1939 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1939 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	8–1–1 (5–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Raymond Wolf (4th season)
Captain	Snuffy Stirnweiss, Jim Woodson
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium

1939 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 Duke $	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Clemson	4	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
William & Mary	2	–	0	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
North Carolina	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	1
VMI	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Richmond	3	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	2
Furman	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Wake Forest	3	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
NC State	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Washington and Lee	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
South Carolina	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
VPI	1	–	4	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Davidson	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Maryland	0	–	1	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
The Citadel	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1939 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by fourth-year head coach Raymond Wolf and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. They competed as a member of the Southern Conference.

North Carolina was not ranked in the final AP poll, but it was ranked at No. 26 in the 1939 Williamson System ratings,^[1] and at No. 7 in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.^[2]

Paul Severin was named a first-team All-American end by the Associated Press, and a second-team All-American by the NEA.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	2:30 p.m.[4]	The Citadel		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 50–0	28,000[5]	[6]
September 30	2:30 p.m.[7]	Wake Forest		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 36–6	18,000[8]	[9]
October 7	2:30 p.m.[10]	vs. VPI		Foreman Field Norfolk, VA	W 13–6	15,000	[11][12]
October 14	2:30 p.m.[13]	NYU*		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 14–7	20,000	[14]
October 21	3:00 p.m.[15]	at No. 4 Tulane*	No. 14	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	T 14–14	34,000[16]	[17]
October 28	2:00 p.m.[18]	at No. 16 Penn*	No. 13	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 30–6	55,000	[19]
November 4	2:00 p.m.[20]	NC State	No. 9	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 17–0	14,000	[21]
November 11	2:00 p.m.[22]	vs. Davidson	No. 8	Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 32–0	11,000[23]	[24]
November 18	2:00 p.m.[25]	at No. 13 Duke	No. 7	Duke Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	L 3–13	52,000	[26]
November 30	2:00 p.[27]	Virginia*	No. 16	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)	W 19–0		[28]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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References

1. Paul Williamson (December 8, 1941). "Texas Aggies Ranked Nation's Top". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
2. E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "2016 North Carolina football media guide" (PDF). North Carolina Athletic Communications Office. p. 121.
4. "The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina on September 23, 1939 · 9".
5. "The Herald-Sun from Durham, North Carolina on September 24, 1939 · 27".
6. "Tar Heel eleven tramples Citadel". Daily Press. September 24, 1939. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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8. "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, October 01, 1939, Image 1". October 1939. p. 1.
9. "North Carolina wallops Wake Forest". The State. October 1, 1939. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Suffolk News-Herald 6 October 1939 — Virginia Chronicle: Digital Newspaper Archive".
11. "Varsity Takes On VPI Today at Norfolk". The Daily Tar Heel. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. October 7, 1939. p. 1. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
12. "Lalanne Leads Varsity To 13-6 Victory". The Daily Tar Heel. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. October 8, 1939. p. 1. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
13. "The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, October 13, 1939, Image 1". October 13, 1939.
14. "Carolina wins, 14–7". The News and Observer. October 15, 1939. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
15. "The Times from Shreveport, Louisiana on October 21, 1939 · Page 12".
16. "The Times from Shreveport, Louisiana on October 22, 1939 · Page 23". Newspapers.com.
17. "Tarheels tie Green Wave score 14–14". The State. October 22, 1939. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
18. "The Philadelphia Inquirer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 28, 1939 · Page 23".
19. "North Carolina passes rout Penn, 30–6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 29, 1939. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
20. "Technician, Vol. 20 No. 8, November 3, 1939 - technician-v20n8-1939-11-03 - NC State University Libraries' Rare and Unique Digital Collections | NC State University Libraries' Rare and Unique Digital Collections".
21. "Tar Heels wallop State in rain, 17–0". The Charlotte News. November 5, 1939. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
22. "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, November 11, 1939, Image 1". November 11, 1939. p. 1.
23. "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, November 12, 1939, Image 3". November 12, 1939. p. 3.
24. "Tar Heels spank Davidson's 'Cats". The News and Observer. November 12, 1939. Retrieved September 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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26. "Duke rallies to turn back Carolina, 13–3". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 19, 1939. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
27. "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, November 29, 1939, Image 1". November 29, 1939. p. 1.
28. "Cavaliers go down before North Carolina, 19 to 0". Daily Press. December 1, 1939. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
29. "1939 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 19, 2018.