1958 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record6–4 (4–3 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainPhil Blazer, Curtis Hathaway
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
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 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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 202:00 p.m.NC StateNo. 10
L 14–21
September 272:00 p.m.at Clemson
L 21–26
October 311:15 p.m.at USC*
W 8–743,238[6]
October 112:00 p.m.South Carolina
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 6–0
October 182:00 p.m.Maryland
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 27–025,000
October 252:00 p.m.Wake Forest
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 26–733,000
November 12:00 p.m.at Tennessee*No. 17
W 21–725,290[7]
November 81:30 p.m.at VirginiaNo. 15
W 42–018,000
November 152:00 p.m.at Notre Dame*No. 11
L 24–3456,839
November 222:00 p.m.DukeNo. 17
L 6–744,500
  • *Non-conference game
  • 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. ↑ "The Herald-Sun from Durham, North Carolina on October 4, 1958 · 12".
  7. ↑ "UNC defeats Vols for first time in 10 years". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 2, 1958. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "1958 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
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