1940 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1940 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record6–4 (3–2 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainPaul Severin, Gates Kimball
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Clemson $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
No. 18 Duke 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Wake Forest 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
William & Mary 2 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
North Carolina 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Richmond 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
VMI 3 – 2 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Furman 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Washington and Lee 1 – 1 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
VPI 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
NC State 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Maryland 0 – 1 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
South Carolina 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Davidson 1 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
The Citadel 0 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 212:30 p.m.[4]Appalachian State*
W 56–6[5]
September 282:30 p.m.[6]Wake Forest
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 0–1221,000[7]
October 52:30 p.m.[8]vs. Davidson
W 27–75,000[9][10]
October 122:00 p.m.[11]TCU*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 21–1419,000[12][13]
October 192:30 p.m.[14]at NC State
W 13–715,000[15]
October 262:00 p.m.[16]Tulane*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 13–1420,000[17][18]
November 22:00 p.m.at Fordham*
L 0–1416,794[19][20]
November 92:30 p.m.[21]at Richmond
L 13–148,500[22][23]
November 162:00 p.m.[24]No. 12 Duke
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 6–341,000[25][26]
November 232:00 p.m.[27]at Virginia*
W 10–712,000[28][29]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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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. ^ "The Chapel Hill weekly. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, September 20, 1940, Image 1". September 20, 1940.
  5. ^ "Carolina defeats Appalachian, 56–6". The News and Observer. September 22, 1940. Retrieved December 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, September 28, 1940, Image 1". September 28, 1940. p. 1.
  7. ^ "Wake Forest upsets Carolina, 12–0". Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. September 29, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, October 05, 1940, Image 1". October 5, 1940. p. 1.
  9. ^ "The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina on October 6, 1940 · 13".
  10. ^ "North Carolina defeats stubborn Davidson Cats". The State. October 6, 1940. Retrieved September 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, October 12, 1940, Image 1". October 12, 1940. p. 1.
  12. ^ "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, October 13, 1940, Image 1". October 13, 1940. p. 1.
  13. ^ "Favored T.C.U. eleven upset bu Tarheel foe, 21–14". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 13, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Technician, Vol. 21 No. 6, October 18, 1940 - technician-v21n6-1940-10-18 - NC State University Libraries' Rare and Unique Digital Collections | NC State University Libraries' Rare and Unique Digital Collections".
  15. ^ "North Carolina noses out NC State in thriller". The State. October 20, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, October 26, 1940, Image 5". October 26, 1940. p. 5.
  17. ^ "Monroe Morning World from Monroe, Louisiana on October 27, 1940 · Page 8".
  18. ^ "Carolina eleven bows, 14–13 to Tulane Green Wave surge". Daily Press. October 27, 1940. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ Jack Mahon (November 3, 1940). "Rams Rout NC, 14-0". New York Daily News. p. 90 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, November 02, 1940, Image 1". November 2, 1940. p. 1.
  21. ^ "The Times Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia on November 9, 1940 · 10".
  22. ^ "The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, November 10, 1940, Image 9". November 10, 1940. p. 9.
  23. ^ "Richmond Spiders sting North Carolina Tarheels". The State. November 10, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ^ "The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, November 08, 1940, Image 5". November 8, 1940.
  25. ^ "Carolina Upsets Duke, 6-3; Lalanne-Austin Pass Scores". The News and Observer. November 17, 1940. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  26. ^ "The Wilmington morning star. (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, November 17, 1940, Image 6". November 17, 1940. p. 6.
  27. ^ "The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, November 22, 1940, Image 1". November 22, 1940.
  28. ^ "The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, November 24, 1940, Image 8". November 24, 1940. p. 8.
  29. ^ "North Carolina trims battling Virginia grid squad, 10 to 7". The Birmingham News. November 24, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  30. ^ "1940 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 19, 2018.