1957 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record6–4 (4–3 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainDave Reed, Buddy Payne
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
1957 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 15 NC State $ 5 0 17 1 2
No. 16 Duke 5 1 16 3 2
Clemson 4 3 07 3 0
North Carolina 4 3 07 3 0
Maryland 4 3 05 5 0
Virginia 2 4 03 6 1
South Carolina 2 5 05 5 0
Wake Forest 0 7 00 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1957 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season. The Tar Heels were led by third-year head coach Jim Tatum and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The team competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing tied for third.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 212:00 p.m.NC StateL 0–739,000[2]
September 282:00 p.m.Clemson
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 26–016,000[3]
October 52:00 p.m.No. 6 Navy*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 13–7
October 118:15 p.m.at Miami (FL)*No. 18W 20–13
October 192:15 p.m.[4]at MarylandNo. 14L 7–2143,000[5]
October 262:00 p.m.at Wake ForestW 14–715,000[6]
November 22:00 p.m.No. 17 Tennessee*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 0–3534,000[7]
November 92:00 p.m.South Carolina
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 28–6
November 232:00 p.m.at No. 11 DukeW 21–1340,000
November 302:00 p.m.Virginia
L 13–2015,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References

  1. "1957 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  2. "The Daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, September 22, 1957, Image 1". September 22, 1957. p. 1.
  3. "The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina on September 29, 1957 · 19".
  4. "The Baltimore Sun from Baltimore, Maryland on October 19, 1957 · 13 (newspapers.com)".
  5. "The Baltimore Sun from Baltimore, Maryland on October 20, 1957 · 1".
  6. "The Daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, October 27, 1957, Image 1". October 27, 1957. p. 1.
  7. "Tennessee scores in every period to beat N.C. 35–0". The Times and Democrat. November 3, 1957. Retrieved March 31, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "1957 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
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