Year: | 1939 |
Team: | North Carolina Tar Heels |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Southern Conference |
Short Conf: | SoCon |
Record: | 8–1–1 |
Conf Record: | 5–1 |
Head Coach: | Raymond Wolf |
Hc Year: | 4th |
Captain: | Snuffy Stirnweiss, Jim Woodson |
Stadium: | Kenan Memorial Stadium |
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]