1970 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1970 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. The Tar Heels were led by fourth-year head coach Bill Dooley and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in second.[2]

1970 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Peach Bowl, L 26–48 vs. Arizona State
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1970 record	8–4 (5–2 ACC)
Head coach	Bill Dooley (4th season)
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 50,000)

1970 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Wake Forest $	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
North Carolina	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Duke	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
South Carolina	3	–	2	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
NC State	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Clemson	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Maryland	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Virginia	0	–	6	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The team's star player was running back Don McCauley, who broke O.J. Simpson's NCAA record for single season rushing yards with 1,720 yards. He was named ACC Player of the Year, was a consensus first-team All-American, and finished ninth in voting for the Heisman Trophy.[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 12	Kentucky*		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 20–10
September 19	NC State		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 19–0
September 26	at Maryland		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 53–20
October 3	at Vanderbilt*	No. 19	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 10–7
October 10	South Carolina	No. 18	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	L 21–35
October 17	at Tulane*		Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	L 17–24
October 24	at Wake Forest		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	L 13–14
October 31	Virginia		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)	W 30–15
November 7	VMI*		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 62–13
November 14	at Clemson		Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	W 42–7
November 21	Duke		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)	W 59–34
December 30	vs. No. 8 Arizona State*		Grant Field Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)	L 26–48
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time

Roster

1970 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 23 Don McCauley Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 43 John Bunting Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Bill Dooley Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "1970 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
2. "1970 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
3. "2016 North Carolina football media guide" (PDF). North Carolina Athletic Communications Office. p. 122.