1970 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1970 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Peach Bowl, L 26–48 vs. Arizona State
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record8–4 (5–2 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBobby Collins (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorLee Hayley (4th season)
CaptainDon McCauley, Flip Ray, Bill Richardson
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1969
1971 →
1970 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wake Forest $ 5 1 0 6 5 0
North Carolina 5 2 0 8 4 0
Duke 5 2 0 6 5 0
South Carolina 3 2 1 4 6 1
NC State 2 3 1 3 7 1
Clemson 2 4 0 3 8 0
Maryland 2 4 0 2 9 0
Virginia 0 6 0 5 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1970 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. The Tar Heels were led by fourth-year head coach Bill Dooley and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in second.[2]

The team's star player was running back Don McCauley, who broke O. J. Simpson's NCAA record for single season rushing yards with 1,720 yards. He was named ACC Player of the Year, was a consensus first-team All-American, and finished ninth in voting for the Heisman Trophy.[3]

  1. ^ "1970 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  2. ^ "1970 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
  3. ^ "2016 North Carolina football media guide" (PDF). North Carolina Athletic Communications Office. p. 122.