1956 North Carolina
2–7–1 (2–3–1 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Jim Tatum. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Maryland 34–6Oct 20
By 28 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | vs NC State | L 6–26 | 56% |
| Sep 29 | at 1Oklahoma | L 0–36 | 11% |
| Oct 6 | at South Carolina | L 0–14 | 33% |
| Oct 13 | vs Georgia | L 12–26 | 50% |
| Oct 20 | vs Maryland | W 34–6 | 26% |
| Oct 27 | vs Wake Forest | T 6–6 | 49% |
| Nov 3 | at 3Tennessee | L 0–20 | 16% |
| Nov 10 | at Virginia | W 21–7 | 49% |
| Nov 17 | at Notre Dame | L 14–21 | 32% |
| Nov 24 | vs Duke | L 6–21 | 34% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Duke 21–6; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
In program history: The 118th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).
- Record
- 2–7–1
- Conference
- 2–3–1 5th in Atlantic Coast Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 99–183
- Coach
- Jim Tatum
- Elo
- 1402 −43 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −0.7 No. 61 of 111 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- George Stavnitski and Ed Sutton
Drafted in 1957
The 1957 draft| Rd 3 | Ed Sutton B | Washington Redskins |
All-ACC
3 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Jim JonesOGAP-1; UP-2
Ed SuttonBAP-2; UP-1- Sonny JurgensonBAP-2; UP-1
Second team
- Don KemperOGAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1956 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1956 Atlantic Coast Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Clemson | 4–0–1 | 7–2–2 | 19 |
| Duke | 4–1 | 5–4–1 | |
| South Carolina | 5–2 | 7–3 | |
| Maryland | 2–2–1 | 2–7–1 | |
| North Carolina | 2–3–1 | 2–7–1 | |
| NC State | 2–4 | 3–7 | |
| Wake Forest | 1–5–1 | 2–5–3 | |
| Virginia | 1–4 | 3–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.