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1965 North Carolina

4–⁠6 (3–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by James Hickey.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1965, game by game: lost vs. No. 4 Michigan 24–31; won at Ohio State 14–3; lost vs. Virginia 17–21; won at NC State 10–7; won vs. Maryland 12–10; lost at Wake Forest 10–12; lost vs. Georgia 35–47; won vs. Clemson 17–13; lost at No. 4 Notre Dame 0–17; lost at Duke 7–34+11−27Lost 24–31 vs. No. 4 Michigan-7No. 4 MichiganWon 14–3 at Ohio State+11Ohio StateLost 17–21 vs. Virginia-4VirginiaWon 10–7 at NC State+3NC StateWon 12–10 vs. Maryland+2MarylandLost 10–12 at Wake Forest-2Wake ForestLost 35–47 vs. Georgia-12GeorgiaWon 17–13 vs. Clemson+4ClemsonLost 0–17 at No. 4 Notre Dame-17No. 4 Notre DameLost 7–34 at Duke-27Duke
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18vs4MichiganL 24–⁠3145%
Sep 25atOhio StateW 14–⁠336%
Oct 2vsVirginiaL 17–⁠2179%
Oct 9atNC StateW 10–⁠754%
Oct 16vsMarylandW 12–⁠1063%
Oct 23atWake ForestL 10–⁠1264%
Oct 30vsGeorgiaL 35–⁠4752%
Nov 6vsClemsonW 17–⁠1360%
Nov 13at4Notre DameL 0–⁠1719%
Nov 20atDukeL 7–⁠3442%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Duke 34–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 82nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1965.

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 5th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
146–⁠195
Coach
James Hickey
Elo
1490 −60 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.0 No. 52 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Hank Barden and Ed Stringer

All-ACC

3 first team

First team

  • Ed StringerCAP-1; UPI-1
  • Danny TalbottBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Joe FratangeloMGAP-1; UPI-1

From Wikipedia’s 1965 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1965 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke4–⁠26–⁠4
South Carolina4–⁠25–⁠5
NC State4–⁠36–⁠4
Clemson4–⁠35–⁠5
Maryland3–⁠34–⁠6
North Carolina3–⁠34–⁠6
Virginia2–⁠44–⁠6
Wake Forest1–⁠53–⁠7

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