1927 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1927 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1927 college football season.[1] The Tar Heels defeated Davidson College 27-0 in the inaugural game at Kenan Memorial Stadium.

1927 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record4–6 (2–5 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainGarrett Morehead
Home stadiumEmerson Field
Kenan Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 24,000)
1927 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Georgia Tech + 7 –0 –18 –1 –1
Tennessee + 5 –0 –18 –0 –1
NC State + 4 –0 –09 –1 –0
Vanderbilt 5 –0 –28 –1 –2
No. 8 Georgia 6 –1 –09 –1 –0
Florida 5 –2 –07 –3 –0
Ole Miss 3 –2 –05 –3 –1
Virginia 4 –4 –05 –4 –0
Clemson 2 –2 –05 –3 –1
Alabama 3 –4 –15 –4 –1
LSU 2 –3 –14 –4 –1
Mississippi A&M 2 –3 –05 –3 –0
Washington and Lee 2 –3 –04 –4 –1
VPI 2 –3 –05 –4 –0
Maryland 2 –3 –04 –7 –0
South Carolina 2 –4 –04 –5 –0
VMI 2 –4 –06 –4 –0
Tulane 2 –5 –12 –5 –1
North Carolina 2 –5 –04 –6 –0
Sewanee 1 –4 –02 –6 –0
Kentucky 1 –5 –03 –6 –1
Auburn 0 –6 –10 –7 –2
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 243:00 p.m.[2]Wake Forest*
L 8–912,000[3]
October 13:00 p.m.[4]Tennessee
  • Emerson Field
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 0–267,000[5][6]
October 83:00 p.m.[7]Maryland
  • Emerson Field
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 7–65,000[8]
October 153:00 p.m.[9]at South Carolina
L 6–147,000[10][10]
October 222:00 p.m.[11]at Georgia Tech
L 0–1313,000[12]
October 292:30 p.m.[13]at NC State
L 6–1912,000[14]
November 511:00 a.m.[15]at VMI
L 0–76,000[15][15]
November 122:00 p.m.[16]Davidson*
W 27–09,000[17][18]
November 192:00 p.m.[19]at Duke*
W 18–0
November 242:00 p.m.[20]Virginia
W 14–1328,000[21]

References
  1. "1927 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  2. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, September 24, 1927, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  3. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, September 27, 1927, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  4. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 01, 1927, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  5. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 04, 1927, Page 4, Image 4 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  6. "Carolina loses to Tennessee's Vols". The News and Observer. October 2, 1927. Retrieved August 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 08, 1927, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  8. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, October 11, 1927, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  9. "The State from Columbia, South Carolina on October 15, 1927 · 9 (newspapers.com)".
  10. "South Carolina's Gamecocks defeat Tar Heels". The News and Observer. October 16, 1927. Retrieved January 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia on October 21, 1927 · 12 (newspapers.com)".
  12. "The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina on October 23, 1927 · 1 (newspapers.com)".
  13. "The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina on October 29, 1927 · 6".
  14. "Technician, Vol. 8 No. 7, November 5, 1927 - technician-v8n7-1927-11-05 - NC State University Libraries' Rare and Unique Digital Collections | NC State University Libraries' Rare and Unique Digital Collections".
  15. "Heels lose; Blocked kick is disastrous for Collins eleven". The News and Observer. November 6, 1927. Retrieved December 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 12, 1927, Image 1". November 12, 1927. p. 1.
  17. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 15, 1927, Image 1". November 15, 1927. p. 1.
  18. "North Carolina runs wild over Davidson in new stadium, 27 to 0". The Asheville Sunday Citizen. November 13, 1927. Retrieved September 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 19, 1927, Image 1". November 19, 1927. p. 1.
  20. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 24, 1927, Image 1". November 24, 1927. p. 1.
  21. "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 29, 1927, Image 1". November 29, 1927. p. 1.


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