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainDick Buck
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1935
1937 →
1936 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Duke $ 7 0 0 9 1 0
North Carolina 6 1 0 8 2 0
Furman 4 1 0 7 2 0
VMI 4 2 0 6 4 0
Maryland 3 2 0 5 5 0
Clemson 3 3 0 5 5 0
Davidson 4 3 0 5 4 0
Washington and Lee 2 2 0 4 5 0
Wake Forest 2 2 0 5 4 0
NC State 2 4 0 3 7 0
VPI 4 5 0 5 5 0
South Carolina 2 5 0 5 7 0
Richmond 1 3 0 4 4 2
Virginia 1 5 0 2 7 0
The Citadel 0 4 0 4 6 0
William & Mary 0 5 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1936 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by first-year head coach Raymond Wolf and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. They competed as a member of the Southern Conference.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 262:30 p.m.[1]vs. Wake ForestW 14–711,000[2][3]
October 3Tennessee*W 14–615,000[4]
October 10Maryland
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 14–0
October 172:30 p.m.[5]at NYU*W 14–1310,000[6][6]
October 24at No. 18 Tulane*L 7–2118,000[7]
October 312:00 p.m.[8]NC State
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 21–6
November 7at DavidsonW 26–611,000[9]
November 142:00 p.m.[10]No. 13 Duke
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 7–2735,000[11]
November 21at South CarolinaW 14–0
November 26at Virginia*W 59–14
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References

  1. ^ "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, September 26, 1936, Image 3". 26 September 1936. p. 3.
  2. ^ Ison, Wade (September 27, 1936). "Wake Forest Falls Before N. C., 14-7". The Charlotte News. Charlotte, North Carolina. p. 1C. Retrieved May 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ Ison, Wade (September 27, 1936). "North Carolina (continued)". The Charlotte News. Charlotte, North Carolina. p. 4C. Retrieved May 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Tar Heels best Vols". The News and Observer. October 4, 1936. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "The Brooklyn Citizen from Brooklyn, New York on October 17, 1936 · 6".
  6. ^ a b "Carolina bests Violets, 14–13". The News and Observer. October 18, 1936. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Tulane passes way to victory over Carolina". The Charlotte Observer. October 25, 1936. Retrieved July 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Technician, Vol. 17 No. 7, October 30, 1936 - technician-v17n7-1936-10-30 - NC State University Libraries' Rare and Unique Digital Collections | NC State University Libraries' Rare and Unique Digital Collections".
  9. ^ "Peppy Davidson goes down before Carolina Tarheels". The Miami News. November 8, 1936. Retrieved February 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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  12. ^ "1936 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 20, 2018.