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1959 North Carolina

5–⁠5 (5–⁠2 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by James Hickey.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1959, game by game: lost vs. No. 18 Clemson 18–20; lost at Notre Dame 8–28; won vs. NC State 20–12; won vs. No. 11 South Carolina 19–6; lost at Maryland 7–14; won at Wake Forest 21–19; lost vs. No. 20 Tennessee 7–29; lost at Miami 7–14; won vs. Virginia 41–0; won at Duke 50–0+50−22Lost 18–20 vs. No. 18 Clemson-2No. 18 ClemsonLost 8–28 at Notre Dame-20Notre DameWon 20–12 vs. NC State+8NC StateWon 19–6 vs. No. 11 South Carolina+13No. 11 South CarolinaLost 7–14 at Maryland-7MarylandWon 21–19 at Wake Forest+2Wake ForestLost 7–29 vs. No. 20 Tennessee-22No. 20 TennesseeLost 7–14 at Miami-7MiamiWon 41–0 vs. Virginia+41VirginiaWon 50–0 at Duke+50Duke
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vs18ClemsonL 18–⁠2054%
Sep 26atNotre DameL 8–⁠2836%
Oct 3vsNC StateW 20–⁠1264%
Oct 10vs11South CarolinaW 19–⁠650%
Oct 17atMarylandL 7–⁠1454%
Oct 24atWake ForestW 21–⁠1951%
Oct 31vs20TennesseeL 7–⁠2961%
Nov 6atMiamiL 7–⁠1451%
Nov 14vsVirginiaW 41–⁠084%
Nov 26atDukeW 50–⁠036%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Duke 50–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 58th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 12
Record
5–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠2 2nd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
198–⁠142
Coach
James Hickey
Elo
1543 −1 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.1 No. 40 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Jack Cummings and Wade Smith

Drafted in 1960

The 1960 draft
Rd 4Jack Cummings QBPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 5Don Stallings OTWashington Redskins

All-ACC

1 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Ross “Rip” HawkinsCAP-1

Second team

  • Al GoldsteinEUPI-2
  • John SchroederEUPI-2
  • Wade SmithBAP-2
  • Jack CummingsBUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1959 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1959 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson6–⁠19–⁠211
North Carolina5–⁠25–⁠5
Maryland4–⁠25–⁠5
Wake Forest4–⁠36–⁠4
South Carolina4–⁠36–⁠4
Duke2–⁠34–⁠6
NC State0–⁠61–⁠9
Virginia0–⁠50–⁠10

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