1955 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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.

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
September 24	2:00 p.m.	No. 3 Oklahoma*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 6–13	26,638	[4][5]
October 1	2:00 p.m.	at NC State	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	W 25–18	17,000	[6]
October 8	2:00 p.m.	at Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 7–28	25,000	[7]
October 15	2:00 p.m.	No. 2 Maryland	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 7–25	30,000	[8]
October 22	2:00 p.m.	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium (I) Wake Forest, NC (rivalry)	L 0–25	13,000	[9]
October 29	2:00 p.m.	Tennessee*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 7–48	18,000	[10]
November 5	2:15 p.m.	vs. South Carolina	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA (Oyster Bowl, rivalry)	W 32–14	25,000	[11]
November 12	2:00 p.m.	No. 5 Notre Dame*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	L 7–27	38,000	[12]
November 19	2:00 p.m.	Virginia	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)	W 26–14	9,000	[13]
December 3	2:00 p.m.	at No. 18 Duke	Duke Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	L 0–6	34,000	[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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