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...Tarheel end considered the Harvard wings as the weakest factor on the team, the tackles as average, and the guards as the best men in the Crimson forward wall. Schwartz, he said, found little or no trouble in breaking through the center to nail line plays...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tarheel End Finds Guarnaccia Hardest to Stop of Crimson Backfield Stars-Coach Collins Lauds Charging of Forwards | 10/15/1928 | See Source »

...Wake Forest contest, and the youngsters proved their ability by chalking up four touchdowns in the last period. The final score was 65 to 0. The second game, that with Maryland, showed that the North Carolina defense is not impenetrable as the Maryland offense scored 19 points while the Tarheel backs were putting 26 across...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tarheels Invade Stadium With Eleven Versed In Rockne Play | 10/11/1928 | See Source »

...North Carolina football team has not visited the Stadium to engage a Harvard eleven in combat since 1916. In that year a Tarheel aggregation, coached by two Harvard graduates under the famous Haughton system, was turned back by a 21 to 0 count...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tarheels Invade Stadium With Eleven Versed In Rockne Play | 10/11/1928 | See Source »

Indiana has the "Hoosiers," which are actually defined as natives of Indiana. Similarly, a "Tarheel" is a native of North Carolina...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, | Title: More March Madness Musings | 3/23/1920 | See Source »

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