Top 20 UNC Football Teams: No. 11 - 1937

Posted May 7, 2020
UNC Football coach Ray Goff picked up where Carl Snavely left off by leading the 1937 team to the program's first final AP national ranking. A 13-13 tie with South Carolina marked the opening of the season, one of the first true "What if" games in UNC football history. North Carolina cruised past most of its competition, pitching five shutouts along the way. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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