1958 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1958 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record6–4 (4–3 ACC)
Head coach
Captain Phil Blazer, Curtis Hathaway
Home stadium Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1957
1959  →
1958 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 12 Clemson $ 5 –1 –08 –3 –0
No. 15 South Carolina 5 –2 –07 –3 –0
Duke 3 –2 –05 –5 –0
North Carolina 4 –3 –06 –4 –0
Maryland 3 –3 –04 –6 –0
Wake Forest 2 –4 –03 –7 –0
NC State 2 –5 –02 –7 –1
Virginia 1 –5 –01 –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 college 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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 202:00 p.m. NC State No. 10
L 14–2141,000 [6]
September 272:00 p.m.at Clemson
L 21–2640,000 [7]
October 311:15 p.m.at USC *
W 8–743,238 [8]
October 112:00 p.m. South Carolina
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 6–026,000 [9]
October 182:00 p.m. Maryland Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 27–025,000 [10]
October 252:00 p.m. Wake Forest
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 26–733,000 [11]
November 12:00 p.m.at Tennessee *No. 17
W 21–725,290 [12]
November 81:30 p.m.at Virginia No. 15
W 42–018,000 [13]
November 152:00 p.m.at Notre Dame *No. 11
L 24–3456,839 [14]
November 222:00 p.m. Duke No. 17
L 6–744,500 [15]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References

  1. ↑ "1958 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  2. ↑ "2016 North Carolina football media guide" (PDF). North Carolina Athletic Communications Office. p. 120.
  3. ↑ Jim Tatum Dies at 46 from Virus; N. Carolina Coach Succumbs after 10 Day Illness, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 24, 1959.
  4. ↑ "Jim Tatum's Disease Likened To Typhus", The Baltimore Sun, March 31, 1960.
  5. ↑ "2016 North Carolina football media guide" (PDF). North Carolina Athletic Communications Office. p. 158.
  6. ↑ "Tar Heels jolted, 21–14, by underdog Wolfpack". The Roanoke Times. September 21, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Clemson defeats Tar Heels, 26–21". Florence Morning News. September 28, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "North Carolina beats favored SC, 8–7". The Los Angeles Times. October 4, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Gamecocks defeated in 6–0 league game". Daily Press. October 12, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Tar Heels rout Maryland, 27–0". The State. October 19, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "North Carolina drops Deacons from top spot". The Sunday Star. October 26, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "UNC defeats Vols for first time in 10 years". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 2, 1958. Retrieved March 31, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Tar Heels outclass Virginia, 42–0". The Orlando Sentinel. November 9, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Notre Dame gets 34–24 win over Tar Heels". The Terre Haute Tribune-Star. November 16, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "Duke's Blue Devils conquer Carolina by 7–6". Greensboro Daily News. November 23, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ "1958 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
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