1972_North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_football_team

1972 North Carolina Tar Heels football
1972 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ACC champion
Sun Bowl, W 32–28 vs. Texas Tech
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 12
Record	11–1 (6–0 ACC)
Head coach	Bill Dooley (6th season);
Offensive coordinator	Bobby Collins (6th season)
Captain	Gene Brown, Ron Rusnak
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1971 1973 →

1972 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

American college football season

The 1972 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the North Carolina Tar Heels of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season.^[2] The team won its second consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championship, going 6–0 in conference play, and played in the 1972 Sun Bowl, defeating Texas Tech by a score of 32–28. The Tar Heels ended the year ranked 12th in the AP Poll with an 11–1 record—the lone loss coming at Ohio State in their fourth game.^[3] This was the first of only four seasons where North Carolina was able to win 11 games.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	1:30 p.m.	Richmond*		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 28–18	31,500	^[4]
September 16	1:30 p.m.	Maryland		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 31–26	28,000	^[5]
September 23	1:30 p.m.	NC State		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)		W 34–33	47,000	^[6]
September 30	1:30 p.m.	at No. 5 Ohio State*		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		L 14–29	86,180	^[7]
October 14	1:30 p.m.	Kentucky*		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 31–20	42,500	^[8]
October 21	1:30 p.m.	at Wake Forest		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)		W 21–0	27,000	^[9]
November 4	1:30 p.m.	at Clemson		Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC		W 26–10	38,235	^[10]^[11]
November 11	1:30 p.m.	Virginia	No. 18	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)		W 23–3	36,500	^[12]
November 18	1:30 p.m.	Duke	No. 16	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)		W 14–0	47,000	^[13]
November 25	1:30 p.m.	East Carolina*	No. 15	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 42–19	31,600	^[14]
December 9	2:00 p.m.	vs. Florida*	No. 16	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL		W 28–24	33,103	^[15]
December 30	1:00 p.m.	vs. Texas Tech*	No. 16	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	W 32–28	27,877	^[16]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
North Carolina	7	0	0	7	14
Ohio St	3	6	14	6	29

1972 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 12 North Carolina $	6	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 17 NC State	4	–	1	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
Maryland	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Duke	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Clemson	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Virginia	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll^[1]