Top 5 UNC Football Teams Of The 1970s

Posted May 10, 2023
No. 1: 1972. Record: 11-1 (6-0). A year after the Tar Heels' rebuilding project under Bill Dooley brought the program an ACC championship, a team that used a multitude of running backs behind and excellent offensive line repeated as ACC champs and became the first UNC club to win 11 games. The Heels went 5-1 on the road, it's only loss a 29-14 defeat at Ohio State. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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