Year: | 1934 |
Team: | North Carolina Tar Heels |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Southern Conference |
Short Conf: | SoCon |
Record: | 7–1–1 |
Conf Record: | 2–0–1 |
Head Coach: | Carl Snavely |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Captain: | George T. Barclay |
Stadium: | Kenan Memorial Stadium |
The 1934 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1934 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by first-year head coach Carl Snavely and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. They competed as a member of the Southern Conference, finishing with an undefeated conference record of 2–0–1. North Carolina claims a conference championship for 1934,[1] although the official conference champion is Washington and Lee, who finished 4–0–0.[2]
Team captain and guard George T. Barclay became North Carolina's first first-team All-American, being selected by several selectors including the AP and the All-American Board.[3] He later was the head coach at UNC from 1953 to 1955.