1924 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1924 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina (now known as the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) during the 1924 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Tar Heels were led by head coaches Bob Fetzer and Bill Fetzer in their fourth season and finished with a record of four wins and five losses (4–5 overall, 2–3 in the SoCon).[1]

1924 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record4–5 (2–3 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainPierce Matthews
Home stadiumEmerson Field
Seasons
← 1923
1925 →
1924 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Alabama $ 5 0 0 8 1 0
Florida 2 0 1 6 2 2
Georgia 5 1 0 7 3 0
Tulane 4 1 0 8 1 0
Washington and Lee 4 1 1 6 3 1
South Carolina 3 2 0 7 3 0
Sewanee * 3 2 0 6 4 0
Mississippi A&M 3 2 0 5 4 0
Virginia 3 2 0 5 4 0
Georgia Tech 3 2 1 5 3 1
Vanderbilt * 3 3 0 6 3 1
VPI 2 2 3 4 2 3
VMI 2 3 1 6 3 1
Kentucky 2 3 0 4 5 0
North Carolina 2 3 0 4 5 0
Auburn 2 4 1 4 4 1
Maryland 1 2 1 3 3 3
NC State 1 4 1 2 4 2
LSU 0 3 0 5 4 0
Ole Miss 0 3 0 4 5 0
Clemson 0 3 0 2 6 0
Tennessee 0 4 0 3 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – co-member of SIAA

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at Wake Forest*L 6–7[2]
October 43:00 p.m.[3]at Yale*L 0–2725,000[4]
October 11Duke*W 6–07,500[5][6]
October 162:30 p.m.[7]at NC StateW 10–015,000[8][9]
October 25Maryland
  • Emerson Field
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 0–6[10]
November 12:30 p.m.[11]South Carolina
  • Emerson Field
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 7–10[12]
November 82:30 p.m.[13]VMI
  • Emerson Field
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 3–0[14]
November 153:00 p.m.[15]at Davidson*W 6–0[16]
November 272:30 p.m.[17]at VirginiaL 0–7[18]

References edit

  1. ^ "1924 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  2. ^ "Wake Forest downs Carolina". The News and Observer. September 28, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "The Yale Daily News 4 October 1924 — Yale Daily News Historical Archive".
  4. ^ "Yale Wins Opening Day Game From Southerners, 27 to 0". The Hartford Courant. October 5, 1924. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "The Trinity Chronicle, vol. 20, no. 4 (Wednesday, October 15, 1924)".
  6. ^ "Blue Devils unable to gain at crucial stages and lose to Carolina's Tar Heels 6–0". The Sunday Citizen. October 12, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Technician, Vol. 5 No. 5, October 17, 1924 - technician-v5n5-1924-10-17 - NC State University Libraries' Rare and Unique Digital Collections | NC State University Libraries' Rare and Unique Digital Collections".
  8. ^ "Technician, Vol. 5 No. 6, October 24, 1924 - technician-v5n6-1924-10-24 - NC State University Libraries' Rare and Unique Digital Collections | NC State University Libraries' Rare and Unique Digital Collections".
  9. ^ "N.C. defeats State team at fair, 10–0". The Atlanta Journal. October 17, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Maryland is victor over Carolina, 6 to 0". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 26, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 01, 1924, Page 1, Image 1 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  12. ^ "Gamecocks lick Tar Heels". Charlotte Daily Observer. November 2, 1924. Retrieved January 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Photo: 1924 VMI-UNC Scorecard - Tar Heel Times".
  14. ^ "V.M.I. loses by field goal to Tarheels 3–0". Nashville Banner. November 9, 1924. Retrieved December 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "The Davidsonian. (Davidson, N.C.) 1914-current, November 13, 1924, Page 5, Image 5 · North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org)".
  16. ^ "Tarheels win hard Davidson contest". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 16, 1924. Retrieved September 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "The Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946, November 26, 1924, Image 1". November 26, 1924. p. 1.
  18. ^ "North Carolina falls before Virginians by narrow margin of 7–0". Greensboro Daily News. November 28, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.