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1965 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1965 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record4–6 (3–3 ACC)
Head coach
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 50,000)
Seasons
← 1964
1966 →
1965 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
NC State + 5 2 0 6 4 0†
Clemson + 5 2 0 5 5 0†
Duke 4 2 0 6 4 0
Maryland 3 3 0 4 6 0
North Carolina 3 3 0 4 6 0
Virginia 3 3 0 4 6 0†
Wake Forest 2 4 0 3 7 0†
South Carolina 0 6 0 5 5 0†
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • † South Carolina forfeited its 4 conference wins (Clemson, NC State, Virginia, Wake Forest) due to use of ineligible players. This improved Clemson and NC State from 4–3 to 5–2, making them co-champions. Overall records did not change due to the forfeits. Duke and South Carolina were originally co-champions with records of 4–2.

The 1965 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. The Tar Heels were led by seventh-year head coach Jim Hickey and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18No. 4 Michigan*L 24–3141,000[2]
September 25at Ohio State*W 14–3
October 2Virginia
L 17–21
October 9at NC StateW 10–7
October 16Maryland
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 12–10
October 23at Wake ForestL 10–12
October 30Georgia*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 35–47
November 6Clemson
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 17–13
November 13at No. 4 Notre Dame*L 0–17
November 20at DukeL 7–34
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time

References

  1. ^ "1965 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
  2. ^ Bob Pille (September 19, 1965). "Wolverines Sputter, but Win, 31-24". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1F, 3F – via Newspapers.com.