1955 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1955 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record3–7 (3–3 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainWill Frye, Roland Perdue
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
1955 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Maryland + 4 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Duke + 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Clemson 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Wake Forest 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
North Carolina 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
NC State 0 – 2 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
South Carolina 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Virginia 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1955 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1955 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by third-year head coach George T. Barclay, and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The team competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in fifth.

Following the conclusion of the season, Barclay's coaching contract expired and was not renewed by UNC.[2] He did not produce a winning season in his three years as head coach, finishing with an overall record of 11–18–1.[3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 242:00 p.m.No. 3 Oklahoma*
L 6–1326,638[4][5]
October 12:00 p.m.at NC State
W 25–1817,000[6]
October 82:00 p.m.at Georgia*
L 7–2825,000[7]
October 152:00 p.m.No. 2 Marylanddagger
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 7–2530,000[8]
October 222:00 p.m.at Wake Forest
L 0–2513,000[9]
October 292:00 p.m.Tennessee*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 7–4818,000[10]
November 52:15 p.m.vs. South Carolina
W 32–1425,000[11]
November 122:00 p.m.No. 5 Notre Dame*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 7–2738,000[12]
November 192:00 p.m.Virginia
W 26–149,000[13]
December 32:00 p.m.at No. 18 Duke
L 0–634,000[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References

  1. ^ "1955 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  2. ^ "Barclay Out As Coach: North Carolina Drops Entire Staff of Football Team". The New York Times. December 14, 1955. p. 59.
  3. ^ "2016 North Carolina football media guide" (PDF). North Carolina Athletic Communications Office. p. 158.
  4. ^ "1955 OU Football Season Schedule - SoonerStats - Historical scores, records, and stats for Oklahoma Sooners football, basketball, baseball, and softball".
  5. ^ Wayne Bishop (September 25, 1955). "Third-Ranked Sooners, In Spite Of Carolina Goal Line Defense, Topple Tar Heels, 13-6 In Rough, Tough Second Half Performance". The Daily Tar Heel. pp. 1, 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Tarheels edge Wolfpack by 25–18 margin". The Times and Democrat. October 2, 1955. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Bulldogs hold fumbling Tar Heels to one yard net; Young, Orr star". The News and Observer. October 9, 1955. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Vereb scores three times, passes for TD in Terps' 25–7 win off Tar Heels". The Greenville News. October 16, 1955. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Deacons blast Tar Heels 25–0". The Palm Beach Post. October 23, 1955. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Tennessee blasts Tarheels, 48 to 7". The Birmingham News. October 30, 1955. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "North Carolina triumphs in Oyster Bowl, 32–14". Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. November 6, 1955. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Irish rout Tar Heels in last half, 27–7". Daily Press. November 13, 1955. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "UNC nails Virginians in 26–14 tilt". The Charlotte Observer. November 20, 1955. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Tar Heels are rugged in 6–0 loss to Blue Devils". Asheville Citizen-Times. December 4, 1955. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "1955 Football Blue Book". University of North Carolina. 1955. p. 2. Retrieved September 30, 2021 – via Internet Archive.
  16. ^ "1955 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 13, 2018.