1942 North Carolina Tar Heels football team explained

Year:	1942
Team:	North Carolina Tar Heels
Conference:	Southern Conference
Short Conf:	SoCon
Record:	5–2–2
Conf Record:	3–1–1
Head Coach:	Jim Tatum
Hc Year:	1st
Captain:	Joe Austin, Tank Marshall
Stadium:	Kenan Memorial Stadium

The 1942 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1942 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by first-year head coach Jim Tatum and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. They competed as a member of the Southern Conference. Tatum left the school to join the Navy at the end of the season.^[1] He returned to coach the Tar Heels from 1956 to 1958.

North Carolina was ranked at No. 48 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.^[2]

Schedule

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Rankings

See also: 1942 NCAA football rankings.

Notes and References

1. News: North Carolina Loses Coach Tatum to Navy . New York Times . December 1, 1942 . 29.
2. News: Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2. Twin City Sentinel. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous. December 16, 1942. 10. Newspapers.com.
3. Web site: 1942 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results . Sports Reference LLC . May 19, 2018.