1970 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1970
| team = North Carolina Tar Heels
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Atlantic Coast Conference
| short_conf = ACC
| record = 8–4
| conf_record = 5–2
| head_coach = Bill Dooley
| hc_year = 4th
| off_coach = Bobby Collins
| oc_year = 4th
| off_scheme =
| def_coach = Lee Hayley
| dc_year = 4th
| def_scheme =
| captain = Don McCauley
| captain2 = Flip Ray
| captain3 = Bill Richardson
| stadium = Kenan Memorial Stadium
| bowl = Peach Bowl
| bowl_result = L 26–48 vs. Arizona State
}}
{{1970 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/north-carolina/1970-schedule.html|title=1970 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com|website=sports-reference.com|access-date=November 22, 2017}}
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.{{cite web |url=https://unc_ftp.sidearmsports.com/custompages/football/2016footballguide-o.pdf |title=2016 North Carolina football media guide |publisher=North Carolina Athletic Communications Office |page=122}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1970
| poll = AP
| timezone = Eastern
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 12
| time = 1:50 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Kentucky
| site_stadium = Kenan Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Chapel Hill, NC
| score = 20–10
| attend = 36,900
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/rocky-mount-telegram-heels-drop-kentucky/133866261/|work=Rocky Mount Telegram|title=Heels drop Kentucky for 1st opening win since 1963|date=September 13, 1970|accessdate=October 22, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 19
| time = 1:50 p.m
| w/l = w
| opponent = NC State
| site_stadium = Kenan Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Chapel Hill, NC
| gamename = rivalry
| tv = ABC
| score = 19–0
| attend = 44,300
| source = {{cite web | url=https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073228/1970-09-19/ed-1/seq-1/ | title=The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, September 19, 1970, Image 1 | date=19 September 1970 | issue=1970/09/19 | page=1 }}{{cite web | url=https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073228/1970-09-20/ed-1/seq-1/ | title=The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, September 20, 1970, Image 1 | date=20 September 1970 | issue=1970/09/20 | page=1 }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 26
| time = 1:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Maryland
| site_stadium = Byrd Stadium
| site_cityst = College Park, MD
| score = 53–20
| attend = 20,806
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greenville-news-tar-heels-roll-532/139358547/|work=The Greenville News|title=Tar Heels roll, 53–20|date=September 27, 1970|accessdate=January 22, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 3
| time = 7:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| rank = 19
| opponent = Vanderbilt
| site_stadium = Dudley Field
| site_cityst = Nashville, TN
| score = 10–7
| attend = 20,400
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer-uncs-rally-beats/133867191/|work=The News and Observer|title=UNC's rally beats Vandy|date=October 4, 1970|accessdate=October 22, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 10
| time = 1:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| rank = 18
| opponent = South Carolina
| site_stadium = Kenan Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Chapel Hill, NC
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 21–35
| attend = 47,500
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-town-talk-south-carolinas-late-rall/139358694/|work=Alexandria Daily Town Talk|title=South Carolina's late rally tops North Carolina, 35–21|date=October 11, 1970|accessdate=January 22, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 17
| time = 7:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Tulane
| site_stadium = Tulane Stadium
| site_cityst = New Orleans, LA
| score = 17–24
| attend = 23,900
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86342876/tulanes-passing-zips-unc-2417/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=Tulane's passing zips UNC, 24–17|date=October 18, 1970|accessdate=October 1, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 24
| time = 1:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Wake Forest
| site_stadium = Groves Stadium (II)
| site_cityst = Winston-Salem, NC
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 13–14
| attend = 31,500
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-press-wake-forest-scores-late-ups/139357758/|work=Daily Press|title=Wake Forest scores late, upsets Tar Heels by 14–13|date=October 25, 1970|accessdate=January 22, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 31
| time = 1:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| opponent = Virginia
| site_stadium = Kenan Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Chapel Hill, NC
| gamename = South's Oldest Rivalry
| score = 30–15
| attend = 32,500
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/rocky-mount-telegram-unc-rallies-past-vi/139358773/|work=The Rocky Mount Telegram|title=UNC rallies past Virginia|date=November 1, 1970|accessdate=January 22, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 7
| time = 1:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = VMI
| site_stadium = Kenan Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Chapel Hill, NC
| score = 62–13
| attend = 28,500
| source = {{cite news|title=UNC routs Keydets, 62–13|newspaper=Asheville Citizen-Times|date=November 8, 1970|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93939956/unc-routs-keydets-6213/|accessdate=January 31, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 14
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Clemson
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Clemson, SC
| score = 42–7
| attend = 28,914
| source = {{cite web |author= |title=Clemson Football Media Guide - 1971 |url=https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/fball_media/65/ |publisher=Clemson University |date=1971 |page=4 |access-date=November 9, 2023 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/pensacola-news-journal-tar-heels-roll-4/139358881/|work=Pensacola News Journal|title=Tar Heels roll, 42–7|date=November 15, 1970|accessdate=January 22, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 21
| time = 1:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| opponent = Duke
| site_stadium = Kenan Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Chapel Hill, NC
| gamename = Victory Bell
| score = 59–34
| attend = 48,600
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/danville-register-and-bee-north-carolina/139359038/|work=The Danville Register|title=North Carolina defeats Duke in scoring duel 59–34|date=November 22, 1970|accessdate=January 22, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = {{tooltip|December 30|Wednesday}}
| time = 8:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| neutral = y
| opponent = Arizona State
| opprank = 8
| site_stadium = Grant Field
| site_cityst = Atlanta, GA
| gamename = Peach Bowl
| score = 26–48
| attend = 52,126
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-daily-star-arizona-state-blister/139359174/|work=The Arizona Daily Star|title=Arizona State blisters Tar Heels, 48–26|date=December 31, 1970|accessdate=January 22, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
}}
Roster
{{American football roster/Header
| year = 1970
| team = North Carolina Tar Heels
| teamcolors = f
| offensive_players =
{{American football roster/Player|num=23|class=Sr|first=Don|last=McCauley|pos=RB|link=y}}
| defensive_players=
{{American football roster/Player|num=43|class=Jr|first=John|last=Bunting|dab=John Bunting (American football)|pos=LB|link=y}}
| special_teams_players=
}}
{{American football roster/Footer
| head_coach = *Bill Dooley
| asst_coach =
| accessdate=
}}
References
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