1940_North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_football_team

1940 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1940 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

American college football season


The 1940 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1940 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by fifth-year head coach Raymond Wolf and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. They competed as a member of the Southern Conference.

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Paul Severin was selected as a first-team All-American end by the Associated Press for a second straight year, as well as by the NEA, Newsweek, and Football Digest.[1] He is remembered for a game-saving tackle of Steve Lach in UNC's win against rival Duke.[2]

North Carolina was ranked at No. 47 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[3]

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References

  1. "2016 North Carolina football media guide" (PDF). North Carolina Athletic Communications Office. p. 121.
  2. Media guide, p. 122
  3. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Carolina defeats Appalachian, 56–6". The News and Observer. September 22, 1940. Retrieved December 7, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Wake Forest upsets Carolina, 12–0". Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. September 29, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "North Carolina defeats stubborn Davidson Cats". The State. October 6, 1940. Retrieved September 5, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Favored T.C.U. eleven upset bu Tarheel foe, 21–14". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 13, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "North Carolina noses out NC State in thriller". The State. October 20, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Carolina eleven bows, 14–13 to Tulane Green Wave surge". Daily Press. October 27, 1940. Retrieved April 10, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  10. Jack Mahon (November 3, 1940). "Rams Rout NC, 14-0". New York Daily News. p. 90 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Richmond Spiders sting North Carolina Tarheels". The State. November 10, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Carolina Upsets Duke, 6-3; Lalanne-Austin Pass Scores". The News and Observer. November 17, 1940. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
  13. "North Carolina trims battling Virginia grid squad, 10 to 7". The Birmingham News. November 24, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  14. "1940 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 19, 2018.

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