1956 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1956 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record2–7–1 (2–3–1 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainGeorge Stavnitski, Ed Sutton
Home stadium Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1955
1957  →
1956 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 19 Clemson $ 4 –0 –17 –2 –2
Duke 4 –1 –05 –4 –1
South Carolina 5 –2 –07 –3 –0
Maryland 2 –2 –12 –7 –1
North Carolina 2 –3 –12 –7 –1
NC State 2 –4 –03 –7 –0
Wake Forest 1 –5 –12 –5 –3
Virginia 1 –4 –03 –7 –0
Rankings from AP Poll [1]

The 1956 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. The Tar Heels were led by head coach Jim Tatum, who was coaching his second season for the Tar Heels, but his first since 1942. They played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The team competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in fifth.

North Carolina was forced to forfeit its two wins and one tie from the 1956 season after it was discovered that an ineligible player had played in the first nine games of the season. Second-string end Vince Olenik had previously played football at Temple University, but was not registered with the NCAA or ACC as a transfer student. [2] However, the ACC and NCAA now recognize North Carolina's 1956 record as 2–7–1. [3] [4]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 222:00 p.m. NC State
L 6–2637,000 [5]
September 293:00 p.m.at No. 1 Oklahoma *
L 0–3660,000 [6]
October 62:30 p.m.at South Carolina
L 0–1420,000 [7]
October 132:00 p.m. Georgia *
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 12–2619,000 [8]
October 202:00 p.m. Maryland
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 34–621,000 [9]
October 272:00 p.m. Wake Forest
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
T 6–627,000 [10]
November 32:00 p.m.at No. 3 Tennessee *
L 0–2027,000 [11]
November 101:30 p.m.at Virginia
W 21–716,000 [12]
November 172:00 p.m.at Notre Dame *
L 14–2156,793 [13]
November 242:00 p.m. Duke
L 6–2136,000 [14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[15]

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References

  1. ↑ "1956 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  2. ↑ "N.C. Team Forfeits 9 Football Games". The New York Times. December 18, 1956. p. 53.
  3. ↑ "2016 North Carolina football media guide" (PDF). North Carolina Athletic Communications Office. p. 194.
  4. ↑ "2017 ACC Football Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic Coast Conference. p. 101.
  5. ↑ "North Carolina State upsets North Carolina, 26–6 to spoil Tatum's debut at Chapel Hill". The Times and Democrat. September 23, 1956. Retrieved January 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Sooners rip Tar Heels, 36–0". The Ponca City News. September 30, 1956. Retrieved January 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Gamecock drive tops N.C., 14–0". The Progress-Index. October 7, 1956. Retrieved January 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Georgia rallies to whip North Carolina, 26 to 12". The Virginian-Pilot. October 14, 1956. Retrieved January 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Reed leads North Carolina to 34–6 victory over Terps". The State. October 21, 1956. Retrieved January 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Tar Heels tied by Wake Forest". Chattanooga Daily Times. October 28, 1956. Retrieved January 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "UT Vols hammer Tar Heels, 20–0". Elizabethton Star. November 4, 1956. Retrieved March 30, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Tar Heels rip by Virginians in 21–7 game". San Angelo Standard-Times. November 11, 1956. Retrieved January 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Notre Dame wins, 21 to 14". The Baltimore Sun. November 18, 1956. Retrieved January 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Duke power plant tops Tatum's Tar Heels, 21–6". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. November 25, 1956. Retrieved January 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "1956 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
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