1972 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1972 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ACC champion
Sun Bowl, W 32–28 vs. Texas Tech
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 12
Record11–1 (6–0 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBobby Collins (6th season)
CaptainGene Brown, Ron Rusnak
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1971
1973 →
1972 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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.

  1. ^ "1972 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  2. ^ "1972 North Carolina Tar Heels". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  3. ^ "1972 Final AP Football Poll".