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North Carolina Tar Heels

The North Carolina Tar Heels were 5-5 in 1961.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule
DATE OPP SCORE
Sat
12/2
vs
UVA UVA
W
24-0
Sat
11/25
@
WAKE WAKE
L
14-17
Sat
11/18
@
DUKE DUKE
L
3-6
Sat
11/11
vs
LSU LSU
L
0-30
Sat
11/4
vs
TENN TENN
W
22-21

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

875

Farris

Farris

RUSH YDS

406

Carson

Carson

REC YDS

170

Smith

Smith

1961 ACC Standings

TEAM CONF OVERALL
Maryland Maryland
3-3
7-3
Clemson Clemson
3-3
5-5
North Carolina North Carolina
4-3
5-5
NC State NC State
3-4
4-6
South Carolina South Carolina
3-4
4-6

1961 Stats

See stats
GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team
10
121
2,255
648
3.5
1,375
482
2.9
880
166
5.3
Team Rank
79th
80th
21st
98th
80th
26th
102nd
54th
41st
78th
Opponent
10
141
2,431
4.0
1,474
436
3.4
957
167
5.7
Opponent Rank
93rd
43rd
42nd
45th
56th
41st
69th
76th
49th
Net
-20
-176
+648
-0.6
-99
+46
-0.5
-77
-1
-0.4
Net Rank
91st
68th
21st
83rd
66th
34th
85th
61st
53rd
68th

Related Searches

CFB 2024 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,779

McCord

Kyle McCord

4,313

Ward

Cam Ward

4,266

Dart

Jaxson Dart
Rush Yards Leaders

2,601

Jeanty

Ashton Jeanty

1,711

Skattebo

Cam Skattebo

1,660

Hampton

Omarion Hampton
Rec Yards Leaders

1,554

Fannin

Harold Fannin Jr.

1,382

Nash

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1,319

McMillan

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Pass TD Leaders

39

Ward

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37

Sanders

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36

Klubnik

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Rush TD Leaders

32

Daily

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29

Jeanty

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25

Stewart

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Rec TD Leaders

16

Nash

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15

Smith

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Hunter

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QB Rating Leaders

180.6

Dart

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176.0

Rourke

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175.3

Howard

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Sack Leaders

17.0

Green

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16.0

Powell-Ryland

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15.5

Ezeiruaku

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CFB 2024 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Miami

43.9

Indiana

41.3

Ole Miss

38.6

Texas Tech

37.6

Boise State

37.3

Washington State

36.6
Opp PPG Rankings
Ohio State

12.9

Ole Miss

14.4

Texas

15.3

Army

15.5

Notre Dame

15.5

Indiana

15.6
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

537.2

Ole Miss

525.6

North Texas

488.8

New Mexico

484.3

Texas State

476.9

Utah State

467.7
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

300.5

New Mexico

253.6

Liberty

251.3

Jacksonville State

251.1

UCF

248.1

Navy

247.8
Pass Yards Rankings
Syracuse

370.0

Ole Miss

349.8

Miami

348.2

North Texas

328.2

San José State

321.8

Colorado

318.0
Sack Leaders
Boise State

56.0

Ohio State

53.0

Ole Miss

53.0

Texas

46.0

Penn State

44.0

Duke

44.0

CFB 2024 Division Standings

Big 12 W L PCT
1
Arizona State Arizona State
11
3
.786
2
BYU BYU
11
2
.846
Mountain West W L PCT
1
Boise State Boise State
12
2
.857
2
UNLV UNLV
11
3
.786
Sun Belt W L PCT
1
Marshall Marshall
10
3
.769
2
Louisiana Louisiana
10
4
.714
Independent W L PCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
14
1
.933
2
UConn UConn
9
4
.692
Mid-American W L PCT
1
Ohio Ohio
11
3
.786
2
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
9
5
.643
Big 10 W L PCT
1
Ohio State Ohio State
13
2
.867
2
Oregon Oregon
13
1
.929
Pac-12 W L PCT
1
Oregon State Oregon State
5
7
.417
2
Washington State Washington State
8
5
.615
Atlantic Coast W L PCT
1
SMU SMU
11
3
.786
2
Clemson Clemson
10
4
.714
Southeastern W L PCT
1
Texas Texas
13
3
.813
2
Georgia Georgia
11
3
.786
American Athletic W L PCT
1
Army Army
12
2
.857
2
Tulane Tulane
9
5
.643
Conference USA W L PCT
1
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
9
5
.643
2
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
8
6
.571