1954 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1954 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1954 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by second-year head coach George T. Barclay, and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The team competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, in the conference's second season of football, finishing in third.

1954 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record4–5–1 (4–2 ACC)
Head coach
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 14 Duke $400821
No. 8 Maryland401721
North Carolina420451
South Carolina330640
Clemson120550
Wake Forest141271
Virginia020360
NC State040280
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 252:00 p.m.NC StateW 20–622,000[2]
October 23:15 p.m.at Tulane*T 7–715,000[3]
October 92:00 p.m.Georgia*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 7–2120,000[4]
October 162:00 p.m.at MarylandL 0–3326,000[5]
October 232:00 p.m.Wake Forest
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 14–724,000[6]
October 302:00 p.m.at Tennessee*L 20–26[7]
November 62:00 p.m.South Carolina
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 21–1922,000[8]
November 132:00 p.m.at No. 5 Notre Dame*L 13–4255,410[9]
November 202:00 p.m.at VirginiaW 26–1415,000[10]
November 272:00 p.m.No. 20 Duke
L 12–4735,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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