1955 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
American college football season
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The 1955 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1955 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by third-year head coach George T. Barclay, and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The team competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in fifth.
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record3–7 (3–3 ACC)
Headcoach
- George T. Barclay (3rd season)
Captains
- Will Frye
- Roland Perdue
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Record | 3–7 (3–3 ACC) |
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| Home stadium | Kenan Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Maryland + | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke + | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Following the conclusion of the season, Barclay's coaching contract expired and was not renewed by UNC.[2] He did not produce a winning season in his three years as head coach, finishing with an overall record of 11–18–1.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 24 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 3 Oklahoma* | L 6–13 | 26,638 | [4][5] | |
| October 1 | 2:00 p.m. | at NC State | W 25–18 | 17,000 | [6] | |
| October 8 | 2:00 p.m. | at Georgia* | L 7–28 | 25,000 | [7] | |
| October 15 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 2 Maryland |
| L 7–25 | 30,000 | [8] |
| October 22 | 2:00 p.m. | at Wake Forest | L 0–25 | 13,000 | [9] | |
| October 29 | 2:00 p.m. | Tennessee* |
| L 7–48 | 18,000 | [10] |
| November 5 | 2:15 p.m. | vs. South Carolina | W 32–14 | 25,000 | [11] | |
| November 12 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 5 Notre Dame* |
| L 7–27 | 38,000 | [12] |
| November 19 | 2:00 p.m. | Virginia |
| W 26–14 | 9,000 | [13] |
| December 3 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 18 Duke | L 0–6 | 34,000 | [14] | |
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