1937 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1937 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1937 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by second-year head coach Raymond Wolf 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 4–0–1. North Carolina claims a conference championship for 1937,^[1] although Maryland is recognized as the official conference champion with a 2–0 conference record.^[2] On October 25, 1937, the Tar Heels made the school's first ever appearance in the AP Poll, which was in its second year of operation. The team finished ranked 19th in the final poll of the season.

1937 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 19
Record	7–1–1 (4–0–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Raymond Wolf (2nd season)
Captain	Andy Bershak, Crowell Little
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1936 1938 →

1937 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Maryland $	2	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
No. 19 North Carolina	4	–	0	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
Clemson	2	–	0	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
No. 20 Duke	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
VMI	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
NC State	4	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
South Carolina	2	–	2	–	1			5	–	6	–	1
Washington and Lee	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
The Citadel	2	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Richmond	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Furman	1	–	2	–	2			4	–	3	–	2
VPI	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
William & Mary	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Davidson	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Andy Bershak was a consensus All-American end for the Tar Heels.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	2:30 p.m.^[4]	South Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	T 13–13	14,000^[5]
October 2	2:30 p.m.^[6]	at NC State		Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	W 20–0	16,000^[7]
October 9	2:30 p.m.^[8]	at NYU*		Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 19–6	14,000^[9]	^[10]^[11]
October 16	2:30 p.m.^[12]	at Wake Forest		Gore Field Wake Forest, NC (rivalry)	W 28–0	10,000^[13]
October 23	2:30 p.m.^[14]	Tulane*		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 13–0	21,000^[15]	^[16]
October 30	2:30 p.m.^[17]	No. 10 Fordham*	No. 15	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 0–14	24,000^[18]	^[19]
November 6	2:30 p.m.^[20]	at Davidson		Richardson Field Davidson, NC	W 26–0	8,000	^[21]
November 13	2:00 p.m.^[22]	at No. 8 Duke		Duke Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	W 14–6	43,000^[23]
November 27	2:00 p.m.^[24]	Virginia*	No. 18	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)	W 40–0
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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22. "CONTENTdm".
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