1957 North Carolina
6–4 (4–3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Jim Tatum. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 6 Navy 13–7Oct 5
Navy was ranked No. 6, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21 | vs NC State | L 0–7 | 59% |
| Sep 28 | vs Clemson | W 26–0 | 35% |
| Oct 5 | vs 6Navy | W 13–7 | 32% |
| Oct 11 | at Miami | W 20–13 | 23% |
| Oct 19 | at Maryland | L 7–21 | 51% |
| Oct 26 | at Wake Forest | W 14–7 | 58% |
| Nov 2 | vs 17Tennessee | L 0–35 | 37% |
| Nov 9 | vs South Carolina | W 28–6 | 58% |
| Nov 23 | at 11Duke | W 21–13 | 28% |
| Nov 30 | vs Virginia | L 13–20 | 80% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Virginia 20–13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
In program history: The 77th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 4: 18
- Wk 5: 14
- Record
- 6–4
- Conference
- 4–3 tied for 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 14
- Points
- 142–129
- Coach
- Jim Tatum
- Elo
- 1504 +70 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 10.9 No. 29 of 112 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Dave Reed and Buddy Payne
All-ACC
2 first teamFirst team
Buddy PayneEAP-1; UP-1- Phil BlazerOTAP-1; UP-1
From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1957 Atlantic Coast Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC State | 5–0–1 | 7–1–2 | 15 |
| Duke | 5–1–1 | 6–3–2 | 16 |
| Clemson | 4–3 | 7–3 | |
| North Carolina | 4–3 | 6–4 | |
| Maryland | 4–3 | 5–5 | |
| Virginia | 2–4 | 3–6–1 | |
| South Carolina | 2–5 | 5–5 | |
| Wake Forest | 0–7 | 0–10 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.