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1958 North Carolina

6–⁠4 (4–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Jim Tatum.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1958, game by game: lost vs. NC State 14–21; lost at Clemson 21–26; won at USC 8–7; won vs. South Carolina 6–0; won vs. Maryland 27–0; won vs. Wake Forest 26–7; won at Tennessee 21–7; won at Virginia 42–0; lost at Notre Dame 24–34; lost vs. Duke 6–7+42−10Lost 14–21 vs. NC State-7NC StateLost 21–26 at Clemson-5ClemsonWon 8–7 at USC+1USCWon 6–0 vs. South Carolina+6South CarolinaWon 27–0 vs. Maryland+27MarylandWon 26–7 vs. Wake Forest+19Wake ForestWon 21–7 at Tennessee+14TennesseeWon 42–0 at Virginia+42VirginiaLost 24–34 at Notre Dame-10Notre DameLost 6–7 vs. Duke-1Duke
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsNC StateL 14–⁠2150%
Sep 27atClemsonL 21–⁠2629%
Oct 3atUSCW 8–⁠740%
Oct 11vsSouth CarolinaW 6–⁠053%
Oct 18vsMarylandW 27–⁠061%
Oct 25vsWake ForestW 26–⁠769%
Nov 1atTennesseeW 21–⁠740%
Nov 8atVirginiaW 42–⁠071%
Nov 15atNotre DameL 24–⁠3442%
Nov 22vsDukeL 6–⁠762%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Duke 7–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 48th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 10
  2. Wk 7: 17
  3. Wk 8: 15
  4. Wk 9: 11
  5. Wk 10: 17
Record
6–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
195–⁠109
Coach
Jim Tatum
Elo
1566 +63 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
11.0 No. 22 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Phil Blazer and Curtis Hathaway

Drafted in 1959

The 1959 draft
Rd 3Ron Koes CDetroit Lions

All-ACC

5 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Al GoldsteinEAP-1; UPI-1
  • Phil BlazerOTAP-1; UPI-1
  • Ronnie KoesCUPI-1; AP-2
  • Jack CummingsB
  • Wade SmithB

Second team

  • John SchroederEAP-2
  • Fred SwearingenOGAP-2
  • Don KlochakBAP-2; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1958 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1958 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson5–⁠18–⁠312
South Carolina5–⁠27–⁠315
Duke3–⁠25–⁠5
North Carolina4–⁠36–⁠4
Maryland3–⁠34–⁠6
Wake Forest2–⁠43–⁠7
NC State2–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
Virginia1–⁠51–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.