1972 North Carolina Tar Heels football team information
American college football season
1972North 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 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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]
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.
^"1972 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
^"1972 North Carolina Tar Heels". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
^"1972 Final AP Football Poll".
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