1959 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1959 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. The Tar Heels were led by first-year head coach Jim Hickey and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The team competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in second.

1959 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record5–5 (5–2 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainJack Cummings, Wade Smith
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
1959 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 11 Clemson $ 6 –1 –09 –2 –0
North Carolina 5 –2 –05 –5 –0
Maryland 4 –2 –05 –5 –0
South Carolina 4 –3 –06 –4 –0
Wake Forest 4 –3 –06 –4 –0
Duke 2 –3 –04 –6 –0
NC State 0 –6 –01 –9 –0
Virginia 0 –5 –00 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 192:00 p.m.[1]No. 18 ClemsonNo. 12
L 18–2043,000[2]
September 262:30 p.m.[3]at Notre Dame*
L 8–2856,746[4]
October 32:00 p.m.[5]NC State
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 20–12
October 102:00 p.m.[6]No. 11 South Carolina
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 19–629,000[7]
October 171:30 p.m.[8]at Maryland
L 7–14
October 242:00 p.m.[9]at Wake Forest
W 21–1919,000[10]
October 312:00 p.m.[11]No. 20 Tennessee*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 7–2930,000[12][13]
November 68:15 p.m.[14]at Miami (FL)*
L 7–1431,000[15]
November 142:00 p.m.[16]Virginia
W 41–0
November 261:45 p.m.[17]at Duke
W 50–033,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References
  1. "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, September 19, 1959, Image 1". 19 September 1959. p. 1.
  2. "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, September 20, 1959, Image 1". 20 September 1959. p. 1.
  3. "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, September 26, 1959, Image 1". 26 September 1959. p. 1.
  4. "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, September 27, 1959, Image 1". 27 September 1959. p. 1.
  5. "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, October 03, 1959, Image 1". 3 October 1959. p. 1.
  6. "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, October 10, 1959, Image 1". 10 October 1959. p. 1.
  7. "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, October 11, 1959, Image 1". 11 October 1959. p. 1.
  8. "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, October 17, 1959, Image 1". 17 October 1959. p. 1.
  9. "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, October 24, 1959, Image 1". 24 October 1959. p. 1.
  10. "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, October 25, 1959, Image 1". 25 October 1959. p. 1.
  11. "The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina on October 31, 1959 · 12".
  12. "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, November 01, 1959, Image 1". November 1959. p. 1.
  13. "Vols humiliate Tar Heels, 29–7". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 1, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, November 06, 1959, Image 1". 6 November 1959. p. 1.
  15. "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, November 07, 1959, Image 1". 7 November 1959. p. 1.
  16. "The daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, November 14, 1959, Image 1". 14 November 1959. p. 1.
  17. "Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, November 26, 1959, Image 33". 26 November 1959.
  18. "1959 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
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