1955 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
1955 record | 3–7 (3–3 ACC) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Will Frye, Roland Perdue |
Home stadium | Kenan Memorial Stadium |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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[]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 24 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 3 Oklahoma* | L 6–13 | 26,638 | |
October 1 | 2:00 p.m. | at NC State | W 25–18 | ||
October 8 | 2:00 p.m. | at Georgia* | L 7–28 | ||
October 15 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 2 Maryland |
| L 7–25 | 30,000 |
October 22 | 2:00 p.m. | at Wake Forest | L 0–25 | 12,000 | |
October 29 | 2:00 p.m. | Tennessee* |
| L 7–48 | |
November 5 | 2:15 p.m. | vs. South Carolina | W 32–14 | ||
November 12 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 5 Notre Dame* |
| L 7–27 | 38,000 |
November 19 | 2:00 p.m. | Virginia |
| W 26–14 | |
December 3 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 18 Duke | L 0–6 | 34,000 | |
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References[]
- ^ "1955 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
- ^ "Barclay Out As Coach: North Carolina Drops Entire Staff of Football Team". The New York Times. December 14, 1955. p. 59.
- ^ "2016 North Carolina football media guide" (PDF). North Carolina Athletic Communications Office. p. 158.
- ^ "1955 Football Blue Book". University of North Carolina. 1955. p. 2. Retrieved September 30, 2021 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "1955 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
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