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1958 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record6–4 (4–3 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainPhil Blazer, Curtis Hathaway
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1957
1959 →
1958 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 Clemson $ 5 1 0 8 3 0
No. 15 South Carolina 5 2 0 7 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 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[edit]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 202:00 p.m.NC StateNo. 10L 14–2141,000[6]
September 272:00 p.m.at ClemsonL 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.Marylanddagger
  • 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. 17W 21–725,290[12]
November 81:30 p.m.at VirginiaNo. 15W 42–018,000[13]
November 152:00 p.m.at Notre Dame*No. 11L 24–3456,839[14]
November 222:00 p.m.DukeNo. 17
L 6–744,500[15]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References[edit]

  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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