| 1958 North Carolina Tar Heels football | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
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| 1958 record | 6–4 (4–3 ACC) |
| Head coach | Jim Tatum (4th season) |
| Home stadium | Kenan Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #12 Clemson † | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #15 South Carolina | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1958 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1958 NCAA University Division football season. The Tar Heels were led by fourth-year head coach Jim Tatum and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The team competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in fourth.
Two-way end Al Goldstein was named a first-team All-American by the Football Writers Association of America and the NEA.[2]
This was Tatum's last year as head coach, as he unexpectedly died at age 46 of a typhus-like illness in July 1959.[3][4] He had a record of 19–17–3 at UNC.[5]
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result |
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| September 20 | NC State | No. 10 | L 14–21 | |
| September 27 | at Clemson | L 21–26 | ||
| October 3 | at USC* | W 8–7 | ||
| October 11 | South Carolina |
| W 6–0 | |
| October 18 | Maryland |
| W 27–0 | |
| October 25 | Wake Forest |
| W 26–7 | |
| November 1 | at Tennessee* | No. 17 |
| W 21–7 |
| November 8 | at Virginia | No. 15 | W 42–0 | |
| November 15 | at Notre Dame* | No. 11 | L 24–34 | |
| November 22 | Duke | No. 17 |
| L 6–7 |
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Source:[6]
References[]
- ↑ "1958 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/acc/1958.html. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
- ↑ "2016 North Carolina football media guide". North Carolina Athletic Communications Office. p. 120. https://unc_ftp.sidearmsports.com/custompages/football/2016footballguide-o.pdf.
- ↑ Jim Tatum Dies at 46 from Virus; N. Carolina Coach Succumbs after 10 Day Illness, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 24, 1959.
- ↑ "Jim Tatum's Disease Likened To Typhus", The Baltimore Sun, March 31, 1960.
- ↑ "2016 North Carolina football media guide". North Carolina Athletic Communications Office. p. 158. https://unc_ftp.sidearmsports.com/custompages/football/2016footballguide-o.pdf.
- ↑ "1958 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/north-carolina/1958-schedule.html.
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